Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur has won the PLATINUM award in the Academic-Public category for outstanding achievement in securing the highest number of Intellectual Property Grants and successful commercialization through industry-academia partnership at the CII Industry-Academia Partnership award 2025.

This recognition highlights IIT Kanpur's strong IP ecosystem built on years of focused efforts in facilitating the transition from lab scale to commercial launch. Several technologies and products were listed. Among these, Bhuparikshak, a homegrown innovation developed by Jayant K. Singh, stood out for achieving notable commercial success.

The commercial success of Bhuparikshak was extensively showcased as a part of the award recognition, serving as a strong example of how research to real world application, effective IP management, and strategic industry-academia collaboration can drive meaningful outcomes.

The award was received by Prof. Tarun Gupta, Dean of Research & Development, and Prof. Raja Angamuthu, Associate Dean of Research & Development at IIT Kanpur, at the CII Global Summit on Industry–Academia Partnership (IAP) held on December 4-6, 2025, at the Indian Habitat Centre, New Delhi.