Under the Students-Undergraduate Research and Graduate Excellence (SURGE) program, students from IITK and other participating institutions undertake short duration, but focused research projects and push their intellectual abilities beyond those driven by the classroom.

The duration of the program is approximately 08 weeks and the beginning date of SURGE program is 15th May, 2017 and last date 11th July, 2017.

Students working under "Funding from SURGE" only at IITK receive a stipend. An award plus a commendation certificate is given to those SURGE students who produce exceptional quality research during the period.

Number of selected student is now increased upto 300 (60 students from "Funding from SURGE" and 240 students from "Funding from Institute Project + Self Funding + Industry-IITK tie up") in SURGE extended program.

The applicants (Non-IITK Indian Student) shall be required to pay the application fee of Rs. 100/- through Payment Gateway. The details will be available after February 3^rd 2017.

The short listed SURGE participants coming under Self funding, IITK project funding and IITK-industry tie-up categories for SURGE 2017 are required to pay the SURGE administrative charges of Rs. 3000/- for Non-IITK Indian student and Rs. 2000/- for IITK student. Detailed announcement regarding SURGE administrative charges will be made later. The SURGE administrative charges are not refundable.

The SURGE program will have the following different components:

• SURGE for IITK at IIT Kanpur:
  
  In this program, IITK students are given an opportunity to work with a chosen mentor at IITK. In order to complete the application, it is necessary for the student to identify a professor who agrees to be his/her mentor during the summer period, and a suitable project to pursue for the 08 weeks in summer.
  
  Eligibility criteria for IITK students are:

  • B.Tech/BS (2nd, 3rd year),
  • Dual Degree (2nd, 3rd, 4th year),
  • M.Sc. 2-Year (1st year

  Interested students need to complete the online application form. The online application form will be available on our website from February 2nd, 2017. The deadline for submission of online application is 1^st March, 2017 till midnight. 
  The last date for the submission of online application form is extended to 6^th March, 2017 till 12 noon. The deadline for submission and receipt of recommendation letters and mentor certificate is 8 ^th March 2017, 12 noon.

  The students should have the following items ready before filling the online application form.

  1. Recent Passport size photograph in jpg format not more than 1MB.

  2. A single file in PDF format not more than 5 MB containing

  • Research Proposal not more than 500 words.

  • Current Transcript.

  • Two signed recommendation letters from Professors as per the format given in the attached link. Recommendation Letter

  • One signed letter of Mentor Certification from Professor as per the format given in the attached link. Certificate from Mentor

  Apply Online
  

• SURGE Exchange program for IITK students to go outside:
  
  In this program, IITK students are given a unique opportunity to spend 08 weeks of the summer at the prestigious university. The University for SURGE 2017 is University of Melbourne, Melbourne School of Engineering.

  Interested students need to complete the online application form. The online application form will be available on our website from 20th January 2017. The deadline for submission of online application form has been extended to February 6th, 2017 till midnight.

  The students should have the following items ready before filling the online application form.

  1. Recent Passport size photograph in jpg format not more than 1MB.

  2. A single file in PDF format not more than 4 MB containing

  • Research Proposal not more than 500 words.

  • Current Transcript.

  • Two signed recommendation letters from Professors as per the format given in the attached link. Recommendation Letter

Apply Online
(Only for IITK Students going outside)

 

IITK and NON-IITK Indian students coming to IITK through

NOTE: The Students who meet the above criteria at the time of joining may apply.
Interested students need to complete the online application form.