News and Events
We are delighted to announce that Dr. Anurag Bajpai (Alumni, PhD/MSE/2023) has been awarded the Humboldt Research Fellowship for Postdocs. As part of this fellowship, Dr. Bajpai will collaborate with Professor Dirk Raabe at MPI, Dusseldorf.
We extend our warmest congratulations to Dr. Bajpai and best wishes for his future endeavors.
We take great pleasure in sharing the wonderful news that our alumnus Dr. Raj N. Singh (BT/MME/1967), Regents Professor, School of Materials Science and Engineering, College of Engineering, Architecture & Technology, Oklahoma State University has been elected as a member of the National Academy of Engineering.
We are delighted to inform you that Mr. Anil Bansal (BT/MME/1977) President, Reality National Management, Inc., has been honored with the Distinguished Alumnus Award 2023 by IIT Kanpur.
Our heartiest congratulations to Mr. Bansal and best wishes for his future endeavors.
We are delighted to inform you that Mr. Jai Shankar Sharma (BT/MME/1977), Mentor of the Bangalore Chapter, IIT Kanpur Alumni Association, has been honored with the Distinguished Services Award (DSA) 2023. The Distinguished Services Award (DSA) is given to the alumni who have acted as IIT Kanpur's goodwill ambassadors and helped raise the institute's stature.
Our heartiest congratulations to Mr. Sharma and best wishes for his future endeavors.
We are thrilled to announce the outstanding achievements of our talented Materials Science and Engineering students from the 2023 batch, who have embarked on a journey to pursue higher education abroad. Please find the details below:
Mr. Darshit Trevadia (B.Tech-2023) admitted into PhD program at University of Oxford
Ms. Nandni Sinha (B.Tech-2023) admitted into MS program at University of California, Berkeley
Mr. Pushpanshu Tripathi (B.Tech-2023) admitted into MS program at Cornell University
Mr. Nivedan Amarnani (B.Tech-2023) admitted into MS program at Nanyang Technological University
We extend our heartfelt congratulations to the students and best wishes for their incredibly promising futures.
We are delighted to share that Shree Pradeep Goyal (Alumnus, B.Tech., Metallurgical Engineering, IIT Kanpur - 1978) has been elected as the Senior Vice President of ASM International
Prof. Arvind Agarwal (Alumni, BT/MT/MME/1993/1995), has been elected as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (#AAAS). Prof. Agarwal was elected for his distinguished contributions to advanced #materials, #plasma spraying and carbon nanotube composites, #biomechanics, #bioengineering, #nanotechnology and graphene foam reinforced advanced materials for #deicing, which is of great benefit to #aerodynamics.
Our heartiest congratulations to Prof. Agarwal and best wishes for his future endeavours.
We are pleased to announce that Ms Nivedita (Department of Materials Science & Engineering, IIT Kanpur) has been awarded the Director's Gold Medal for outstanding overall achievement and leadership among all students graduating from 5-year undergraduate programmes at the recently concluded 54th convocation.
Our heartfelt congratulations and best wishes for her future endeavours.
Shri Pradeep Goyal, Founder Chairman & MD of Pradeep Metals Limited and, more importantly, a distinguished alumnus of our department, has been elected to the IIT Kanpur Board of Governors. He is visiting IIT Kanpur for the convocation on 28th December. An interaction session is arranged at 09:00 am on 29th December 2021 at FB-421.
We are pleased to inform you that Nisheeth Kr. Prasad's paper titled "Novel hybrid sacrificial anodes based on high phosphorus pig iron and Zn for the cathodic protection of steel" has been adjudged as one of the best paper in "Young Student & Scientist Forum" during CORCON 2021 International Conference & Expo on corrosion held on 18 -20 Nov 2021 at Mumbai. Congratulations to Nisheeth Kr. Prasad and best wishes for his future endeavours.
We are delighted to share that Dr. Prabhat Kumar Rai, Alumni, Ph.D., MSE IIT Kanpur, have been awarded for the Best Oral Presentation in Product category in the recently concluded National Metallurgists Day (NMD) Annual Technical Meeting (ATM) 2021 conference organized jointly by the Indian Institute of Metals (IIM) Kolkata and Jamshedpur Chapter in association with TATA Steel from 13-15th November 2021.
Our heartfelt congratulations to our alumna, Prof. Veena Sahajwalla, for getting the 2022 NSW Australian of the Year.
Founding Director of the Centre for Sustainable Materials Research and Technology (#SMaRT) at University of New South Wales Sydney, Prof. Sahajwalla was recognized for her outstanding work as an internationally recognized materials #scientist, #engineer and #inventor who has revolutionized #recycling science and advocated for #STEM and #sustainability locally, nationally and internationally. She is renowned for pioneering the high temperature transformation of waste in the production of a new generation of green materials.
We are delighted to share that Dr. Satyam Suraj Sahay (Alumni, M.Tech., MME, IIT Kanpur - 1992), has been elected as a Fellow of Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE) for the year 2021 for his distinguished contributions in the field of 'Engineering'.
https://www.inae.in/nomination-information/
Our heartiest congratulations to Dr. Sahay and best wishes for his future endeavours.
Our alumnus, Prof. Aparna Singh (B.Tech 2007) who is currently Assistant Professor in Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science Department at IIT Bombay has been declared as one of the recipients for the "Young Metallurgist of the Year Award (Ferrous category)".
Research paper authored by Mr. Abhinav Varsheney (PhD Student), Mr. D. Verma (Grad. Student), Prof. S. Sangal and Prof. K. Mondal in Transactions IIM has been adjudged for the IIM SAIL GOLD MEDAL. The award shall be presented during the National Metallurgist Day Celebration (NMD) to be held at IIT Kanpur on 14th November 2016
One of our former students, Mr. Akash Bajaj [BT (MSE) 2016], shall receive this year's IIM VIDYABHARATI PRIZE. This award is presented to the student graduating in the B.Tech. Program in Materials/Metallurgical Engineering with outstanding academic credentials.
Prof. Nilesh Gurao has been awarded 'Young Metallurgist' 2015 instituted by Ministry of Steel, Govt. of India.