The seminar hall in the Electrical Engineering Department is being used for department-level meetings, Invited talks, Ph.D. student’s seminar presentations, and other student-related activities. It is located at First Floor, Dept of Electrical Engineering at ESB Building.
Area in Square Feet would be 839.28 and can seat about 60 students. This is an important infrastructure for the Department.
Proposal
The Seminar Hall needs periodic upgradation for facilities like Interiors, air-conditioning facilities, Projection system, Audio Video system, microphones, and seating systems.
The department is seeking funds of Rs. 25 lakhs for the above as a one-off expenditure.
Alternatively, we can accept an endowment of Rs. 105 Lakhs, wherein the immediate repair and maintenance can be done for 25 lakhs and the remaining 80 Lakhs can be an endowment, and the returns arising out of the endowment can be used for periodic maintenance and up-gradation.
IIT Madras would be pleased to recognise the donor for the endowment contributions by appropriately naming the hall.
Donations given to IIT Madras are eligible for 100 % tax deductions under section 80 G of IT act.
Contributions given to IIT Madras to support education can qualify as CSR spend under schedule VII of companies act.
