IIT-M alumnus makes single largest donation of ₹228 crore
The New Indian Express|August 07, 2024
MORE than 50 years after he graduated from the Indian Institute of Technology-Madras, alumnus and businessman Krishna Chivukula has donated 228 crore to the institute.
IIT-M alumnus makes single largest donation of ₹228 crore

Chivukula, who completed his MTech in Aerospace Engineering with a focus on Jet Propulsion in 1970, is the chairman and founder of INDO US MIM Tec, a company specialising in the manufacture of metal injection molding (MIM) components.

During an event on the IIT campus on Tuesday, the institute named an academic block in his honour- the Krishna Chivukula Block.

The donation made by the businessman, one of the largest ever made to an educational institution in the country, will support various initiatives including scholarships for international students, the research excellence grant programme, an undergraduate fellowship program for freshers, sports scholar programme, development of the Shaastra Magazine, and the maintenance of the Krishna Chivukula Block, among others.

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