The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi, on the sixtieth anniversary of its institution, is reaching out to its alumni world wide by means of a fundraising marketing campaign. Through the ‘Going Further, By Giving Back’ marketing campaign, the institute is in search of assist for its strategic imaginative and prescient for 2030.
The institute has set an formidable goal of accumulating pledges from over 54,000 international alumni. Alumni can pledge quantities starting from Rs 3 lakh to Rs 61 lakh to be contributed over 5 years.
In the final 20 years alone, they’ve launched over 800 startups, elevating over US$ 19 billion in funds collectively, putting the institute among the many world’s top-10 undergraduate programmes by way of the variety of startups based and capital raised by its graduates.
In its ‘Vision 2030’ doc, IIT Delhi has outlined its technique targeted on 5 long-term priorities — strengthening educating and analysis, investing in expertise management in choose areas, revamping trade engagements, establishing a world-class entrepreneurship centre for alumni, college students, and college and constructing sturdy alumni engagement groups.
V Ramgopal Rao, director, IIT Delhi, stated, “Since its establishment in 1961, IIT Delhi has nurtured and encouraged people who want to change the world by doing things differently. After 60 years, that same founding ethos has gained even more significance by giving brilliant people the space to make a tangible difference, to do new and disruptive things.”
Naveen Garg, Dean, Alumni Affairs & International Programmes, IIT Delhi stated, “Many of our alumni have a lot of love and affection for the institute and we hope they use this opportunity to contribute and make a difference to their alma mater.”