Auditorium
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The institute has many halls for conferences and seminars that are well equipped with audio as well as video facilities, internet connectivity and are centrally air-conditioned.
Book Club
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Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur infrastructure includes a book club for the institute's bookworms.; With a varied range of books, divided into Fiction, Non-Fiction, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Classics, Poetry, Drama, Collections, Comics, Popular Science, Self-Help, Romance, Biographies, Autobiographies, Bengali, and Hindi, the bookclub to cater to all preferences.
Boys Hostel
Residential
The college has hostels with spacious and ventilated rooms. Every hostel has facilities such as table tennis room, reading room, computer room etc. The hostels have separate rooms for visitors. Mess is present at each hostel to carter the hunger of students.
Cafeteria
Residential
The cafeteria of IIT Kanpur serves delicious and nutritious food to students, staff and faculty members. Hygiene is kept while preparing food at IIT Kanpur cafeteria.
Community Centre
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Thetwo Community Centres(ComC-1 and ComC-2) on the IIT Kanpur campus are primarily intended to provide a space for leisure amenities such as sports, private ceremonies such as weddings, and social/religious group activities for Institute personnel.; The receptions are held on the wedding lawn.; Recreational facilities are accessible in rooms 2 and 3 of the two community centres.; At the same time, private ceremonies and social and religious gatherings are available in Rooms 4, 5 and 6 and the courtyard and accompanying amenities.
Computer Centre
Academic
IIT Kanpur facilities include large clusters of project PIs, office automation servers, telephone exchange, and other institute servers housed in five data centres with precise air conditioning.; In addition, a UPS system and a diesel generator provide 24-hour uninterrupted power to all CC facilities.; Students must note that the entire facility isopen 24x7.
Flight Laboratory
Academic
Considered unique only to the institution, the IIT Kanpur infrastructure has an inbuilt airstrip inside the campus.; Theairstrip connects the institute to Lucknow via helicopters, making IITK one of the first academic institutions in the nation to have this facility.; “Pawan Hans-Connect IIT” is a current working business model which aims to connect academicians, foreign faculties, other professionals, MNCs, and the residing students of the IIT Kanpur campus for visitation.; The flight laboratory promotes knowledge and resource sharing from the respected scholars visiting the campus.; The lab also offersflying photography facilities.
Girls Hostel
Residential
The girl hostels present at the campus have well-furnished rooms for accommodation of students. For the convenience of students basic facilities such as indoor & outdoor sports facilities, reading room, hall, mess is present at girls hostels.
Gym
Sports & recreation
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur has a modern gym. Students who are interested in attaining good physical fitness can make use of gym present at the campus.
Hostel
Residential
Hostels are well equipped with facilities like TV Room, Reading Room, Mess Facility, Sports Amenities like a Basketball court, a football field, a badminton court and a Volleyball court, a Computer Center and Canteen.
I.T Infrastructure
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The computer centre of IIT Kanpur has fully-airconditioned and is operational 24x7. The whole centre is backed up by UPS system in case of a power failure. It provides IT as well as computational requirements not only to the academic division but also to the residential units built in the campus. The systems present in the computer centre have upgraded hardware and software.
Infrastructure Overview
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The IIT Kanpur(IITK) has a sprawling campus, spread over 420 hectares in Kalyanpur outskirts of Kanpur. IIT Kanpur provides in-campus education and has around 108 buildings on the campus which come up with facilities that are ultramodern for the students.IIT Kanpurfacilities and infrastructure include academic blocks, hostels for accommodation of the students that are separate for boys and girls, library, canteen, sports grounds, auditorium, reading lounge, computer centre, central workshop, liquid helium facility, Virtual Instrument Cell, Central Cryogenic Facility and more.Apart from these IIT Kanpur facilities, the campus also has an IT infrastructure that is powerful which ensures that 24x7 connectivity of internet is available and is made accessible to faculties as well as students. Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur facilities provide a comfortable environment for students and faculty members.Also see:IIT Kanpur Admissions
Laboratories
Academic
The college has a CAD Lab for concept design and product realisation works. The lab allows students to conduct experiments and turn ideas into reality. The CAD Lab has been designed and structured to take care of professional certification programmes for students and act as a consultancy for industries.
Library
Academic
IIT Kanpur library - P.K Kelkar Library has a diverse collection of books, journals, thesis etc. Further, the library has periodicals, magazines, newspapers etc. The library is centrally air-conditioned and has a spacious reading room.
Medical Facilities
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The Institute campus has a full-fledged health center which caters to the health care needs of the students as well as faculties and employees in the institute.
Open Air Theatre
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IIT Kanpur infrastructure includes a state-of-the-art open-air theatre, equipped with all modern technology.; With aseating capacity of 1400 people, the theatre has a great sound system and a giant projector.; The theatre is a place forscreening movies and sports.; In addition, the IITK infrastructure hasadded canteen facilitiesto the open-air theatre, making it a perfect place for students to sit and relax.; There is also aRock Climbing Wall inside the OAT, wherein students can go under the supervision of an experienced instructor.
Some of the other facilities offered at IITK are:
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Astronomy Club Observatory; Olympic Size Swimming Pool; Gymnasium; Nursery; Lecture Halls; Smart Classrooms; Convenience Stores; Wifi Campus; Medical Facilities; Transport Facilities; Seminar Halls; Printing Facilities; Incubation Centre
Sporting Facilities
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The IIT Kanpur campus hasworld-class sporting facilities,various courts, and an Olympic-sized swimming pool.; The campus has 2 cricket fields, a 400-metre jogging/racing track, and basketball courts with floodlights (2 are synthetic and 1 is cemented).; In addition, the IITK sporting facilities also include volleyball and tennis courts, yoga rooms, table tennis rooms, a taekwondo arena, and two gymnasiums.
Sports
Sports & recreation
The college has both indoor and outdoor sports facilities for its students. Facilities for games like basketball, volleyball, football, badminton, table tennis, chess, squash, cricket etc. is present at the campus. Every year numerous sports tournaments are also oragnised at the campus.
Wi-Fi Campus
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The college has wifi for students. The wifi is available not only in seminar halls, classrooms but also the hostel rooms and library of the campus.
