BIT Sindri alumnus donates $1 million to PM CARES Fund

Sindri: A BITSindri alumnus, Dr K P Singh (KP), has donated has donated $1 million to the PM Cares fund through the BIT Sindri Alumni Association in North America to fuel India’s ongoing fight against the pandemic.
BIT Sindri director D K Singh said, “KP has also approached the Bihar government for setting up a 100-bed state-of-the-art hospital in his native village in Baraihiya at an estimated cost of $30 million.”
Currently settled in America, KP is the CEO of the US-based Holtec Corporation which specializes in nuclear technology, nuclear waste disposal, designing of nuclear reactors and power storage.
“KP also pledged to fund the appointment of five adjunct professors for the institute, including their travel expenses,” Dr Singh said.
During his visit to the institute in 2018, KP had promised to build a tech centre with comparable level of funding to that of the University of Pennsylvania if BIT becomes a central government-funded institute.
A mechanical engineer of the 1967 batch of BIT, Sindri, KP did his MS in engineering and PhD from the University of Pennsylvania and the nano-technology centre at the university bears his name.