Enhancing spirit of education
IIT Delhi Professors Endow Scholarships, Awards for Students, Employees
New Delhi: Celebrating the spirit of education and its pupils, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)-New Delhi has announced endow scholarships and awards for its undergraduate students and fellow employees for the betterment of its establishment.
"Scholarships endowed by donors help defray tuition expenses of Undergraduate students at IIT-Delhi, while awards encourage students to excel in academics, research, and cocurricular activities," IIT Delhi said in a statement.
The statement added that superannuated faculty members have also helped raise funds from their friends and colleagues to set up Endowments to support student awards and research excellence.
While thanking his colleagues for their kind gesture, Professor V Ramgopal Rao, Director, IIT-Delhi, said: "The selflessness and devotion of our faculty members is our greatest strength. Many of these colleagues would prefer remaining anonymous, but we hope that by celebrating such contributions we can build a strong culture of giving amongst our alumni."
Professor Kushal Sen, Department of Textile and Fibre Engineering and his wife Dr. Mira Kushal, an IIT-Delhi alumna, instituted five awards to recognise and promote research excellence and leadership among undergraduate students and an award for recognising contributions of IIT Delhi employees. Professor SN Singh, Department of Applied Mechanics, has instituted two merit-cum-means scholarships for undergraduate students.
Professor Anurag Sharma, Department of Physics, and his wife, Professor Enakshi K Sharma, a faculty member, have instituted an award in memory of his father for the best PhD thesis in the field of Optics and Photonics while Professor D Subbarao, Department of Chemical Engineering has endowed an award for the best PhD thesis in Chemical Engineering.
"IIT Delhi has given us everything; the education, the professionalism and on top the humility. Interacting with such bright minds has been the hallmark of our journey. We would like to see more and more IIT Delhi undergraduates and graduates take up research as their career and bring glory to the institute and themselves," Professor Kushal said.
