Alumni-funded Chair Professorships and faculty excellence awards are helping faculty push frontiers of research
KGP Chronicle (October 18, 2019)
Driving force
Alumni-funded Chair professorships and faculty excellence awards are helping the faculty push the frontiers of research
Recruiting, encouraging and retaining talent becomes imperative for the success of an educational institution of the stature of IIT Kharagpur, recognized already as an Institution of Eminence. Chair Professorships are critical to this exercise. Institute Chairs, Faculty Excellence awards and alumni-funded Chairs all contribute to creating an ecosystem that nurtures creativity, rewards excellence and provides an incentive for hard work.
It is a privilege for IIT Kharagpur that its alumni understand this connection. Over the years, several Chairs have been created by the alumni to encourage excellence. Alumni-endowed Chairs are, in fact, increasingly driving research in critical and challenging areas of research. (Read More)