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.
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 |
Cisco | Centre for Networked Intelligence |
Tata Motors Limited | PhD scholarships |
Triveni Turbine | Research equipment in turbomachinery |
Booking. Com | M. Tech scholarships for women students |
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 |
L&T Technology Services | Women’s Hostel Block |
Triveni Turbines | Development of Lab, ICER |
Wells Fargo Intl. Solutions Pvt. Ltd. | Instructional Lab for CSA Department & Fellowship program for CDS M.Tech. Students |
TIMKEN Engineering & Research India Pvt. Ltd. | Artificial Intelligence (AI) Lab for M.Tech. AI Program |
GroupM Media India Pvt. Ltd. | Establishing AI Education Lab |
Nokia Solutions and Networks | Center for Excellence in Networked Robotics |
Citrix R & D India Pvt. Ltd. | Online Teaching Studios & Covid 19 Testing |
Cap Gemini Technology Services India Ltd. | Accelerated Development of Covid19 Antibody Test |
SBI Foundation | Mobile Molecular Diagnostics and Testing Lab and Project Praana |
Sony India Software Centre | Fellowships for women M Tech students in Computing Sciences |
Tata Consulting Engineers | Research Projects in ICER Laboratory and Protection and Monitoring Laboratory (PAM) |
Wipro GE Healthcare Pvt Ltd | Computational and Data Sciences Collaborative Laboratory of Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Medical Imaging |
Research/philanthropic grants
NetApp
Microsoft Research India
VMware
DRDO
Wipro
Mindtree Limited
Google Asia Pacific Pte Ltd
Facebook Realty Labs
Foundations/Trusts
Tata Trusts
Grantham Foundation
Robert Bosch Foundation & Robert Bosch Business & Engineering Solutions
LRN Foundation
Pratibodh Foundation
- Dr. T R Bhaskaran Memorial Prize for Excellence in Academic Research
- Pratibhodh Foundation Fellowship for Women Students
Philanthropists
Mrs. Susmita and Mr. Subroto Bagchi, and Mrs. Radha and Mr. NS Parthasarathy – Bagchi-Parthasarathy Hospital
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
Mrs. Arundhati and Mr Deepak Das
Alumni
Mr. N Lakshmi Narayanan
Dr. Vijaya & Dr. Rajagopal Rao
Dr. Brij Seth
Mr. Murali Aravamudan
Institute Gold Medals by Alumni