Life on Campus

At Dance Club here, dance is just not our hobby or extracurricular activity. It is what defines us, it is our identity. We organize plethora of events throughout the year and the only pre-requisite for participating is your enthusiasm. We cover various styles such as Locking, Popping, Salsa, Jazz, Bollywood, Swag, Wacking and the most important part; all of them are taught from the scratch.

Dance Extravaganza: The annual showcase of Dance Club which brings forward the brimming talent of the institute. Dandiya Night , Yeh Shaam Mastani and much more !! We also participate in many intercollege festivals like Antaragni, Rendezvous, etc.

Have you really missed the stage you performed upon in your school and this dreaded JEE preparation came in way? Dramatics club a.k.a Fursat Mandali provides you the right opportunity to relive your passion once again. The team uses the art of expression with unmatched enthusiasm to help address the maladies of the society and to form an impetus for change.

We here at Fursat Mandali, IITK organise professional theater workshops, competitions and the Dramatics Eve (one per semester). We also participate in national level competitions like Antaragni and Rendezvous, etc. and have emerged as one of the best dramatics societies in the country. So come and join us to be a part of this change, this legacy.

If that is so, the ELS proudly claims to be infected. Symptoms include constant urges to celebrate the English language in all its forms: Queen's to urban slang, through JAMs, Creative Writing, Dumb Charades, Poetry Slam, Debates, Word Games,Open mic, and so much more . If you suffer from a similar affliction, your name's on the list; so lose your inhibitions and come on board for a fun-filled literary journey!

Committed to the cause of promotion of Hindi, we seek to provide a platform for students to experience and explore various avenues of Hindi literature and to realise its relevance in our lives. Fun activities like crosswords, dumb charades and JAM are juxtaposed with more 'solemn' events like poetry, debating, creative writing etc. to promote our belief that the beauty of literature lies not just in obscure seeming lines of poetry but is intertwined with our lives through its multifarious expressions. We also work on ‘Nirvaak’ - the campus newspaper, which is an unofficial part of our club, voicing the unspoken pressing issues of campus. We participate and have won many competitions including Inter-IIT Cultural meet and Cultural fests.

The Fine Arts Club brings together the great talents, new art manoeuvres & the funky tit-bits of creativity & vigour together into an exciting & colourful world of creation, talent and zeal. Here we conduct professional and hall level workshops on all aspects of fine arts, including graphic design and visual art. From Fresher's Night and Hall festivals to Inter-hall and Institute level festivals and competitions, we are involved heavily in all institute activities. Art Fest is the annual flagship event organised by us. Fine Arts Club inherits a legacy of hard work, dedication and team spirit from a heritage of great and inspiring seniors who remain a part of the club even after years of their passing out. So unleash your inner hidden artist, welcome to the club.

Music club is a place where a variety of genres are appreciated and nurtured, be it rock, metal, blues, jazz or Hindustani. It is a place where people come to jam, learn and enjoy different flavours of music. The club conducts various activities throughout the year like grand musical shows and innovative workshops. Club members also participate in various musical competitions. Students here have won laurels at various platforms, with instances of people having pursued music as a career later on in their lives. Members have been constantly involved in creating new compositions which are recorded in the club’s recording studio. Some have even displayed their immense talent and have gone ahead to compose songs.

The flagship event organized by the Music club is Musical Extravaganza, which is held once each semester. It is an event in which members of the club perform covers of songs of varied genres, as well as some original compositions. We also organize the Acoustic Night once each year.

The goal of the society is to provide a platform for IITK junta to hone their discussion and debating skills. Whether you are interested in just informal discussions, or structured Parliamentary Debating & MUN, as long as you like Debate & Discussion, this is the place for you. Our team also represents IITK in multiple reputed tournaments held across the country.

Yes, you read that right, for all the anime and manga lovers out there, we have an anime society which organizes anime screenings, anime discussion sessions at regular intervals. We hold quizzes, podcasts, anime reviews and Pokemon tournaments as well. Ever wished to discuss a theory you came up with after an episode or found a new treasure of Anime series. Come and share it with us and live the joy of watching anime.

