Set up in 1974 as an interdisciplinary program, the Department of Industrial and Management Engineering (IME) at IIT Kanpur is one of the first in the country to leverage the analytical education of engineers in the training of management professionals. DoMS IIT Kanpur has been ranked 29th by NIRF 2024 in the Management Category. The department currently offers MBA, MTech and PhD programs in Industrial and Management Engineering. The 2-year full-time residential flagship MBA program of IME Kanpur works along with the CAPSTONE program. The Capstone Project is a two-semester process in which students pursue independent research on a question or problem of their choice, engage with companies in relevant disciplines, and - with the guidance of a faculty mentor - produce a substantial paper that reflects a deep understanding of the topic. The college is also offering a short-term full time residential PGPEX VLM program.
Admission to MBA is based on CAT score and to MTech is offered on the basis of a valid GATE score followed by a Written Test and Personal Interview round. For admission to its doctoral level PhD course, shortlist is done through a valid GATE score. For admission to the PGPEX VLM program, the candidates are shortlisted on the basis of the entrance exam conducted by the institute followed by PI.
DoMS IIT Kanpur Quick Facts
- The department currently has 19 faculty members with PhDs from reputed universities within and outside India while and the student-teacher ratio is 1:12
- At present, IME Kanpur has collaborations with Universities such as RPI, USA, and METEC Defence University College (Ethiopia).
- Well equipped with a Product Lifecycle Management Lab and Energy Analytics Lab first of its kind.
- During DoMS IIT Kanpur Placements 2023, the highest salary package stood at INR 24 LPA & an average salary of top 50% students stood at INR 22.20 LPA. A bulk of offers were made from the Analytics domain.
DoMS IIT Kanpur Scholarship
- Merit cum Means Scholarship: It is availed by those who are other than category (SC/ST) students with annual parental income less than 4.5 lakhs. The scholarship provides a full-tuition waiver and pocket allowance of Rs.1000 pm for the duration of the program.
- INSPIRE Scholarship: Sanctioned an annual scholarship of Rs.30,000 per semester along with a research grant of Rs.20,000 for students of B.S programs within the ALL INDIA RANK (AIR) 10,000 as per Common Merit LIST (CML)
- Donor Scholarships: This scholarship is available for those students who belong to poor and needy families.
- Free Basic Mess Scholarship: availed by those who are category (SC/ST) students with annual parental income less than 4.5 lakhs. Under this scholarship, students receive a free basic mess bill and a pocket allowance.
- Sports Scholarship: A maximum of 20 scholarships per year in the amount of Rs. 1,000/- per month for 9 months are to be given to IIT Kanpur students who show Leadership in sports-related activities
DoMS IIT Kanpur Notable alumni
- Abir Mukherjee, Vice-President, CitiGroup, INDIA.
- Ajay Pal Singh, Vice President, Nomura Securities, INDIA.
- Gagandeep Malhotra, Assistant Vice President, CITI Bank, INDIA.
- Khem Aithani, ITC Infotech, INDIA.
- Kunal Tijoriwala, Vice President, CITI Bank, INDIA.
- Manish Gupta, Director, Microsoft.
- Mukul Srivastava, General Manager, Crompton Greaves, INDIA.
- Narasimha Bolloju, Associate Professor, Information Systems City University of Hong Kong, CHINA.
- Nimruji Prasad Jammulamadaka, Assistant Professor, Behavioral Sciences IIM Calcutta, INDIA.
- Rajesh Kumar Sharma, Director, Nortel Networks.