Besides having a campus in the Noida and Banglore, IIT Kanpur (IITK) has plans to have their presence in the US and Malaysia, with an ambition to compete internationally with top global universities mentioned its Director Prof S G Dhande. The first campus outside Kanpur will be seen at Noida, which would make the Insitute available to Delhi and surrounding areas.
Prof Dhande also proposed to have a research centre in the US, either in the Silicon Valley or Boston or Washington, to attract research contracts not only from national and international agencies but also from corporates. Plans to have their presence in Banglore is also on way, considering that Banglore is the industrial and intellectual capital growth hub.