Kolkata: Between acute fund crunchs, they are dependent on universities corporate social responsibility (CSR) Funds of government and private companies to increase their facilities and infrastructure.
For example, a 3,000 sq ft unit operation of Chemical Engineering Department Jadavpur university An American multinational pharmaceutical company, Merc & Company was renovated with the help of CSR grant.
The revived laboratory, which is required for teaching and research, was inaugurated on Friday. The JU is also ready to start a multi -discipline research center for sustainable development, using a part of the CSR grant.
“We are grateful to Sanat Chattopadhyay, who is the global president of the manufacturing division of Merc & Company and is also an alumnus of a Xu Chemical Engineering Department to provide a CSR grant of Rs 1 crore. A major part of the money was spent on buying instruments and repairing laboratory.” Chattopadhyay, an alumnus of the 1981 JU, shared, “The center will be established with a mission to run high-effects in stability, which ensures economic growth by maintaining ecological balance.” According to Dipankar Sanyal, Professor of the Department of Mechanical Engineering, the center will provide a PhD degree and course on the environment.
Presidency University (PU) Registrar Debjyoti Konar said, “The university has received a lot of CSR funds from some well established government institutions, state and central, banks and private bodies, which have provided large -scale student development and infrastructure expansion.” The PU Chemistry Department received financial support of about Rs 20 lakh from the Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (PGCIL) for upgradation of the lab. JU's Electrical Engineering Department also received Rs 18.5 lakh from PGCIL. Siemens contributed one crore software to JU's production engineering department.
West Bengal Infrastructure Development Finance Corporation gave about 30 lakh rupees to upgrade the student computer lab.
“Infosys Limited gave a settlement of Rs 60 lakh for the construction of a state -of -the -art lecture theater and Rs 5 crore for making the post of Infosys Chair Professor for the Department of Economics,” said an official. State Bank of India gave Rs 35 lakh to Zoo for campus beautification. It also helped Pu.
For example, a 3,000 sq ft unit operation of Chemical Engineering Department Jadavpur university An American multinational pharmaceutical company, Merc & Company was renovated with the help of CSR grant.
The revived laboratory, which is required for teaching and research, was inaugurated on Friday. The JU is also ready to start a multi -discipline research center for sustainable development, using a part of the CSR grant.
“We are grateful to Sanat Chattopadhyay, who is the global president of the manufacturing division of Merc & Company and is also an alumnus of a Xu Chemical Engineering Department to provide a CSR grant of Rs 1 crore. A major part of the money was spent on buying instruments and repairing laboratory.” Chattopadhyay, an alumnus of the 1981 JU, shared, “The center will be established with a mission to run high-effects in stability, which ensures economic growth by maintaining ecological balance.” According to Dipankar Sanyal, Professor of the Department of Mechanical Engineering, the center will provide a PhD degree and course on the environment.
Presidency University (PU) Registrar Debjyoti Konar said, “The university has received a lot of CSR funds from some well established government institutions, state and central, banks and private bodies, which have provided large -scale student development and infrastructure expansion.” The PU Chemistry Department received financial support of about Rs 20 lakh from the Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (PGCIL) for upgradation of the lab. JU's Electrical Engineering Department also received Rs 18.5 lakh from PGCIL. Siemens contributed one crore software to JU's production engineering department.
West Bengal Infrastructure Development Finance Corporation gave about 30 lakh rupees to upgrade the student computer lab.
“Infosys Limited gave a settlement of Rs 60 lakh for the construction of a state -of -the -art lecture theater and Rs 5 crore for making the post of Infosys Chair Professor for the Department of Economics,” said an official. State Bank of India gave Rs 35 lakh to Zoo for campus beautification. It also helped Pu.
