Editing IIT Kanpur (section)

==Campus==
{{wide image|IIT Kanpur 3.jpg|350px|IIT Kanpur Entrance from [[GT Road]]}}
IIT Kanpur is located on the [[Grand Trunk Road]], {{convert|15|km}} west of Kanpur City and measures close to {{convert|420|ha}}. This land was donated by the Government of [[Uttar Pradesh]] in 1960 and by March 1963 the institute had moved to its current location.
[[File:IITKLibrary.jpg|thumb|PK Kelkar Library]]
The institute has around 6478 students with 3938 undergraduate students and 2540 postgraduate students and about 500 research associates.

The academic area comprises the central library, departmental buildings, research centres, lecture hall complex, tutorial block and auditorium. The student hostels and other facilities like Student Activities Centre (SAC), Sports Complex lie outside the academic area. There are 15 Halls of Residence which are allotted to undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral students. Additionally, married research scholars are allotted Single Bedroom Apartment (SBRA) facility on campus.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.iitk.ac.in/dosa/wardens-of-all-halls-of-residences|title= Dean of Student Affairs - Halls of Residence|access-date= 25 November 2023|archive-date= 25 November 2023|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20231125194317/https://www.iitk.ac.in/dosa/wardens-of-all-halls-of-residences|url-status= live}}</ref>

===Noida Extension centre===
IIT Kanpur has its Extension Centre in [[Noida]] with a small convention centre there for supporting outreach activities. Its foundation was laid on 4 December 2012 on 5fiveacres of land allocated by Uttar Pradesh state government in the sector-62<ref>{{cite web | url=https://maps.google.co.in/maps?q=sector+62+noida&amp;hl=en&amp;ll=28.621634,77.367697&amp;spn=0.031606,0.066047&amp;sll=26.629195,73.873558&amp;sspn=16.435889,33.815918&amp;t=m&amp;hnear=Sector+62,+Noida,+Gautam+Buddh+Nagar,+Uttar+Pradesh&amp;z=15sector-62 | title=Google Maps }}</ref> of Noida city, which is less than an hour's journey from [[New Delhi]] and the [[Indira Gandhi International Airport]]. The cost of construction is estimated to be about 25 crores. The new campus will have an auditorium, seminar halls for organising national and international conferences and an International Relations Office along with a 7-storey guest house. Several short-term management courses and refresher courses meant for distance learning will be available at the extension center.<ref>{{cite web |title=News from IITK |url=http://www.iitk.ac.in/drpg/social_media/Greeting_2012.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202100045/http://www.iitk.ac.in/drpg/social_media/Greeting_2012.htm |archive-date=2 February 2014}}</ref>

===Helicopter service===
Being a major industrial town, Kanpur has good connectivity by rail and by road, but lags behind in terms of air connectivity. IIT Kanpur was suffering significantly in comparison to IIT Delhi and IIT Bombay due to this reason as far as visiting companies and other dignitaries are concerned. On 1 June 2013, a helicopter ferry service was started at IIT Kanpur run by [[Pawan Hans Helicopters Limited]]. In its initial run the service connects IIT Kanpur to Lucknow, but it is planned to later extend it to New Delhi. Currently{{when|date=April 2015}}  there are two flights daily to and from [[Lucknow Airport]] with a duration of 25 minutes. Lucknow Airport operates both international and domestic flights to major cities. IIT Kanpur is the first academic institution in the country to provide such a service.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.iitk.ac.in/aero/home/index.php/latest-news/199-iit-kanpur-to-lucknow-helicopter-service-begins|title= Department of Aerospace Engineering, IIT Kanpur – IIT-Kanpur to Lucknow Helicopter Service Begins|work= Iitk.ac.in|date= 9 October 2013|access-date= 28 June 2013|archive-date= 12 June 2013|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130612023859/http://www.iitk.ac.in/aero/home/index.php/latest-news/199-iit-kanpur-to-lucknow-helicopter-service-begins|url-status= dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/education/news/IIT-Kanpur-first-to-have-helicopter-service/articleshow/20341567.cms |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130608212950/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-05-30/news/39627988_1_helicopter-service-chakeri-air-connectivity |url-status=live |archive-date=8 June 2013 |work=[[The Times of India]] |title=IIT-Kanpur first to have helicopter service |date=30 May 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://spo.iitk.ac.in/reach_us.html|title=Students' Placement Office, IIT Kanpur|website=spo.iitk.ac.in|access-date=12 September 2016|archive-date=13 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160913123022/http://spo.iitk.ac.in/reach_us.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The estimated charges are Rs. 6000 (US$100) per person. If anyone would like to avail the facility, he/she has to contact the Student Placement Office (SPO) at IIT Kanpur, since the helicopter service is subject to availability of chopper rights. The campus also has airstrips which allows flight workshops and joyrides for students.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kanpur/Dreams-take-wings-at-IIT-Kanpur-workshop/articleshow/45863273.cms|title=Dreams take wings at IIT-Kanpur workshop|work=The Times of India|access-date=2017-03-07|archive-date=15 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160215022147/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/City/Kanpur/Dreams-take-wings-at-IIT-Kanpur-workshop/articleshow/45863273.cms|url-status=live}}</ref> Currently Kanpur has a domestic airport terminal at Chakeri, with flight connectivity to New Delhi, Mumbai, Pune, Chennai and Bengaluru airports.

===New York Office===
The institute has set up an office in [[New York City|New York]] with alumnus Sanjiv Khosla designated as the overseas brand ambassador of the institute. It is located at 62 [[William Street, Manhattan]]. The office aims to hunt for qualified and capable faculty abroad, facilitate internship opportunities in North American universities and be conduit for research tie ups with various US universities.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://nyc.iitk.ac.in/| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180724093441/https://nyc.iitk.ac.in/| archive-date = 24 July 2018| title = IITK-NYC Office}}</ref> The New York Office also tries to amass funds through the alumni based there. A system that invites students and faculty of foreign institutes to IIT Kanpur is also being formulated.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/education/news/iit-kanpur-opens-office-in-new-york/articleshow/22939102.cms|title=IIT-Kanpur opens office in New York - Times of India|website=The Times of India|date=23 September 2013 }}</ref>