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IIT Kanpur to hold roadshows in US for global alliances, faculty hiring

Move part of the institute's ongoing drive to improve international rankings

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IIT Kanpur | Photo credit: IIT Kanpur website

Virendra Singh Rawat
The Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IIT-K) is planning to hold roadshows this month in major US cities and universities. This is part of its efforts to improve the institute’s global ranking through international collaborations and faculty recruitment. 

It also seeks to tap into its alumni network in the US, by holding events in New York and San Francisco, apart from building international alliances to facilitate research in new-age technologies, including artificial intelligence (AI), data sciences, and engineering in medicine. “An IIT-K delegation is touring the US for about 10 days. We will visit five or six leading universities, including the