IITian's million dollar gift for
India centre in Canada
Thursday June 02, 2011 05:43:43 PM,
Gurmukh Singh , IANS
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Toronto:
Toronto-based IITian Vasudev Chanchlani has given a million
dollars to help start an Indian policy centre at a Canadian
university.
Canada's University of Waterloo will launch the Chanchlani India
Policy Centre June 8.
A multi-millionaire IIT Kanpur graduate, Chanchlani runs the Sigma
Group of companies and VC Capital Management here.
The Chanchlani Centre "will undertake applied and topical policy
research related to the Canada-India relationship and collaborate
with governments, universities, and community organisations across
the country in promoting stronger ties between India and Canada".
It will also support "an ongoing program of policy-relevant
research designed to provide Canadian authorities and groups with
timely research and open discussions on matters relating to the
country's many collaborations with India".
The most well-known Indo-Canadian philanthropist, Chanchlani is
the founder of the Canada-India Foundation (CIF).
He also contributed one million dollar towards setting up the 'CIF
Chanchlani Global Indian Award' of $50,000 each year.
Established in 2008, the award honours a distinguished Indian each
year for his or her leadership, professional excellence and
exemplary achievements.
Ratan Tata, Tulsi Tanti, and Sam Pitroda are the three past
recipients of the award.
Chanchlani has also donated one million dollars towards the
Chanchlani Research Centre at McMaster University for research
into genetic and environmental causes of heart diseases and
diabetes prevalent among South Asians.
He has also set up a $25,000 annual Chanchlani Global Health Award
at the same university.
Just last month, the Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB)
announced the CNIB Chanchlani Global Vision Research Award of
$25,000 to recognize best research in the field of 'vision care
and vision enablement worldwide'.
The 59-year-old Bhopal-born techie, who also holds an MBA degree
from Toronto's Rotman School of Management, came to Canada in 1979
to join Nortel.
(Gurmukh Singh
can be contacted at gurmukh.s@ians.in)
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