We think the whole idea of design and animation is quite intriguing in itself. This club helps students learn how to create their own designs, animations and animated films, dealing with all aspects of animation from the very basics to the most technical details involved in the process and aims at making them a better designer. Regular lectures and projects on the fundamental concepts of different domains of design such as graphic design, product, services etc. as well as on 3-D animation, special effects and 3-D game design and various software and tools used in these are taken.

With activities ranging from home movie making to video editing, from sizzling ads to catchy trailers, it is undoubtedly one of the most assiduous clubs. Apart from its own activities, Film Club strives to spread its art to the campus community through lecture series, Ad making competitions, movie making projects etc. It also provides a platform to acting enthusiasts to showcase and hone their skills. Insight 360 is a sister club to film club. It mainly deals with the videojournalism of all the activities at IITK and surroundings.

Celebrating vibrance in multitude of eye pleasing sights and breathtaking instances, Photography club aims to capture them all. It strives to provide opportunities to the students to hone their creative skills and create the photographs that speak their own word. Photography club has high grade equipment in terms of digital SLRs and lenses. It has a studio with all professional level setup. More and more dimensions are being added to the club like night photography, portrait photography, photography in 'ivory and ebony' and what not. Photography club encourages budding photographers in the campus by conducting workshops, professional lectures, exhibitions and competitions.

Considering the rise of enormous participation and competitiveness standards in eSports at IIT Kanpur in past few years, the institute officially recognizes the E-Sports Society as an integral part of its Games & Sports Council. The Society envisions to provide a platform for all eSports enthusiasts, organizing tournaments, workshops, sessions and much more on eSports.

Our main objective is to promote aeromodelling as hobby in our campus. We design, model and build our own aircrafts, multi-rotors and hovercrafts, introducing different categories of aeromodelling to campus junta. Members are exposed to new methods by collaborating projects and activities with experienced students and faculties as well. Weeklong aeromodelling events are held, fun filled open to all competitions are organised for the students.

We attempt to bring about an interest and awareness in the field of Astronomy and Space Research. We intend to promote amateur astronomy through talks, competitions and shows. Astronomy is fun, but it can be even more fun when you do it with other people. Through various observation sessions by telescope and at the The Observatory for Astronomical Research (OAAR), we impart hands on skills and knowledge to all those willing to learn. We also conduct events like astrophotography and planetarium shows. Aren't all these super cool!

Electronics Club, earlier started as a hobby group has now expanded into a students’ organisation with the objective of inculcating a spirit of developing innovative, cutting edge technology solutions to real life problems. We provide a platform to the students’ body where any individual with an idea can approach the club freely to grasp the necessary technical skills required to turn that idea into a reality. This is a place where students get an opportunity to think outside the academic curriculum and get practical experience by implementing and applying concepts learnt in various theoretical courses. We conduct a plethora of lectures, workshops, projects as well as competitions throughout the year concerning both analog as well as digital electronics keep the calendar busy and the participant’s learning.

The world has seen a boom in the field of finance and data analytics. And finance is an inseparable part of any firm. Our Vision is to provide a platform for the entire campus residents to learn and understand the nuances of finance and business management. We conduct a lot of workshops and guest lectures throughout the year to prepare the interested students for various offcampus and intercampus business competitions. We also provide adequate resources to them for the same in the form of webinars, courses, challenges, etc. Plus, the club offers several projects in the field of algo trading, machine learning for data analysis, algo trading etc.

Programming is an art required in almost all spheres of life, and we inculcate that talent in the people who want to learn it. Our introductory lectures and workshops cater to the people who are willing to learn coding. We organize activities which cater to various fields including App Development, Hacking, Algorithms and Machine Learning. We also build projects that are widely used by the campus junta, and provide any equipment, resources or guidance to enthusiastic people for building their own projects.

