IIT Kanpur to exhibit highest number of R&D projects at mega all-IITs R&D showcase

NEW DELHI: Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur will be presenting 12 critical resource and development (R&D) projects spanning over multiple domains at IInvenTiv 2022. IIT Delhi will be hosting a two-day fair, gathering all 23 IITs to exhibit their resource and development projects from October 14 to 15, 2022.

IInvenTiv, in a first, aims to provide an annual platform highlighting major projects. The event includes six showcase projects and a total of 75 projects in diverse 10 themes. It seeks to create more collaborative projects among state universities, institutes, and IITs in research and development. The chief guest of the inaugural session will be the minister for education, Dharmendra Pradhan. The event will bring representatives from the industry, several educational and government institutions together.

IIT Kanpur has the highest number of projects at the event and will lead the showcase on drone technology. The department of aerospace engineering at IIT Kanpur will be moderating the drone technology showcase. The emphasis of this showcase are the institute's works in the domain and highlighting their expertise in all the three UAV types – fixed wing drones, flapping wing drones, and unmanned rotor-wing and helicopter drones.

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The institute will also be presenting a joint showcase on 5G technology with IIT Madras. Researchers at IIT Kanpur have developed a Baseband Unit (BBU) 5G base station under the multi-IIT project funded by the the department of telecommunications of India. The showcase will highlight Indian's 5G rollout and its key problems.

IIT Kanpur has filed 107 patents in 2021 making it the highest in the history of the Institute. The 12 projects to be showcased include TacVibes, A watch for the visually impaired, Bhu-Parikshak, a device to detect spoil health in under 90 seconds, an instant water quality probe that can detect water quality, among others.

IIT Kanpur Director, Abhay Karandikar said: “As India sprints towards the Amrit Kaal, critical R and D across sectors is the need of the hour. At IIT Kanpur, we’ve always had a front-foot approach when it comes to research and innovation at the national as well as grassroots level. We’re glad to be featuring twelve of our projects at IInvenTiv and to lead the drone and 5G technologies showcases. I believe the event would highlight India’s global R and D potential and would bring the industry and academia closer for accelerating collaborative growth across sectors.”