Kanpur : An alumnus of IIT-Kanpur Dr Dev Joneja has donated US $ 175,000 towards setting up of Pavitar Joneja Chair in the Humanities and Social Science department at IIT-Kanpur.
The chair will be set up in honour of Dr Joneja’s mother Pavitar Joneja.
Dr Joneja, a graduate in Mechanical Engineering from IIT-K in 1984 said, “The courses in Humanities and Social Sciences I took at IIT played a bigger role in my career and I would like to support this part of every IIT student’s education.” Director IIT-K Professor Abhay Karandikar said, “Pavitar Joneja Chair is the apt platform for students aspiring to undertake intensive research on subjects related to Humanities and Social Sciences.”