INTRODUCTION

IIT Bombay reaches out to alumni for Project Evergreen

Alumni Take On Hostel Construction on Turnkey Basis

On August 25, 2021, IIT Bombay signed an innovative partnership agreement with its alumni organizations - IITB Alumni Association (IITBAA) and IITB Heritage Foundation (IITBHF). Under this partnership agreement, the alumni organizations will take responsibility for all fund raising, design, construction, and project management for a new 848 rooms hostel complex. This is the first of many hostels to come which will be completely funded and built by the Alumni. This initiative by the Alumni to support IIT Bombay in catering to its student housing needs, is named Project Evergreen.

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arrow-accent IITB calling …. Are you in?”
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arrow-accent Director’s appeal on alumni day
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arrow-accent Kirat Patel, Project Lead, Evergreen on Alumni Day
PATRONS

Evergreen's first supporters

Nandan Nilekani
supporter--icon CLASS OF 1978
Ruyintan Mehta
supporter--icon CLASS OF 1970
Pradeep Jalan
supporter--icon CLASS OF 1973
Rajesh Mashruwala
supporter--icon CLASS OF 1975
Kumar Vora
supporter--icon CLASS OF 1984
Satish Khatu
supporter--icon CLASS OF 1975
Kishor & Josefina Kulkarni
supporter--icon CLASS OF 1965
George Tharakan
supporter--icon CLASS OF 1990
Kanwal Rekhi
supporter--icon CLASS OF 1967
Paritosh Choksi
supporter--icon CLASS OF 1975
Pradeep Amladi
supporter--icon CLASS OF 1978
Prashant Ranade
supporter--icon CLASS OF 1975
Raminder Bajwa
supporter--icon CLASS OF 1987
Rekha Nadkarni
supporter--icon CLASS OF 1968
Victor Menezes
supporter--icon CLASS OF 1970
Saumil Majumdar
supporter--icon CLASS OF 1993
Mayanka Shukla
supporter--icon CLASS OF 1997
Anuradha Narasimhan
supporter--icon CLASS OF 1990
Ashok Patni
supporter--icon CLASS OF 1974
Parimal Karani
supporter--icon CLASS OF 1975
Kirat Patel
supporter--icon CLASS OF 1975
S Mukundan
supporter--icon CLASS OF 1979
Piyush Shah
supporter--icon CLASS OF 1975
Shirish Deodhar
supporter--icon CLASS OF 1980
Utsav Kapadia
supporter--icon CLASS OF 1976
Ajit Sukesan
supporter--icon CLASS OF 1978
MEDIA

News on Project Evergreen

Transforming the future of student housing, one step at a time.

IIT-bombay
AUGUST 26, 2021

Alumni, heritage foundation to raise ₹120 crore to build new hostel complex for IIT-Bombay students

IIT-B alumni association will be primarily responsible for all funding, design, construction and project management activities. Alumni will help build this hostel complex that will replace the existing site that houses H7 and H8 on IIT-Bombay campus.

IIT-bombay-campus
AUGUST 27, 2021

In a 1st, IIT-Bombay alumni to plan & build hostel on on campus, will raise Rs 135 crore

IIT-Bombay’s alumni will be launching a drive to raise Rs 120-135 crore to design and build a world-class hostel complex with 1,000-1,500 rooms.

MESSAGES

Inspiring messages shaping Project Evergreen

Kirat Patel

Kirat Patel

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IIT Bombay's alumni have always supported the Institute's goals and vision. We have full faith that they would come forward to help us yet again in this pioneering initiative. Together, we can create world-class hostels for our students, who are the future of our country.

Prof. Subhasis Chaudhuri

Prof. Subhasis Chaudhuri

Former Director IIT Bombay

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Students are the essence of all academic institutions. IIT Bombay has been recognized as an 'Institution of Eminence,' owing to the hard work put in by the best and brightest of the country. We strive to provide world-class learning as well as a living atmosphere to our students. We are grateful to our alumni for taking the stewardship role in building the new hostel complex which is the need of the hour. IIT Bombay sincerely thanks IITBHF and IITBAA for the roles that they have played over the years in various initiatives of the Institute.

Prof. Ravi Gudi

Prof. Ravi Gudi

Dean (Alumni & Corporate Relations)

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Project Evergreen is an outstanding unique, exciting and landmark initiative between the Institute and its Alumni, that stands out as a stellar example of the impact that alumni support can create for their alma mater.

Girish Nayak

Girish Nayak

Former Chairman IIT Bombay Alumni Association

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We are happy to be playing our part in ensuring that our students get the best facilities available. We will continue to assist in securing IIT Bombay's reputation as one of the best residential engineering institutes in the country.

Parag Saxena

Parag Saxena

Chairman IITBHF

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The hostels should become a reason to want to stay and interact with your fellow students. Evergreen, by having these designed and constructed by alumni will make these facilities magnets. Help with your ideas and your money

Vinay Karle

Vinay Karle

Chairman IITBHF

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Thanks to the tireless team of dedicated alums, we will soon have a world class eco-friendly student housing on IITB campus that will serve as a blueprint for other such projects - let's join hands!

D C Agrawal

D C Agrawal

Class of 1969, President IITBHF

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IIT Bombay students deserve the best facilities to compete in the current global environment. We are determined to help build a hostel complex that is consistent with IIT Bombay's goals of being a leading world-class Institute.

Zenobia Driver

Zenobia Driver

Class of 1998, H10

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It is a matter of such joy and pride that more and more girls are choosing STEM as their career and IIT Bombay has undertaken several initiatives to promote gender diversity. The new hostel complex is another step in this direction.

Sudhir Nikam

Sudhir Nikam

Class of 1993

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Thousands of alumni have called H7, H8, H10 and H11 their home. We plan to reach out to all of these alumni to contribute to the new Hostel Complex and are sure they would come forward to support us.

S. Narayan

S. Narayan

Chairman of Project Planning Committee

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Sustainable living is the need of the hour and we are cognizant of this. The committee will strive towards building an environmentally sensitive hostel complex which will serve as a benchmark for other hostels.

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