Golden Jubilee Growth Fund

Dear Alumnus/ Alumna,

July 31, 2018 marks the closing of our “Golden Jubilee Growth Fund” and Aug 1, the launch of our 15-year “Diamond Jubilee Corpus Fund”.

We launched the GJGF with a target of Rs. 100 crores. I am very happy to report that we are closing the Fund with an accrual of Rs. 268 crores, and are launching the DJCF with a target of Rs. 3,500 crores ($ 500M), with a closure date of July 31, 2033, which will mark the beginning of our Platinum Jubilee year.

Here’s a list of some major projects that have been supported with the GJGF:

Stadium Renovation

Prem Watsa, $ 1M

BioSciences Block II

Mehta Family Foundation, $ 1.5M

Centre for Innovation

’81 batch, Rs. 80 lakhs

CSE Department Annex

Subramonian Shankar, $ 500K

Quark (eatery)

’73 batch, Rs. 80 lakhs

Quadrangle (in front of New Academic Complex)

’77 batch, Rs. 78 lakhs

Sports Complex

’86 batch, Rs. 53 lakhs

Solar Water Heater for hostels

’73 batch, Rs. 28 lakhs

Rooftop solar for Hostels

’75 & ’95 batches, Rs. 78 lakhs

Walkway between HSB & ESB

’14, ’15, ’16 batches; Rs. 49 lakhs

International Centre for Clean Water

HT Parekh Foundation, Rs. 4 crores

Robert Bosch Centre for Data Science/ AI

Bosch Co., Rs. 7 crores

Centre for Battery Engineering

ABB India Ltd& Mahindra and Mahindra Limited, Rs. 1.5 crores

Chemplast Sanmar ZLD Research Lab

Chemplast Sanmar Ltd., Rs. 1 crore

Thin Films Lab in Physics

Kris Gopalakrishan and Jagadeesh Moodera,Rs. 3.5 crores

Space Lab

Krishna Chivukula, Rs. 1.5 crores

Initiative in Biological Systems Engineering

Prakash Arunachalam, 1.93 crores ($ 1M committed in stocks)

Big Data Fund

’89 batch, Rs. 1.3 crores

Deakin-IITM CoE in Advanced Materials & Manufacturing

Deakin University, Rs. 73 lakhs

Distinguished Chairs (3) in Computational Brain Research

Kris Gopalakrishnan, Rs. 30 crores

Visiting Chairs (3) in Computer Science

Anand Rajaraman & Venky Harinarayanan, $ 1M

Dr. Singhvi Chair

Dr. Ajit Singhvi, Rs. 1.5 crores

HAL Chair in AE

HAL, Rs. 1.5 crores

MoSDE Chair in ED

Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship, Rs. 92 lakhs

Sant Rajinder Singh Ji Maharaj Adjunct Chair

Sant Rajinder Singh Ji Maharaj, Rs. 75 lakhs

Chevron Chair

Chevron Corp., Rs. 54 lakhs

Ace Micromatic Chair

Ace Micromatic Group, Rs. 50 lakhs

Institute Chairs (20)

$ 100K each by various donors, total Rs. 11 crores

Merit-Cum-Means Scholarship

various donors, Rs. 6.9 crores

SSAN Ananya Education Trust- Interest-Free Loan

Sunderam Swaminathan, Rs. 5 crores

1964 Foundation Endowment Fund

Prem Watsa, $ 1M

Alumni Travel Grant

various donors, 1.45 crores

Ram Sundaram Travel Grant

Ram Sundaram, $ 50K

Dr. KS Varyani Memorial Award

Dr. KS Varyani Memorial Trust, Rs. 1 crore

Smt. HattiangadiManorama Bai Scholarship

M Vikram Rao, Rs. 81 lakhs

Sriram Srinivasan Scholaship

Srinivasan V, Rs. 77 lakhs

Shoma & Prasad Setty Student Distress Fund

Prasad Setty, Rs. 59 lakhs

Ram Shriram Scholars Program

Ram Shriram, $ 50K per annum

HFCL Scholarship

HFCL SOCIAL SERVICES SOCIETY, Rs. 60 lakhs

Convocation Day Prizes

various donors, Rs. 71 lakhs

Institute Day Prizes

various donors, Rs.66 lakhs

AlumNite Prizes

various donors, Rs.76 lakhs

Gopalakrishnan-Deshpande Centre

Kris Gopalakrishnan & Desh Deshpande, $ 1M per year for 5yrs

Innovation Fund

various donors, Rs. 14 crores

CFI Modernization

’81 & ’92 batches, Rs. 2.3 crores

Centre for Social Innovation & Entrepreneurship (CSIE)

Rs. 1.75 crores

Entrepreneurship Scheme for Biotechnology Students

Shrikumar Suryanarayanan, Rs. 50 lakhs

IITM Incubation Cell

various donors, Rs. 5.8 crores

Healthcare Technology Innovation Centre

J Mitra & Co., Pvt. Ltd., Rs. 16.5 crores

Roof-top solar with 2 MW capacity

Rural Electrification Corp., Rs. 9 crores

National Program on Technology-Enhanced Learning

Aricent Technologies Ltd., Rs. 5.2 crore

Sustainable Waste Management &Resource Recovery for Healthy & Clean Villages

Indian Additives Ltd and Technip Solutions., Rs. 3.5 crores

TTK Centre for Rehabilitation Research & Device Development (R2D2)