We promote interest for Robotics among the people in the campus by conducting various funfilled activities among students. We are a community of students who derive pleasure in creating mechanical peers that may be potent to work without human intervention. We organise regular lectures and workshops and work on projects like Humanoid and Autonomous Underwater Vehicle.

We popularize speedcubing as a sport on campus by introducing other puzzles like Pyraminx, megaminx, skewb, square1, etc. Here, learning the 3x3x3 cube is just the beginning and a plethora of puzzles awaits you. You will get aware about various workshops being organised throughout the year about learning more and more about cubing. So if you ever wanted to learn about cubing or are really good at it, do come to our workshops

• Brain and Cognitive Society (BCS) - BCS WebPage Facebook Page

  The Brain and Cognitive Society (BCS) is a student society, aiming at studying Brain science to reverse engineer human intelligence into creating more general and intelligent AI's for the future world. We cover neuroscience, machine learning, cognitive psychology and several other things. Besides, we organize online workshops with video lectures and notebooks, journal events and summer projects for students of all years. For someone with the slightest knack in exploring brain sciences, BCS provides a wonderful platform in development of skills and interests.

• IITK Consulting Group (ICG) - ICG WebPage Facebook Page

  We provide Machine Learning and Data Science driven consulting to Social organisations, Non-Profits and Government entities, to help them leverage better insights from their data.

• Design and Construction (DesCon) Society - Facebook Page

  If you are curious to know how beautiful monuments and infrastructures are created and want to implement some of your innovative ideas into projects then DesCon is the right place for you. Design And Construction (DesCon) society is a group of such design enthusiasts who uses their design and construction skills to build projects which are beneficial to all and create interest of the same in others. We perform different activities including designing popsicle bridge, Spaghetti Bridge, and other types of bridges. Along with that different structural analysis are performed practically. Students are encouraged to perform activities on their own ideas and use of different software like SAP, Autocad Inventor, etc for structural analysis and designing. By organizing a plethora of events ranging from lectures and workshops to different competitions, we hope to see more people understanding and fascinated by designs of beautiful infrastructures.

• Science Coffee House - Facebook Page

  The Science Coffee House is a student society built around our love for science (and coffee). At the SCH, we provide the right platform for all those interested in a wide variety of topics such as Biology, Physics, Mathematics, Psychology or Philosophy to get together and discuss their ideas with one another. This platform enables people to explore and fully utilize the diversity in knowledge available throughout the campus. There are student hosted talks, which are informal lectures delivered openly to the campus community. In a classic setting these talks were delivered in a lecture hall, and recordings were made for anyone who couldn’t make it to a talk. The SCH group brings together blogs, books, videos, puzzles and much more!

We are a team of dedicated undergraduate students who aim to participate and represent IITK at various national as well as international aerial vehicle competitions and conferences. We also aim to positively contribute to the global open source robotics community and trying to spread knowledge & awareness of autonomy in aerial vehicles. We build our quadcopter frames, equipped with state-of-the-art hardware. We develop our software for almost all aspects - controls, navigation, vision, as well as state estimation.

With aim of promoting Marine Robotics and providing robotics-enthusiasts a platform for exploring underwater possibilities and marine technology. Our team has successfully designed and manufactured two robust AUVs (Autonomous Underwater Vehicle), which are capable of navigating in unknown environments, performing acoustic localization, and identifying objects using computer vision. We also participate in various Competitions like NIOT-SAVe(Chennai), SAUVC(Singapore) and Robosub(San Diego)

We are a team of undergraduates actively working with faculty and are dedicated to developing solutions to challenges in autonomous robotics and related domains. We develop cutting-edge robots aided by research and represent our university and nation in international competitions that see participants from prestigious colleges worldwide. In the past, we excelled in the RoboMaster AI Challenge in 2022 (2nd place) and DJI RoboMaster Challenge 2019 (3rd place). Currently, we are working towards our first participation in the upcoming (2024) edition of the RoboCup MSL.

