Don’t waste a good crisis: India needs a body not just for putting out fires, but also for long-term strategic energy ideasIndia is facing one of its worst energy disruptions, with far higher dependence on imported fuels than in past crises. Today, the focus has...
22 Apr, 2026, 12.59 AM IST
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
Shriram Group endows chair at IISc for computational mechanicsShriram Group collaborates with IISc to establish a Chair in Computational Mechanics, aiming to support research in fields like mechanical,...
22 Oct, 2024, 10.01 PM IST
IISc alumnus endows chair professorships in medical research, hopes for solutions for Type-1 diabetes and kidney diseases“We are extremely grateful to the Venkatramanan family for their generous contribution, which will foster cutting-edge medical research at ...
18 Oct, 2024, 02.08 PM IST
IIT Kanpur alumnus Rajeev Gautam donates $250,000 to alma materThe donation establishes three endowed programmes aimed at fostering innovation, excellence, and academic growth within the Department of C...
29 Feb, 2024, 01.59 PM IST
IIT Kanpur establishes Yadupati Singhania Memorial ChairAbhishek Singhania, Director JK Cotton. “Yadupati Singhania was a visionary who believed in the development and progress of Science for bet...
01 Jan, 2021, 01.19 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
Couple donates $100,000 for Sikh, Punjabi research in USDhillon, a prominent Riverside orthopaedic and hand surgeon, had earlier helped raise funds needed to launch the endowed chair in Sikh Stud...
19 Aug, 2016, 01.33 PM IST
University of California Irwin returns USD 3 million grant for Hindu studies chairIn another letter, UCI students and faculty expressed concern over DCF donation, and the impact it might have on the credibility of Hindu s...
23 Feb, 2016, 01.08 PM IST
Godrej signs MoU with the Institute of Chemical TechnologyThe Group will donate Rs 40 lakh every year as an endowment fund to help set up the chair.
23 Jun, 2015, 03.42 PM IST
We have to stay ahead of most advanced countries: Kris GopalakrishnanKris has funded researches in the field of computational brain research at Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore and three chairs at IIT...
18 Apr, 2015, 04.05 PM IST
Fund-raising campaign launched to establish Vivekananda ChairChina has funded over 70 Confucius Institutes in the US alone and hundreds globally, in addition to dozens of study centres and numerous Ch...
30 Dec, 2014, 02.15 PM IST
Indian-American doctor gifts $ 2 million to US health centreDr Sanghvi is the first American of Indian origin to endow a chair position at the University of Cincinnati, a media release said.
16 Nov, 2013, 11.39 AM IST
Ranjana Advani first Indian woman to hold chair at US UniversityDr Ranjana Advani has become the first Indian woman to receive the 'Saul Rosenberg MD Professorship in Lymphoma".
19 May, 2013, 12.36 PM IST
- Tata Chemicals in pact with ICT for creation of endowment chair
Tata Chemicals will donate Rs 3.5 crore as endowment fund to help set up the Chair Professor's position, it added.
14 May, 2013, 07.21 PM IST
- Virginia Commonwealth University to establish India Chair
To foster greater understanding about the Indian democratic framework, a US university has decided to establish India Chair, which is said ...
05 Apr, 2012, 10.23 AM IST
- Kushagra Bajaj announces $2.5 mn endowment for Carnegie Mellon
The gift will support teaching and research in a field selected by the chair recipient, the university said in a statement.
30 Jun, 2011, 10.06 AM IST