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
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
Let's Talk Struggles Let’s Talk Struggles- Part 3: Disabilities Gorank Dudeja had joined IIT Kanpur in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering as a student of the Y11 batch. However, after two years of struggle, he decided to change his major to B.S in Maths and also did a minor in IME. He graduated in the year 2016. If any disabled student wants […] Written by Vox Populi December 22, 2020June 21, 2021
Let's Talk Struggles Let’s Talk Struggles- Part 2: Academics My story probably starts similarly to a lot of kids who come to IIT Kanpur. Till 12th grade, I had been high-achieving; while I put in some amount of baseline effort, I mostly coasted through because the subject matter was interesting, and therefore, easy to me. I was a nerdy kid who would find […] Written by Vox Populi May 23, 2020May 15, 2021
Let's Talk Struggles Let’s Talk Struggles- Part 1: Relationships I am natively from Kota itself, and the first time I heard about IITs was when I was in the 9th grade. Then till 11th, all I knew was that you had to crack an exam to get into an IIT, and I wanted my shot at it. I managed to convince my father […] Written by Vox Populi April 22, 2020May 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 Beyond IITK The “Co-operation” Roboticist and his “Flying machines”! Vijay Kumar (born April 12, 1962) is an Indian roboticist and UPS foundation professor in the School of Engineering & Applied Mechanics with secondary appointments in Computer and Information Science and Electrical and Systems Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania, and will become the new dean of Penn Engineering from July 1,2015. Prof. Kumar is […] Written by Vox Populi March 25, 2015May 15, 2021
All about IITK Alumni Gleam in the Children’s Eyes: Trucks to Toys-from-Trash The educational terrain in India, especially for poor children, is very harsh – almost barren. Even a good seed will wilt away in the absence of any soil to nurture it. We should endeavor to prepare a fistful of soil every day to help these seeds germinate. Therein lies hope and this will lend meaning […] Written by Vox Populi July 28, 2014December 26, 2020
All about IITK Alumni I should have paid more attention to developing soft skills than worrying about CPI I have now realized that happiness does not depend on CPI. There are many other things which affect happiness in life – health, relationship with spouse, kids, parents, friends and neighbors to name a few. During B. Tech. days many of my classmates were extremely worried about their CPI. For many it was the only way to […] Written by Vox Populi July 28, 2014December 26, 2020
