1. Building a $100MM endowment for IIT Madras
IIT Madras Foundation
Building a $100MM endowment for IIT Madras

2. Outline Progress at IIT Madras What is IIT Madras Foundation? The Team
What we have accomplished?
Gift Opportunities
The Ask

3. IIT Madras now has a holistic innovation ecosystem
The best startup ecosystem in India
Cutting edge research feeding into structured startup programs

4. Success examples – entrepreneurship and research
Automotive Research (CAAR)

5. Progress towards achieving IITM 2020 vision
Best engineering institute (2015 & 2016)
MHRD’s National Institute Ranking Framework (NIRF)
Best in consultancy
Rs. 174 Crore earned in according to NIRF
Most patents filed by an IIT
248 patent applications so far, according to MHRD
Winner in “Best on Campus” category (2016 & 2017)
4 out of 5 finalists at Economic Times Startup Awards

6. What is the IIT Madras Foundation?
Vision – To transform IITM into a leading world class hub for innovation, by strengthening the research and entrepreneurship ecosystem
Goals - To build an $100M endowment by 2020
Entity c3 non-profit launched in 2015
Governance – Alumni Volunteer Led and Professionally Managed

7. Office of the Foundation - Volunteers and Paid Staff
Board Members
Officers
Professional Consultants
Vijay Ullal (Chairman) (2015)
Ashok Santhanam (2015)
Raj Narayanaswamy (2015)
Seshan Rammohan (2015)
Kittu Kolluri (2016)
Rohini Chakravarthy (2017)
Seshan Rammohan, CEO
Ranga Srinivasan, Marketing
Sai Mukundan, Secretary
Philip Thach CFO (2017)
Shamim Pushpala, Admin (2017)
Nivisha Mehta, Development (2017)

8. Volunteer Team Investment Committee Fundraising Team
Faculty Alumni Team
Kumar Doraiswami
Shankar Nagarajan
Vasanth Victor
Raj Narayanswamy
Sundi Sundaresh
Rohini Chakravarthy
Ashok Santhanam
Girish Muckai
Kannan Govindarajan
Jayaram Kalpathy
Murali Gomatam
M Somasundaram
Mani Iyer
Ganesh Rajan
Sriram Samu
Rajan Srikanth
Seshan Rammohan
Marketing Team
Database Team
Ranga Srinivasan
Srikanth Deshpande
Sindhu Tatimatla
Sajal Sahay
Arjun Arora
Rajesh Mani
Teresa Davis
Amrit Vatsa
Paulette Altmaier
Sagar Pushpala
Vijay Ullal

9. Key Achievements to Date
Gift and Pledges
Endowment
Pass through Gifts
Operating Funds
$7.2M
$4.2M
$2.5M
$0.4M

10. YTD Gifts and Pledges

11. 2017 - YTD Cumulative Endowments By Entities

12. Endowment Gift Opportunities for the Institute
Gift Category
Amount
Purpose
Innovation Fund
$500K
Enhance Entrepreneurship and Innovation Ecosystem established by IITM Incubation Cell in 2013
Undergraduate Merit-Cum-Means Student Scholarship
$250K
Accommodate highest number of needy and deserving students as possible
Distinguished Chair
$1.6M
Named fund to support 3-5 researchers for up to 5 years
Adjunct Chair
$1.0M
Named to fund for faculty member, who visits and teaches for up to 3 years
Visiting Chair
$600K
Named fund to support short term faculty visits up to 6 months
Institute Chair
$100K
Named fund for an award to a senior professor on payroll
Research Center
Interdisciplinary Laboratory for Data Sciences (ILDS)