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The Annual Gift Programme (AGP) encourages alumni, well wishers and friends of IIT Kanpur to annually contribute to the Institute. The Programme pools a large number of small donations into a substantial amount. The donations collected under AGP are used exclusively for activities that are not covered by government grants and are aimed at promoting excellence amongst students. The Programme was launched during the financial year 2005-06 and during last six years the institute has received Rs. 217.59 lakh from 2587 donations under Annual Gift Programme.

Activities supported from Annual Gift Programme              

Summer Undergraduate Research Grant for Excellence (SURGE): IIT Kanpur runs a ten week programme called Summer Undergraduate Research Grant for Excellence (SURGE) during the summer semester every year. The programme aims to promote a culture of research amongst undergraduate students of not just IIT Kanpur but also of some other select academic institutes in the country. Under this program students from all over the country are invited to participate in the summer research program and they are mentored by IIT Kanpur faculty members. Another important part of this program is student exchange with some leading universities of the world. IITK students go for a ten week research work to these universities, and their students come to IIT Kanpur to participate in SURGE. Currently, the universities participating in the program are Caltech, Rice, Ecole Centrale, and Ecole Polytechnique. So far 199 students and 158 faculty members have participated in the program. A major part of the expenses of the program are covered through donations received under AGP.

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International Travel Support to Students: Students are encouraged to write high quality research papers for important conferences, and participate in these events. Partial financial support is provided to them towards travel, registration and other expenses. The Support was started during the financial year 2005-06. During last six year Support has been sanctioned to 540 students to attend international conferences.

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Cash Awards to students for journal papers: Through this initiative students are encouraged to write high quality research papers for publication in ISI Web Journals. A student publishing a paper in any journal listed by the ISI Web of Science receives a cash award of Rs. 10,000. Maximum two awards are to be given during a degree course. The Support was started during the financial year 2005-06. During last six year 814 students have received cash awards for publishing their research papers in reputed journal.

Alumni Merit-Cum-Means Scholarships: The Annual Gift Programme also enables the Institute to provide scholarships to deserving students who are not able to receive support through the limited number of government funded or endowed scholarships. The Support was started during the financial year 2005-06. During last six years 67 students have benefitted from this program.

Support for filing Patents: IITK encourages filing of patents by covering the costs associated with patent filing (including US patents) using the Annual Gift Programme donations. Up to financial year 2009-10 Institute researchers (both faculty and students) have filed 57 patents from the support from AGP Fund.

Opportunity College Project:The Opportunity College Project was started in December 2006, which involves free of cost teaching of English, Arithmetic, Accounting, and Computer Skills to unemployed graduates (or under employed) youth living in and around IIT Kanpur campus. The teachings classed are arranged by IITK students and campus community members as part time tutors. Besides imparting vocational skills, this program has been successful in inspiring and motivating underprivileged youths for a better future. As on December 2010, out of 240 trained students, 27 were successfully engaged in job or job related training. Some students got placed in primary/secondary schools in Kanpur, few got selected in Indian Air Force, U.P Police, few of them got jobs as Accountant/office assistants in various private companies. The Project is fully funded by AGP Fund.

Development of Schools in IITK campus: The Institute has two schools 'Kishlay school' and 'campus school' in the campus where the wards of Institute faculty and staff members are provided with pre-primary and primary education. The Opportunity School is established for the wards of underprivileged staff not in regular service in the Institute. A partial support to these Schools is given from the AGP Fund for their development.

F M Radio: IITK has started F M Radio station for academic purpose in the campus. The Radio station was inaugurated during IITK Golden Jubilee year. Partial financial support to run the establishment of Radio Station has been started from AGP Fund.

There are many more student related activities which are planned to be supported from AGP Fund in near future.

How to Donate

All donations made within India are 100% tax deductible under the section 80G of Indian Income Tax Act. Donors in the USA may avail 100% tax deduction by routing the donations through IIT Kanpur Foundation in the United States.

You may kindly use the enclosed Donation Form for sending your donation. Donations can also be made online using credit cards at the following links:

Donation through Credit Card Within India & Countries other than USA(Click Here)

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Donation through Bank Transfer Within India (PDF)

Donation through Bank Transfer from Outside India (PDF)