IIT Kanpur is the first IIT having a group focusing especially on Humanoids. The team has made a 'fully working autonomous humanoid', and are planning to extend its functions. They are the first team from India ever to be selected for FIRA HuroCup 2019. Achievements:

1. First Autonomous Walking Humanoid made by any undergraduate team.
2. One of the 22 teams selected to participate in FIRA HuroCup 2019 and came 6th in Archery.

With the aim of promoting Automotive Culture in the campus and hands on Engineering experience, we design, manufacture and race Formula and BAJA student vehicles at National and International competitions. If the sound of screeching tires and roaring engines give you goosebumps, this is the team you should be in!

IGVC is one of the biggest international competition of Intelligent Ground Vehicles. In our very first participation, we secured the 5th position in Design Category of IGVC 2018. Each year, some of the most brilliant, hard working, and sincere people of any institute interested in Autonomy, team up to build vehicles to participate in the competition.

• Startup Development: To address queries and assist campus startups
• Corporate Relations: To build the industry relations of cell
• Events: To plan and organize various entrepreneurial events
• Design: To ideate and design the creative content for cell
• Finance and Logistics: To manage and record cell finances, handle logistics
• Marketing: To bring in funds through monetary deals for events
• Media and Publicity: To publicise cell activities within campus and beyond
• Startup Internship Program: To help students intern at startups

ESSENCE stands for Empowering Start-up Scheme to Encourage and Nurture Campus Entrepreneurs. It is essentially an opportunity to spend the summers working on your own entrepreneurial idea under in a structured and mentored way, honing your skills alongside through various workshops and building a network in the entrepreneurial community.

E-Summit is an annual flagship event of IIT Kanpur effectuated with the intention to foster entrepreneurial initiatives and activities in the campus to accomplish IIT Kanpur's mandate of nurturing India's future technopreneurs. E-Summit promises to be one of India's biggest entrepreneurial platforms for the academic community, venture capitalists, new age entrepreneurs and all those passionate about entrepreneurship. It brings them all to a common ground to engage in plenary, strategic and tactical breakout sessions and facilitates sharing of entrepreneurship endeavours and experiences, discussion of ideas and opportunities to profuse learning experience for the active leaders of entrepreneurship in the savant community who can then disperse these ideas further.

IIT Kanpur, backed by its highly elaborate, yet efficient E-Cell, is quickly cementing its status as a cradle for a multitude of start-ups. These ever growing ventures have their feet dug deep in areas ranging from core science to life smoothening apps. At E-Cell, the will to execute anything creative is valued more than anything else. If you have a bright idea, and you are ready to push the limits to breathe life into it, then you've knocked at the right door. Many state of the art facilities are served on the platter for the emerging entrepreneurs here. These facilities include the SIDBI Innovation and Incubation Centre, Motwani Ideation Accelerator and the Syndicate Bank Entrepreneurship Research and Training Centre. The E-Cell also provides for labs with state of the art facilities like the Tinkering Lab and 4i Lab.

A series of in house lectures on basics of entrepreneurship and business are organised to create awareness and answer questions of enthusiastic students. Founders of campus startups often grace the lectures with their presence, providing insight into the ground reality. This is essentially your introductory course to the entrepreneurial world.

An independently organised TED event, TEDx IITKanpur is hosted by the E-Cell team every year to bring forth ideas and share them with the world. Distinguished speakers share their ideas from the fields of Technology, Media, Arts and Entertainment. The idea is to introduce attendees to an experience that shall invoke inquisitiveness and encourage free-flow discussion.

Informal discussion sessions among the entrepreneurial community of campus where the startup cofounders share the problems they are facing, students share their ideas, and discuss the happenings of the startup world.

SIP(Startup Internship Program) is a major part of E-Cell, IIT Kanpur. It provides the students of IIT Kanpur with an unprecedented opportunity to connect with young and upcoming companies who are set to become the power houses of NexGen India. Numerous companies are invited to recruit students for internship. There are companies from sectors of marketing, multimedia advertising, coding, on-line ventures and many more.

