Top engineering colleges hit the fund trail to boost research, infrastructureIndia's top engineering schools, including IITs and BITS Pilani, are actively fundraising from alumni, corporations and philanthropists. Th...
16 Dec, 2024, 06.48 AM IST
IIT Madras gets largest single donation of Rs 228 crore from alumnus Dr Krishna ChivukulaIIT Madras received a record donation of Rs. 228 Crore from alumnus Dr. Krishna Chivukula. The funds will support scholarships, research, a...
06 Aug, 2024, 08.48 PM IST
IITs step up efforts to raise donations from alumniIIT 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...
20 Jan, 2024, 08.11 PM IST
IIT Bombay alumni gift Rs 57 crore to instituteThis is the highest sum given by a batch of alumni to the institute, exceeding Rs 41 crore in donations that the class of 1971 had made dur...
24 Dec, 2023, 05.43 PM IST
Ashoka University gets ₹250 cr grant from Harish & Bina Shah FoundationThe grant takes the total commitments received by the private university in the National Capital Region to ₹2,606 crore. It will be deploye...
18 Dec, 2023, 11.55 PM IST
Engineering 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 ...
14 Aug, 2023, 12.00 AM IST
IITs step up fundraising campaign to drive expansionThe IITs of Kanpur, Delhi, Madras, Bombay, Roorkee and Hyderabad, among others, are stepping up initiatives to engage with alumni, corporat...
24 Apr, 2022, 07.46 PM IST
IIM Bangalore Alumni Association launches 'Donate a Vaccine' initiativeAt the event, IIM Bangalore Alumni Association (IIMBAA) unveiled an innovative fundraising initiative, to vaccinate close to 100,000 people...
29 May, 2021, 08.55 PM IST
IITs now turn more to alumni for fundingWith insufficient govt funding, institutes are setting up alumni development offices, forming alumni boards to reach out. From setting up a...
13 Jan, 2020, 12.38 PM IST
IIT-Delhi targets Rs 200 cr at fund launchIIT Delhi sets its sight on a Rs 200-crore endowment fund from its glorious genus of alumni including founders and co-founders of various c...
21 Oct, 2019, 07.51 AM IST
IIT alumni loosening up purse strings for alma materDonations to top five Indian Institutes of Technology may cross Rs 1,000 crore by the end of this financial year.
15 Jan, 2019, 07.57 AM IST
In a first, US-based son of IIT Kharagpur alumni donates Rs 2 crore to parents' alma materIn a first, US-based son of IIT Kharagpur alumni donates Rs 2 crore to parents' alma mater
11 Apr, 2018, 06.53 PM IST
IIT Alumni association to support financially-disadvantaged studentsFAP is an honor-based system of sustainable peer-to-peer support. Scholarships are available to all undergraduate and postgraduate students...
02 Feb, 2018, 06.58 PM IST
Business of giving back picks up at Indian B-schoolsAlumni donating to help fund academic pursuits, infrastructure and overall progress; funding received mostly as part of donations by batche...
22 Jul, 2017, 08.17 AM IST
- Alumni back IIM-A: 40 crore promised in a day
Twenty-four hours were enough for the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM-A) to get promises of Rs 40 crore from its powerful al...
13 Dec, 2011, 08.36 AM IST
IIM-A seeks $1 million each from star alumniIT has created countless millionaires from its campus. Now, it is looking expectantly at them to contribute for the development of their al...
22 May, 2009, 07.53 AM IST
- IIT, IIM alumni associations do their bit and more for alma mater, society
IIT and IIM alumni associations are increasingly becoming more than just a convenient way of keeping in touch with batchmates.
26 Jun, 2006, 02.15 AM IST