IIT ENDOWMENT
IIT Kanpur alumnus Rajeev Gautam donates $250,000 to alma mater The donation establishes three endowed programmes aimed at fostering innovation, excellence, and academic growth within the Department of Chemical Engineering at IIT Kanpur.
29 Feb, 2024, 01.59 PM ISTR Systems International to help set up applied AI centre in IIT Delhi R Systems International has signed a memorandum of understanding with IIT Delhi to establish a Centre of Excellence on Applied AI for Sustainable Systems. The centre will include a research lab, faculty chair position, and merit-based student schola...
26 Feb, 2024, 02.36 PM ISTWant India to set example of how to use AI for social development: Sunil Wadhwani Wadhwani said this after signing an MoU with Prof. V. Kamakoti, Director, IIT Madras for an endowment of Rs. 110 crore from Sunil Wadhwani towards setting up the Wadhwani School of Data Science and AI at the institute.
31 Jan, 2024, 09.18 PM IST- ADVERTISEMENT
IIT-Madras gets Rs 110 crore endowment from Sunil Wadhwani Indian Institute of Madras receives Rs 110 crore endowment from Mastech Digital and IGate founder Sunil Wadhwani for setting up the Wadhwani School of Data Science and AI. The school aims to be among the top AI-focused schools globally and will prov...
30 Jan, 2024, 03.37 PM ISTFor IITs, go shake your moneymakers A steady inflow via alum contributions must not lead to a reduction in state budgetary support. The latter is essential to ensure these institutions remain 'public' in the truest sense of the term, and deserving students get a chance to study in IIT...
22 Jan, 2024, 11.35 PM ISTIITs step up efforts to raise donations from alumni IIT Delhi, which currently has a total endowment reserve of Rs 350 crore from its alumni, looks to add another Rs 250 crore in the next two years, its dean of alumni relations PVM Rao said. Last calendar, the institute raised about Rs 50 crore. “How...
20 Jan, 2024, 08.11 PM ISTGive or give back and tell, or don't Anonymous charity has both supporters and critics, with some viewing it as philanthropy on a large scale and others seeing it as a way to avoid public scrutiny. While there are valid reasons for donors to remain undisclosed, studies have found that ...
25 Aug, 2023, 10.50 PM ISTEngineering colleges and B-schools see spike in funding from alumni “Till 2016-2017, the institute used to raise an average of Rs 1 crore per year. Now, it has gone up to Rs 32 crore in 2022-23. Funding has more than doubled compared to the pandemic years,” said Professor Arya Kumar, dean, alumni relations at BITS P...
14 Aug, 2023, 12.00 AM ISTIIT Delhi all set to complete its curriculum review The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi, is planning to finish its once-a-decade curriculum review -bringing it in line with emerging industry needs-by the end of next year, director Rangan Banerjee told ET. It's also planning an expansion t...
29 Jul, 2023, 11.38 PM ISTNilekanomics for a knowledge economy Endowments like this month's ₹315 crore donation by Infosys co-founder Nandan Nilekani to his alma mater Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay help build a stronger base for the knowledge economy. Nilekani's gesture is designed to catalyse mor...
26 Jun, 2023, 08.40 AM ISTIITs step up fundraising campaign to drive expansion The IITs of Kanpur, Delhi, Madras, Bombay, Roorkee and Hyderabad, among others, are stepping up initiatives to engage with alumni, corporates and philanthropists to raise funds for growth.
24 Apr, 2022, 07.46 PM ISTRakesh Gangwal’s ‘big-hearted’ move. Twitter hails IndiGo co-founder’s Rs 100 crore donation to IIT-Kanpur The donation has been made towards setting up of a medical institution.
05 Apr, 2022, 01.23 PM ISTTT Jagannathan contributes Rs 10 crore to establish endowment at IIT Madras In recognition of his achievements and to commemorate his contributions to the business world, IIT Madras announced that an auditorium is being named after Jagannathan.
06 Aug, 2021, 07.20 PM ISTDST setting up centres with analytical instruments to boost access to research & testing facilities The Department of Science and Technology (DST) is setting up several centres to house major analytical instruments to provide common services of high-end analytical testing with an aim to avoid duplication and reduce dependency on foreign sources.
14 May, 2021, 11.14 PM ISTIIT Delhi alumni endows 'Prof Ajoy K. Ghatak Chair' for photonics The optics and photonics research at IIT Delhi started in 1960s with a small team of ten, and has now expanded to more than a hundred people, which includes faculty members, researchers and graduate students.
17 Mar, 2021, 09.16 PM ISTIIT Kanpur establishes Yadupati Singhania Memorial Chair Abhishek Singhania, Director JK Cotton. “Yadupati Singhania was a visionary who believed in the development and progress of Science for betterment of the world. To pursue this vision of his, we have instituted this chair and hope that the world will...
01 Jan, 2021, 01.19 PM ISTIIT Delhi launches Global Alumni Endowment Fund, targets $1 billion over 7 years The institute aims to achieve a target of $1 billion over a period of 7 years for the newly launched fund that will work towards the development of the institute, encourage innovation and entrepreneurial spirit. The earnings will be utilized under t...
31 Oct, 2019, 09.12 PM ISTMindtree partners IIT Madras for endowed faculty fellow position in Data Science, AI Through this endowment, Mindtree will help accelerate the development of technology innovation in fields like AI, data analytics, and machine learning, it added.
17 Sep, 2018, 05.31 PM ISTIIT-Delhi for an endowment pool to fund faculty development IIT Delhi proposed creation of an endowment pool with support from its alumni to fund world-class faculty development and to finance its research students for international exposure.
29 Dec, 2013, 03.12 PM IST- Ricoh to endow research center at IIT Gandhinagar
As part of the agreement, Ricoh will take part in joint research projects at the Center
22 Jan, 2013, 02.00 AM IST