IISc continues to benefit from generous contributions made by its numerous benefactors. The institute is extremely grateful to the various organizations, philanthropists and alumni who have wholeheartedly supported several initiatives promoting education and research.
HAL is supporting the establishment of the HAL-IISc Skill Development Centre under CSR at IISc Challakere.
Corporates
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Grants
In recent years, several corporates have partnered with IISc to implement CSR projects of immense social impact.
Company |
Project |
| TCS Foundation | TCS Smart-X Hub |
| Hindustan Aeronautics Limited | HAL-IISc Skill Development Centre |
| Infosys Foundation | Infosys Visiting Chairs & Young Investigator positions |
| Enhancing research & infrastructure for infectious diseases research | |
| Citibank, N.A. | Funding of six start-ups incubated at the Society for Innovation and Development (SID) |
| HT Parekh Foundation | Dissemination & capacity building in low-carbon technologies |
| Rural Electrification Corporation | Solar power generation and LED lighting at IISc Bangalore campus |
| Garrett Motion | Research and education in high-temperature materials |
| ConditionMonitoring of Legacy Machines (CPDM) & Automous Ground Vehicle (AGV) Telrobotics. | |
| Tata Elxsi | M Tech AI Lab |
| SBI Cards | M Tech AI Lab |
| Bharat Dynamics Limited | Solar PV & CSP-based training and skill development at IISc Challakere |
| Cisco | PhD scholarships |
| Tata Motors Limited | PhD scholarships |
| Triveni Turbine | Research equipment in turbomachinery |
| Booking. Com | M. Tech scholarships for women students |
| Wipro GE Healthcare | Collaborative Laboratory of Artificial Intelligence in Medical and Healthcare Imaging |
| Covidien | Research equipment in bioengineering |
| HP | Support for education |
| Sonata Software | Education, outreach and infrastructure development at CSA |
| GE India Technology Centre | National mathematics workshops |
| Accel Partners | CSA Research Endowment fund |
| L&T Technology Services | Teachers’ Training @ IISc Challakere |
| Broadcom India | Workshops and student support |
| Adventz Finance Private Limited | Young Investigator position |
| Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited | New women’s hostel block |
| Amazon Internet Services | A.I. research and education initiatives |
| Huawei Technologies India | Research & Training in Intelligent Data Analytics |
Research/philanthropic grants
NetApp
Microsoft Research India
VMware
DRDO
Wipro
Mindtree Limited
Google Asia Pacific Pte Ltd
Foundations/Trusts
Tata Trusts
Grantham Foundation
Robert Bosch Foundation & Robert Bosch Business & Engineering Solutions
LRN Foundation
Philanthropists
Mr. Kris & Mrs. Sudha Gopalakrishnan
Mr. Arjun Divecha
Jindal Aluminium Group & Sitaram Jindal Foundation
Avra Labs (Dr. AV Rama Rao & Dr. Chandra Ramarao)
Late Mr. Krishna Kaikini
Mr. Sameer Bhat – Gore Subraya Bhat Associate Professorship Chair
Ms. Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw
Mr. SV Narasaiah
Alumni
Mr. N Lakshmi Narayanan
Dr. Satya Nadham Atluri
Dr. Vijaya & Dr. Rajagopal Rao
Dr. Brij Seth
Mr. Murali Aravamudan
