JOY AND MANMOHAN GILL ENDOWMENT FUND
In Mr. Gill words, "....setting up this endowment was very important to me as a way of thanking my parents and my family. Doing it at IITK, the institution that gave me my educational foundation was critical as a way of helping IITK continue to maintain its tradition of excellence while giving other students the opportunity to get a great education...."
This Endowment Fund covers several scholarship, internship and prize money for the undergraduate students of BSBE, besides a Chair Professor. These are:
Set up by Mr. Ajit S. Gill (BT/EE/1969), and named after his parents, the objective of this Endowment is to support a number of activities in the Biological Sciences and Bioengineering Department at IIT Kanpur. The endowment supports the Joy Gill Chair, four UG scholarships, summer internships and summer research opportunities for the students, and a Business Plan Competition. Mr. Gill holds a B.Tech. degree in Electrical Engineering from IITK, an M.S. from the University of Nebraska, and an M.B.A. from the University of Western Ontario, Canada. Current Mr. Gill is serving as President & CEO, Nektar Therapeutics, Santa Carlos, California.
Baljit and Nirmal Dhindsa UG Scholarship for 2 students
Scholarship for 2nd year undergraduate students based on their CPI in 1st year.
Awardees:
2006-07: Vivek Bansal, Arpit Shukla and, Aman Jaiswal.
2005-06 : Sumeet Pal Singh and Devika Garg.
Mona and Paramjit Singh UG Scholarship for 2 students
Scholarship for 3rd year undergraduate students based on their CPI in 2nd year.
Awadees:
2006-07 : Vikram Pagaria and Devika Garg
Bio innovation summer research internship for UG students
Summer innovation award for UG students of the 7th Semester. To be
awarded to 6 students for summer training at Industry/Institute/Research
in India/Abroad
Manmohan Gill BioBusiness Competition
First competition: February, 2008 in Techkriti
Joy Gill Professor of Biological Sciences and Bioengineering (Faculty Chair)
Chair position for outstanding young investigators under the age of 45 years
in any area of Biological Sciences and Bioengineering.
Current incumbent: Dr R.Sankararamakrishnan.