December 30, 2023
IITKGP Ka Tempo Kahan Hai?
IITKGP Foundation
Last week, Times of India reported that “In a groundbreaking move, the Class of 1998 from IIT Bombay has pledged a record-breaking Rs. 57 crores (nearly $7 million) .. to propel key academic projects and shape the research landscape at IIT Bombay.” Similarly IIT Madras announced that it raised nearly $230 million in alumni and corporate donations to support “interdisciplinary centers of excellence” at IIT Madras.
As the first IIT established in independent India, IIT Kharagpur has more than 73,000 alumni of which more than 50,000 are spread across the Globe. We at the IITKGP Foundation (USA) have more than 14,500 registered alumni in our database who are also reached by this newsletter. Imagine if each of the 14,500 alumni gave just $250 today, we could raise nearly $3.6 million by the end of 2023. This would still not be close to the effort from IIT Bombay’s class of 1998, but it will be a great start to our goal to support IITKGP and continue to help it sustain itself as a top ranked world class engineering institution. Imagine if all 73,000 alumni gave a few dollars each…
It only takes 3 minutes of your time; Click the donate button below and choose the amount you can donate and pay with a credit card. EACH DOLLAR DONATED will provide IITKGP the flexibility to support its efforts in expanding housing for PhD students, providing state-of-the-art infrastructure, building a quality guest house for visiting alumni and faculty, supporting innovative research and development projects, providing scholarships to support student with less means (IITKGP tuition today is at $1.5 lakh per annum plus housing), and attract top faculty with chaired professorships. This is just a short list of the implications of building a large endowment.
None of this is viable without your support. Give before the end of the year and double the impact of your donation by also getting a tax break.