DEAN OF RESOURCES AND ALUMNI AFFAIRS OFFICE

Schemes for Promoting Excellence

Individual donors, or a group of donors, can choose from the schemes listed below:

Donations to IIT Roorkee are 100% deductible from Total Taxable Income u/s 80G of the Income Tax Act 1961

		Donation required to sponsor
S. No.	Activity/Scheme and Purpose	For 10 Years	Perpetual
1. Infrastructure Development
I.	Establishment of IIT Roorkee Research Park	Rs. 195 crores
	Renovation of James Thomason Building	Rs. 20.23 crores
	Construction of a Foot-over-Bridge	Rs. 3.50 crores
	Renovation of Academic Spaces	Rs. 57.53 crores
	Renovation of Hostels	Rs. 116.55 crores
II.	Naming Opportunity :Naming of buildings and various facilities, e.g., labs, seminar rooms, meeting rooms, auditoriums etc.	Case to case basis
2. Schemes for Students
2a.	Gold Medal to Departmental Topper (UG/PG) A Gold Medal will be established to be presented to the Department (decided by the donor) Topper for UG/ PG.	Rs. 4.40 Lac	Rs. 12.5 Lac
2b.	Merit-Cum-Means (MCM) Scholarship/ Cash prize / Awards The objective of the Scheme is to provide financial assistance to poor and meritorious students to enable them to pursue professional and technical courses.	Rs. 2.5 Lac (Scholarship of Rs. 20000/- to be given for approx. 17 years)	Rs. 5 Lac
2c.	Financial Aid for Students To help one or more needy students with a lumpsum amount, who are facing financial hardships because of their personal circumstances.	Rs. 4.40 Lac or more	Rs. 12.5 Lac
2d.	Travel Support to Students (x) To present papers in Good International Conferences (y) For International Research Internships	Any amount > Rs. 5.0 Lacs	Any amount > Rs. 25 Lac
2e.	Support for Students’ Technical Projects	Rs. 16.25 Lac	Rs. 50 Lac
2f.	Best B.Tech. Project of the Department Award The Award to the best B.Tech. The project of the Department shall be awarded to the eligible final year group of students having the most significant contribution to their B.Tech Project submitted.	N.A	Rs. 5.0 Lacs: Best B.Tech. Project Award of Rs. 20,000/- per team
2g.	James Thomason Scholarship Students with < 250 AIR in JEE (Advanced) and admitted to IIT Roorkee will get Rs 25000/- per month for the entire duration of their program.	Rs. 20.35 Lac	Rs. 62.5 Lac
2h.	Excellence in Doctoral Research Award This award aims to honor exceptional Ph.D. scholar who demonstrates outstanding contributions to their respective field of study.	Rs. 4.40 Lac	Rs. 12.5 Lac
3. Schemes for Faculties
3a.	Chair Professorship for Faculty Institute Chair Professorships for faculty who are well recognized on the national/international stage for their contributions.	Rs. 49.00 Lac	Rs. 1.5 Crore*
3b.	Research Fellowship for Mid-career Faculty/ New faculty Fellowships to recognize mid-career faculty members who are doing outstanding research in IITR. Fellowship to encourage bright, young academics to join IITR as faculty.	Rs. 32.5 Lac	Rs. 1 Crore*
4. Other Schemes
I.	Departmental Endowed Lecture Series To fund the travel of well recognized experts to the department for giving a talk and interacting with the faculty and students of the department.	Rs. 4.10 Lac	Rs. 12.5 Lac
II.	Anushruti Academy for the Deaf (A Social Initiative of IIT Roorkee) The school delivers quality education to differently abled children with speech and hearing impairments in and around Roorkee, Uttarakhand.	Any amount can be gifted. It will also be 100% deductible from taxable income u/s 80G.
III.	TIDES Business Incubator Technology Incubation and Entrepreneurship Development Society (TIDES) has been established to promote innovation and entrepreneurship in the region.	Any amount can be gifted. It will also be 100% deductible from taxable income u/s 80G.
IV.	Gift Smaller, general purpose, donations are equally welcome. They can be given annually, or whenever convenient.	Any amount can be gifted. It will also be 100% deductible from taxable income u/s 80G.

Note:

1. 1. Donations above Rs. 10 Lacs can be paid in installments.

2. Donations to IIT Roorkee are eligible for 100% exemption u/s 80G of the Income Tax Act 1961.

3. Donor(s) can name the scheme as per his/her/their wish. For example, donor(s) can name a Chair Professorship as “XYZ Chair Professor” in his/her/their
or any other name.

4. The above listed schemes are existing. Any other scheme can also be initiated, in consultation with the Institute.

5. Every year, a financial statement showing the opening amount, interest earned, expenditure, and balance amount shall be emailed to the donor.

6. Every year, the institute will email the list of beneficiaries to the donor.

7. For making an online donation, please click here.

For more information and queries, please write to: Prof. R. D. Garg, Dean of Resources & Alumni Affairs (Email: dora@iitr.ac.in, dora.office@iitr.ac.in)