IT industry veteran and Chairman of the Unique Identification Authority of India Nandan Nilekani, and his wife Rohini Nilekani have donated Rs. 50 crore to the Indian Institute for Human Settlements (IIHS). A statement released by the institute on Monday quoted the couple as saying the donation was made because the “IIHS is at the convergence of both our interests in education, urbanisation and sustainability.”
Thanking the Nilekanis for “one of the largest gifts in India's history for a new school at a prospective national university,” Aromar Revi, Director, IIHS, said:
“India is returning to a tradition of philanthropy to build independent national institutions for the common good.”
The IIHS said the donation marked “a major step” in its endeavour to mobilise Rs. 300 crore in order to fund five interdisciplinary schools, build one of South Asia's largest reference and digital libraries and establish other facilities on its campus near Kengeri. The IIHS is also raising Rs. 100 crore for chair professorships at the university.
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