TTK Prestige Ltd., Rs. 3 crores

Prof.MS Ananth Endowment Fund for Socially Relevant Projects& Financial Assistance for Children of SHG Employees

various donors, Rs. 2.3 crores

Affordable Standing Wheelchair (R2D2)

The Wellcome Trust, Rs. 2.2 crores

Carbon Zero Challenge

Virtusa Polaris, Rs. 2.75 crores

Cost-Effective Wireless Broadband Solutions for Rural Areas

Nokia Solutions & Networks India Pvt. Ltd., Rs. 2 crores

Dynamic Traffic congestion Prediction System for Indian Cities

TCS, Rs. 1.9 crores

Inverterless Solar System for Off-Grid Areas in India

Verizon, Sasken, Cholamandalam Gen Insurance, Rs. 1.4 crores

Centre for Rehabilitation Engineering & Assistive Technology (CREATE)

L&T Technology Services Ltd., Rs. 1.25 crores

Open Source Platforms & Capability Creation Initiative at RISE

City Union Bank Ltd., Rs. 2.1 crores

Enhanced Traffic Mobility Using Signal Improvements

L&T Technology Services Ltd., Rs. 84 lakhs

Improved Urban Governance in Metropolitan Chennai

Cholamandalam Investment & Finance Co., Rs. 69 lakhs

Microgrid Systems for Village Electrification

ABB India Ltd., Rs. 60 lakhs

Village adoption/development at Nagapattinam

Chennai Petroleum Corporation Limited, Rs. 60 lakhs

a. Various donors: Rs. 8.5 crores

With your support, our “Next 15” will be our best yet, both in terms of fund-raising, and in institutional high-rise. Here are some specific objectives that can be supported by building a sizable corpus, and deploying annual returns in a targeted manner:

   Societal Impact:

   • Achieve technology breakthroughs that have momentous consequences for the nation
   • Deploy R & D interventions in water, energy, environment, healthcare, housing, transport and education to benefit society
   • Target scale and sustainability when developing solutions for India’s “Grand Challenges”
   • Ensure full dissemination of achievements to address perception/ reputation gaps

   Research Centres of Excellence:

   • Identify and nurture selected CoEs with potential to be among the world’s best in their domain, and able to attract funding from various sources
   • Recruit high-quality faculty, including foreigners, to achieve diversity in thought
   • Promote internationalization with institutional tie-up’s, faculty collaborations and student mobility
   • Ensure commercial realization via IP protection and technology transfer

   Teaching/Training:

   • High degree of flexibility in undergraduate curriculum, large number of interdisciplinary Masters’ programs as part of a dual-degree
   • Market-driven online M.Tech. programs and certification courses
   • Induction of foreign students into M.Tech. programs
   • Use of Teaching/ Learning Centre to improve pedagogy and learning outcomes

   Academic Research:

   • Upgrade path from Masters’ programs to Ph.D.
   • Induction of foreign students into M.S. and Ph.D. programs with scholarships on offer
   • Strong postdoctoral research programs with good career prospects
   • Central Instrument Facility to avoid logjams in sample analysis

   Industry Relations:

   • Leverage Research Park fully to maximize connectivity of R & D Centres to IIT Madras faculty
   • Formation of industry Consortia to achieve scale in shared research
   • IP Office that handles Tech Transfer and commercialization aspects, including marketing
   • Induction of Professors of Practice to strengthen interface to industry

   Innovation & Entrepreneurship:

   • Enable larger fraction of students and faculty to pursue innovation & entrepreneurship
   • Provide connectivity to external incubators and innovation hubs
   • Involve large number of alumni as mentors and investors
   • Provide necessary on-campus infrastructure to coordinate innovation/ entrepreneurship-related activities

   Infrastructure:

   • Achieve a clean and modern ambience, preserving biodiversity and greenery
   • Build some iconic structures on campus that will enhance visitor experience
   • Provide sufficient accommodations on campus for faculty, students and Staff
   • Enable state-of-the-art facilities for classrooms and Research Centres

   Human Resources:

   • Recruit foreign faculty to enhance international character
   • Leverage Visiting Chairs and Adjunct Faculty to nucleate new areas of research
   • Provide incentives for junior, mid-level and senior faculty to continue to excel
   • Provide growth opportunities for non-academic Staff

   Internationalization:

   • Develop joint degree (Ph.D. & Masters’) programs with top 100 Universities in the world
   • Leverage membership in global University consortia to promote student and faculty exchanges
   • Offer summer/ winter research internships to foreign students
   • Participate strongly in GoI programs such as GIAN, VAJRA; develop Institute’s own programs modelled on these

   Alumni Relations/ Fund-Raising:

   • Establish tax-exempt Foundations in various geographies to facilitate donations
   • Target industry for CSR funds and Naming Rights, Foundations for sponsorships
   • Identify high-net-worth alumni, cultivate them for large contributions
   • Grow the alumni network through social media

   Perception:

   • Targeted publicizing of breakthrough technologies with deep social impact
   • Lecture tours for “star” faculty and Ph.D. scholars, and hosting of luminaries and opinion-makers on campus
   • Departmental Advisory Committees with substantial foreign participation
   • Annual Workshops on campus and abroad to disseminate latest achievements

With regards....
Prof. R. Nagarajan
Department of Chemical Engineering
Dean, International & Alumni Relations
IIT Madras

e-mail: [email protected]
Phone: +91 9444008390

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