Kanpur: With an aim to hunt for qualified and capable faculty abroad, IIT-Kanpur has set up an office in New York with alumnus Sanjeev Khosla designated as the overseas brand ambassador of the institute. The office will also try to amass funds through the alumni based there, IIT-Kanpur Director Indranil Manna said. The office will help in connecting foreign faculty with IIT-K.

More than a dozen teachers teaching in foreign institutions have expressed an interest in associating with IIT-K, Manna said. Also, ex-IITians posted at good positions in various American cities are willing to help IIT-K. They are also collecting funds to do the same, he said. They are also in talks with international level technical educational institutes and universities about research and other issues. A system to invite the students and faculty of foreign institutes to IIT-K is also being formulated, he added.