ACADEMIC INITIATIVES
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur today enjoys an enviable stature in the world of academia due to its path-breaking high quality research and faculty who continue to explore new research frontiers and make significant strides in their fields. One of the prime forces behind this success is the institute’s alumni and well-wishers who from time-to-time have turned their attention towards supporting the institute and contributing generously. A large number of Faculty Chairs, Research Fellowships have been set up primarily because of the huge support received.
Faculty Chairs
Faculty Chairs have been set up to recognise the outstanding achievements of the faculty who enjoy a reputation for excellence in their research areas thus facilitating in their research. They are usually conferred upon a faculty for a period of three years and may get renewed based on his/her performance and interest.
Current Chairs
- Air Vice Marshal Harjinder Singh, VSM Class I MBE, Chair of Excellence
- Arun Kumar Chair
- Arjun Dev Joneja Faculty Chair
- Prof. BB Lal Chair
- BIS Standardization Chair
- Champa Devi Gangwal Chair
- Chevron Corporation Chair
- C.V.Seshadri Chair
- Class of 1984 Chair
- Shri Deva Raj Chair
- Dr. S Sampath Chair
- Dr. Jag Mohan Garg Chair
- Gireesh Jankinath Chair
- Gurmukh Mehta Chair
- Golden Jubilee Chair on Enterpreneurship & Innovation
- H A L Chair
- Institute Chair Professor
- Indian Oil Golden Jubilee of Professional Chair
- Joy Gill Chair
- Jal Jivan Mission Professor Chair
- Jainendra Navlakha Chair
- KENT Entrepreneurship & Innovation Chair
- Lalit Mohan Kapoor Chair
- Ministry of Skill Development & Enterpreneurship Chair (MOSDE)
- Ministry of Steel Chair
- Ministry of Earth Science (D.N.Wadia) Chair
- Mr. & Mrs. Gian Singh Bindra Chair
- N Rama Rao Chair (N. R. N. Murthy Fund)
- Next Generation Broadcasting Chair
- Om Prakash Gautam Faculty Chair
- Pandit Girish Ranjan & Sushma Rani Pathak Chair
- Pandit Ramchandra Dwivedi Chair
- Pradeep Sindhu Chair (Pradeep Sindhu Foundation)
- P.K. Kelkar Chair
- Pavitar Joneja Chair
- Poonam & Prabhu Goel Chair (Poonam & Prabhu Goel Foundation)
- Prof. N.C. Nigam Memorial Chair
- Prof. R.N. Biswas Faculty Chair in Teaching Excellence
- Prof. T.R. Viswanathan Chair
- Raj and Neera Singh Chair
- Ranjit Singh Chair (Ranjit Singh Foundation)
- Ranjit Singh Chair for Rozi Shiksha Kendra
- Rahul & Namita Gautam Chair
- Ram Tiwari Chair
- Rajeeva and Sangeeta Lahri Chair
- Rajiv and Ritu Batra Endowed Chair for Cyber Security
- Sajani Kumar Roy Memorial Chair
- Satya and Rao Remala Foundation Chair
- S.B.I. Chair
- Sanjay Mittal Chair
- Shri Jagdeo Narain Gupta & Smt. Murti Devi Gupta Chair
- Sanjay & Rachna Pradhan Chair
- Satish Chandra Agarwal Chair
- Sir M. Visvesvaraya Chair
- Smt. Lata and Shri K G Karandikar Faculty Chair
- Soma and Manas Mandal Chair
- Sonu Agrawal Memorial Chair
- The Pawan Tewari Goldman Sachs Sustainability Faculty Chair
- Tapas Mishra Memorial Chair in Computer Science and Engineering
- U S V Chair
- Umang Gupta Chair
- Yadupati Singhania Memorial Chair
Faculty Fellowships
Faculty Fellowships are awarded for a period of three years as young Faculty Research Fellowships to those who are below the age of 40 years and have made outstanding contribution in their research areas
Young Faculty Research Fellowships
- Batch of 1993 Faculty Fellowship
- Class of 1973 Young Faculty Fellowship
- Class of 1979 Young Faculty Fellowship
- Cherian and Vigny Methew Faculty Fellowship
- Class of 1986 Young Faculty Fellowship
- Dr. Mahua Menon and Mr. Ranodeb Roy Young Faculty Research Fellowship
- Dr. Shukla New Faculty Fellowship
- Sir M. Visvesaraya Research Fellowship
- Prof R N Biswas Young Faculty Fellowship in Teaching Excellence
- WISE New Faculty Fellowship
- Pradeep Jotwani Young Faculty Fellowship
- P.K. Kelkar (1982 Batch Fellowship)
- P.K. Kelkar (1970 Batch Fellowship)
- P.K. Kelkar (Class of 1979 Research Fellowship for outstanding young faculty)
- P.K. Kelkar Fellowship
- Prof. Arakere Vasudev Faculty Research Fellowship
- Rajiv and Ritu Batra New Faculty Fellowship
- Prof T R Viswanathan Young Faculty Fellowship in Teaching Excellence
- Rajeev and Joyce Gautam Young Faculty Fellowship
Faculty Achievements
Convocation Awards
Sushila and Kantilal Mehta Award
Dr. Dootika Vats
Mathematics and Statistics
Gopal Das Bhandari Memorial Distinguished Teacher Award
Prof. Neeraj Misra
Mathematics and Statistics
Faculty Awards
1989 Batch Faculty Award
Prof. Neeraj Misra
Mathematics and Statistics
Best Teacher Award in Department of Chemical Engineering
Prof. Naveen Tiwari
Chemical Engineering
CNR Rao Faculty Award
Prof. Arjun Bagchi
Department of Physics
Suman Gupta Fellowship for Foreign Language Teacher
Mrs. Shubha Karnick
French Language Instructor