Jadavpur University has invited the IIT Kharagpur director — an alumnus — to speak on ways to scale up the university’s fundraising efforts through its alumni network, on the lines of the IITs. IIT Kharagpur director Suman Chakraborty, who pursued mechanical engineering at JU, will speak at the university’s global alumni meet, scheduled on January 3. Like any other IIT, IIT Kharagpur has been extremely successful in nurturing its alumni base, which leads to large-scale contributions from former students.”“We want to hear from the IIT Kharagpur director on how to go about it? The director told Metro on Thursday that at the IIT, they reach out to the alumni batch-wise and also hostel-wise. “We graduated from JU in 1996,” said the IIT director, adding: “I do not recall JU ever trying to contact someone from our batch.

Source: The Telegraph December 26, 2025 01:14 UTC