Class of 1998 - Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

Class of 1998 Legacy Project

The Class of 1998, during their 20th reunion, generously funded a Chair Professorship and student travel fund.

Continuing their legacy, the Class celebrated their Silver Jubilee in 2023, supporting Project Evergreen (H7-8-21) and key institute priorities - Retired Faculty Wellness Fund, Young Faculty Fellowship, Financial Aid Program, and Benevolence Fund. They also extended support to the Student Flourishing Hub and upcoming Drone and Robotics Lab

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Project 1

Student Flourishing Hub

This initiative aims to enhance student well-being by expanding access to professional services, implementing evidence-based flourishing programs, and establishing dedicated campus spaces for students to practise well-being skills.

Project 2

Hostel Infrastructure: Project Evergreen

The class of 1998 has generously contributed towards Project Evergreen. To honour their contribution five wings have been named after their batchmates, in Memoria.

Project 3

Maker Space/Thematic Lab – Robotics and Drones

This lab would serve as a testing facility for various robots and drones, using other thematic labs like design studio, product assembly, micro factories, and more, to support all types of indoor testing.

Project 4

Class of 1998 Chair Professorship

The generous funding from the Class of 1998 supported a Chair Professorship in various emerging fields.

Project 5

Travel Fund

The Class of 1998 set up a travel fund to help students present their research abroad, promoting quality work, global exposure, and strengthening IIT Bombay’s international presence?.

Legacy at a Glance

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Project

This initiative focuses on nurturing students’ holistic growth and well-being. It provides a supportive ecosystem that helps students thrive academically, emotionally, and socially through a range of evidence-based programs, workshops, and courses.

The Hub’s approach integrates positive psychology, mindfulness, leadership development, and emotional intelligence to help students build resilience, purpose, and a sense of belonging. It offers credit and non-credit courses such as The Science of Happiness, Well-being for Success, and Flourishing through Mindfulness, along with skill-building workshops, peer mentoring, and community engagement sessions.

Through close collaboration with faculty, alumni, and wellness professionals, the Hub promotes proactive well-being, ensuring that students have access to the tools and support needed to lead balanced and fulfilling lives. By fostering a compassionate and connected campus culture, it empowers every student to flourish, both at IIT Bombay and beyond.

For more details, visit Student Flourishing Hub

Project

Few initiatives in IIT Bombay’s history have reflected the power of alumni collaboration quite like Project Evergreen—a landmark effort bringing together vision, generosity, and a deep commitment to the student experience. This alumni-led, alumni-built, and alumni-delivered world-class hostel complex, supported by corporates and well-wishers, provides students with modern living spaces that enhance their campus experience.

This new complex will offer approximately 850 rooms, including a mix of single and double occupancy, to house around 1,130 students. It features essential amenities such as a dining room, canteen/café, study room, and guest rooms. Additionally, there are shared facilities like mini-gyms, tech rooms, and laundry rooms for Hostels 7 and 8, with separate amenities provided for Hostel 21.

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IIT Bombay’s Makerspace initiative will comprise six cutting-edge thematic laboratories designed to promote hands-on learning, interdisciplinary collaboration, and innovation. Among these, the Robotics and Drones Lab will be generously supported by the Class of 1998.

This advanced lab will function as a testing facility and include key features such as a motion capture system, wind generation unit, computing machines, and a driving simulator. It will provide students and researchers with essential tools to design, simulate, and refine next-generation robotics and aerial systems.

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The Class initially supported a Chair Professorship in Quantum Computing, laying the foundation for advanced research and academic leadership in this cutting-edge field. Over time, the scope of the Chair expanded to include emerging areas such as Photonics and Semiconductor Research, further strengthening the Institute’s leadership in frontier science and technology.

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The Class of 1998 established a dedicated travel fund to support students in traveling abroad to publish and present their research at international conferences. This initiative incentivizes high-quality research, provides valuable global exposure, and enables students to build academic networks across borders. By helping IIT Bombay students showcase their work on international platforms, the fund enhances both individual academic growth and the institute’s global visibility in advanced research domains.