Alumni As We Leave Flagship Series As We Leave #7: That Time We Almost Died Disclaimer: Vox Populi, IIT Kanpur, is the exclusive owner of the information on this website. No part of this content may be duplicated, paraphrased, or interpreted in any other way without written consent from Vox Populi. If you want to reproduce any of the content on this page, please contact our chief editors directly or […] Written by Vox Populi May 27, 2024May 27, 2024
Alumni Tête-à-Tête With Sayash Kapoor In this interview, we sit down with Sayash Kapoor, a Ph.D. candidate at Princeton University’s Center for Information Technology Policy. After graduating from IIT Kanpur with a BTech in Computer Science in 2019, Sayash’s work in machine learning methods and their applications in science has earned recognition from publications like WIRED, LA Times, and Nature. […] Written by Vox Populi January 9, 2024January 11, 2024
Administration Alumni Faculty In Conversation with Prof. Abhay Karandikar, Director, IIT Kanpur This interview was originally published by PhDs Of India on 1st September 2021. PhDs of India is a group of scholars who are running an initiative to bring out the stories of research scholars at various Indian institutes who work behind the scenes and contribute steadily to the progress of science, culture and finance. Do […] Written by Vox Populi September 2, 2021September 2, 2021
All about IITK Alumni An Interview with Prof. Dheeraj Sanghi Professor Dheeraj Sanghi recently retired from the Department of Computer Science Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur. He spared his valuable time to share some excerpts from his undergraduate days at IIT Kanpur, his experience as an Academic Administrator across engineering institutions in India in a candid interview with us. In the following excerpts, […] Written by Vox Populi August 30, 2021August 30, 2021
Alumni Beyond IITK IITK Alumni help India Breathe: Conversation with Ashutosh Ranka In these dreaded times, initiatives taken by citizens personally can help someone cross the line between life and death. One such initiative termed ‘Breathe India’, is being led by a team of IITK Alumni, who are striving in order to help the needy through this campaign, by collecting funds and then using them to provide oxygen concentrators […] Written by Vox Populi May 3, 2021May 15, 2021
Alumni Beyond IITK Interview with Mr. Mayur Dixit As a part of Policy Conclave 2020, Students’ Opinion Society organised a talk on “From engineering to bureaucracy” by Mr Mayur Dixit, an IITK Y4 alumnus, who graduated with rank 1 as a Mechanical engineer and thereafter joined IIM Bangalore. He cleared UPSC CSE 2012 with AIR 11 and is currently the Chief Development Officer […] Written by Vox Populi March 10, 2020May 15, 2021
Alumni A First-Gen Entrepreneur: In Conversation with Dr. BVR Mohan Reddy Dr. BVR Mohan Reddy, a highly distinguished alumnus of IITK, graced the 52nd Convocation this year as the Chief Guest for the event. In times when the country was facing huge economic crises and was heading towards historical reforms, Dr. BVR Mohan Reddy started his entrepreneurial journey by founding the engineering services venture, Infotech Enterprises, […] Written by Vox Populi July 7, 2019May 15, 2021
Alumni Events Taking Inspiration from our Alumni IIT Kanpur celebrated the Institute Foundational Day on 2nd November as it successfully completed 58 glorious years of excellence in science and technology. While we look forward to another year, we take inspiration from some of our alumni who have shown excellence in their respective fields. Our institute recognized its pre-eminent alumni with the Distinguished […] Written by Vox Populi November 4, 2017May 15, 2021
Alumni In conversation with: Trishla Singh Trishla Singh, an alumnus of IIT Kanpur, is a champion swimmer having a record of 4 gold medals each in three consecutive Inter IIT meets (2004-2006). She had a proficient academic career in psychology spanning over a decade and currently works at Accenture. Vox Populi got an opportunity to interact with her during her visit […] Written by Vox Populi October 2, 2016May 15, 2021
Alumni Aarav Unmanned Systems – An IITK startup to look out for Nikhil Upadhye, a Y8 batch alumnus of IIT Kanpur shares the experience of his journey from a civil engineering undergrad to being the co-founder and CEO of Aarav Unmanned Systems (AUS). Aarav Unmanned Systems is a techno startup from IIT Kanpur which primarily focuses on commercial application of drones. Following is the conversation of Vox […] Written by Vox Populi September 25, 2016May 15, 2021