Pragati was started in 2016 with a vision to bring some technological and innovational change in rural and social fields. They work to achieve equality in development. Currently, they are working on Solar Power Plant and Cell Project.

Prakriti is a students initiative which is working in the field of environmental awareness and impact assessment to achieve equality in terms of sustainability. Currently, we are working of Bio Gas and Waste Management Projects.

Prayas was started in 2001 with a vision to help the kids in and around the campus, who do not have access to quality schools, in their studies. Centered on this theme, the vision has steadily evolved to encompass the idea of overall development of the kids which may not be possible in the environment which they come from.To realize this vision, in addition to regular teaching on 5 days a week , Prayas has various daily/weekly/yearly activities in its schedule, like daily assembly to inculcate speaking and listening skills in kids , ‘play day’ on Fridays, organizing in-house drawing competitions as well as encouraging and arranging their participation in various competitions in district.

Raktarpan is a students initiative which aims to tackle the grim situation of blood shortage in Kanpur. It works to promote voluntary blood donation and to ensure that no person has to suffer due to shortage of blood. Several blood donation camps in IIT as well as outside with handling a large number of helpline requests is how it proceeds to eradicate the blood shortage problem in the city.

Unmukt is a students initiative working to address the gender and sexual diversity in the community and to achieve equality against discrimination. They function as an awareness group , which hold regular discussion sessions and spreads its message .

Vivekananda Samiti is one of the oldest student bodies functioning over 40 years, thus spreading the message of Swami Vivekananda among the campus residents. It has conducted several activities which include community service like literary camps and health camps for under-privileged children in the campus, weekly discussions on Swami Vivekananda’s life and teachings, Vedanta classes, meditation sessions, talks and workshops, on value education, personality development workshop, and distribution of Vivekananda literature among youth.

The Alumni Relations wing is the direct point of contact with the outside world: maintaining relations with alumni by attending meetups and alumni chapters across the country, spreading awareness among potential students by visiting cities to organize info sessions and also getting in touch with the corporate world for collaborations. The team works hard towards connecting with the distinguished alumni of the institute in an attempt to make them feel connected to their alma mater so that a contribution can be seen from the alumni towards the development of the institute.

The Campus wing works actively on events for student-faculty relations. The team works hard to publicize student research and achievements of various cells/clubs leading to raise funding for student-led projects. The wing aims at coming up with the initiatives that give a good convocation experience to the graduating batch and is also responsible for successful execution of campaigns such as #ThatsIITK, #AskIITK for prospective students.

This is basically the brain behind the cell. It works towards generating content that the outside world would find engaging to read while creating a positive image of the institute such as content for future students website and offline sessions, presentations at alumni meets, collating and pitching Students’ Gymkhana proposals to corporates, etc. The team is responsible for content with the widest reach when compared to the other content generated on campus.

Creating content in the form of engaging media is essential. The wing is responsible for acquiring and processing of content in the form of photos, posters and videos. The team focuses on delivering the required content in the simplest and most engaging form. This is the wing that adds the icing to our cake and makes the content presentable.

The world today has moved online and to reach and convey information about the institute to the outside world, we need a strong online presence with a sublime website. The team works on building and maintaining one of the institutes most visited domains. This wing makes all the stunning content global.

This wing is responsible for the academic related work of the AnC. It’s major works involve:

This wing is responsible for the research related work of the AnC. It’s majors works involve:

The International Relations(IR) wing is a student body dedicated to work in close association with the Dean of International Relations(DoIR) and the Office of International Relations(OIR) to improve collaborations of the Institute with its foreign counterparts . It also acts as a complementary link between the student community and the office. The major areas of its work are:

• Increasing the opportunities for semester exchanges and internships (sponsored and exchanges) available for the students of IITK.
• Increasing the awareness amongst students of the career opportunities available and the complete procedure of application for different students to pursue further studies or work in academia.
• Being the primary student point of contact for all foreign students on campus for all their programme related queries/clarifications.