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BITS Pilani alumni Anuradha, and Prashanth Palakurthi (Batch 1978), Sid Mookerji (Batch 1989), and Chaitanya Kalipatnapu (Batch 1998) have each pledged one million dollars to the BITS Endowment Fund.
Palakurthi's present commitment follows their previous donation of one million dollars to create the Anuradha and Prashanth Palakurthi Centre for Artificial Intelligence Research (APPCAIR) in 2018.
Prashanth Palakurthi is a philanthropist and technology entrepreneur residing in the United States who also serves as the Chairperson of the Giving Back Fund. In 2020, he received the first-ever BITS Ratna Award for his outstanding contributions to society, the Institute, and its stakeholders. His wife, Anuradha, founded Juju Productions and is also the Chairperson of MIT's Heritage Arts of South Asia. Anuradha organised the Vax India Now event in 2021, which was the world's first Bollywood-Hollywood virtual concert. The couple's considerable philanthropic activity touches numerous people.
The Mookerji Foundation, established by BITS graduate Sid Mookerji and his wife, Sophie Mookerji, has committed one million dollars to fund entrepreneurship development activities, including the expansion of the PhD DRIVE (Deep-tech Research Innovation and Value Generation Entrepreneurship) program. Sid Mookerji is a retail innovation pioneer and the founder and managing partner of Silicon Road Ventures, which is defining the future of global commerce.
“The generous contributions of Prashanth, Anuradha, Sid Mookerji and Chaitanya epitomize the unwavering support of our esteemed alumni and for this we express our heartfelt gratitude. Their support not only strengthens our competitive advantage, but also propels us to higher levels of excellence in education and research. We are deeply grateful for their continued commitment to the development of our institution,” said Prof Ramgopal Rao, Vice-Chancellor of BITS Pilani.
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