Kharagpur: The Indian Institute Of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur, has contributed Rs 1 crore to the PM CARES Fund to assist the country in fighting COVID-19.
According to media reports, the teaching and non-teaching staff of IIT Kharagpur donated a day’s salary towards the fund.
IIT Kharagpur Director Virendra Tewari said, “We had proposed to contribute towards this fund and circulated a form through which all employees of IIT Kharagpur can voluntarily donate through an institutional mechanism. I am glad to see people have come forward in large numbers and within a week we have been able to pledge the amount. We have communicated the same to the Ministry of Human Resources Development as well.”
The institution’s alumni, who are currently in the United States, have approached the administration to extend financial help to those in need during this crisis.