NITR Development Fund

With the approval of NIT Rourkela Board of Governors (BOG) vide its resolution number BOG-96(2024)-10, we are delighted to announce the creation of NIT Rourkela Development Fund (NITR-DF).. With this, the Institute leaders seek to engage its 34000+ global alumni network to be partners in the institute’s development and growth. Besides strengthening and modernize the research infrastructure, alumni also collaborate with faculty to help in forging research collaborations with academia and industries. NITR-DF has a goal to raise INR 60 crores to transform NITR research and innovation infrastructure.

The funds will be raised from various sources like government agencies, corporations and alumni benefactors. NITR-DF funds will be used to support Research and Development needs at NITR like:

• Establishment of an Advanced Research Center
• Supporting Research and Development needs of Departments for which sources of finance are not available.
• Bootstrapping new Research and Development infrastructure.
• Seed funding student led start-ups at FTBI, NIT Rourkela.
• Supporting sustainability initiatives of NIT Rourkela