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IIT Kanpur was established by an act of Parliament in 1959. In 1963, the Institute moved to its present location, on the historic Grand Trunk Road near the village of Kalyanpur in Kanpur district. During the first ten years of its existence, IIT Kanpur benefited from the Kanpur Indo-American Programme, where a consortium of 9 US universities helped set up the research laboratories and academic programmes. The first Director of the Institute was Dr. P K Kelkar (after whom the Central Library was renamed in 2003).
The institute has a number of unique facilities, including the National Wind Tunnel Facility. Apart from a large number of engineering laboratories, IIT Kanpur also has its own airfield, for flight testing and gliding activities. Other large research centres include the Advanced Centre for Material Science, the Advanced Centre for Electronic Systems, and the Samtel Centre for Display Technology.
The undergraduate students at IIT Kanpur are selected through the Joint Entrance Examination of the IITs, arguably one of the toughest selection processes anywhere in the world.
Students at IIT Kanpur reside in the hostels, most of which have their own bit of history and lore.
It was rated the no. 1 engineering institute in India by India Today in 20042004 is a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 2004 calendar), and has also been designated the: International Year of Rice International Year to Commemorate the Struggle against Slavery and its Abolition Elections are to be held in 73 co.