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    Manindra Agrawal Named New Director of IIT Kanpur

    Manindra Agrawal, Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering at IIT Kanpur has been names the new director of the institute. He has succeeded Professor S Ganesh to take on his new role. “Yesterday, I took charge as the Director IIT Kanpur from Prof. S. Ganesh. It is a momentous day for me to assume charge of my alma mater. I would like to extend my heartfelt thanks to Prof. Ganesh, the outgoing Director,” he said.

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    Manindra Agrawal started his journey at IIT Kanpur in in the 1980s, and completed his BTech in computer science from the institute in 1996. “My life on campus started in 1982 when I joined the Department of Computer Science for my undergraduate studies. I can still vividly recall my first day on the campus, and the journey of more than four decades continues,” adds Agrawal.

    He also completed his PhD in computer science from the institute 1991. “It is said that your alma mater is your second home, but IIT Kanpur is my first home! Starting from undergraduate studies to PhD, I have been an IIT Kanpur student and joined IIT Kanpur as a faculty member in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering in 1996,” said Agrawal on X.

    Prof. Agrawal has made significant contributions to the theory of efficient reactions between computational problems, which are a part of the program studying the well-known “P vs NP” question in mathematics/ computer science. He co-created the AKS primality test with Neeraj Kayal and Nitin Saxena for which he and his co-authors won the 2006 Fulkerson Prize and the 2006 Godel Prize. In September 2008, he was chosen for the first Infosys Mathematics Prize for outstanding contributions in the broad field of mathematics. In 2013, he was honored with Padma Shri. “I earnestly look forward to the support of the entire IIT Kanpur community in taking the institute to further heights in the upcoming days,” commented Agrawal. 

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