IIT Kanpur
History Project

Professor Stokes' Provisional Table of Contents

CONTENTS
PREFACE

1. Overview of the First Fifty Years - with a chronology

2. The IIT System
2.1. Technical Education in Pre-independence India
2.2. Genesis
2.3. The First IITs
2.4. IIT Kanpur
2.5. Increased Student Intake
2.6. The First Expansion
2.7. The Second Wave of Expansions
2.8. Concluding Remarks

3. The Early Years: 1960-1963
3.1. Introduction
3.2. The Pioneer Batch
3.3. The Joint Entrance Examination
3.4. The Second & Third Batches
3.5. The Early Faculty
3.6. Early Academic Environment
3.7. Institute Affairs
3.8. Appointment of Wardens (Administration of Student Affairs)
3.9. Co-curricular Activities
3.10. Discipline Issues
3.11. Early Faculty Development Issues
3.12. KIAP is Formed (Academic Year 1962-63)
3.13. Initiation of the New Curriculum

4. Transition: 1963-1964

5. The Golden Years: 1964-1970

6. Student Activities & Evolution of Governance

7. The Role of KIAP
8. Professor PK Kelkar – Visionary Founder
8.1. Introduction
8.2. Biographical Sketch
8.3. Reminiscences
8.4. Kelkar Alumni Lecture Series
8.5. Two Kelkar Alumni Lectures
8.6. Professor Kelkar’s 1981 Convocation Address

9. The Difficult Years
9.1. Introduction
9.2. Background
9.3. The AP Shukla Episode
9.4. The Karamchari Movement
9.5. The Student Perspective
9.6. The Teacher’s Forum & the Emergency Period
9.7. The Karamchari Perspective

10. Healing Process: (The Road to Recovery) 1980-1990

11. Financial Crises (1987-1995) (Gathering Storm of Financial Crises)

12. Rejuvenation (1996-2004)

13. Major Expansions (2005 - )

14. Financial Governance (Changes in Funding Pattern)

15. R&D Activities (Evolution of Research Centres)

16. History of Academic Programs (Changes in Curricula)

17. Academic Infrastructure

18. Alumni – The Fountain of Energy (Alumni Affairs)

19. Karamchari – Underestimated Human Resources (Non-teaching Staff )

20. IITK Campus - A Mini World - (Civic Amenities)