Question : Premier institution for advanced research “IISc” has recently(February 2022) received the single largest private donation of Rs 425 crore. Accordingly, which of the following statement/s is/are correct ?
Statements —
- Mindtree founders donate this amount
- IISc will be setting up a Postgraduate Medical School along with a multi-speciality hospital
- It will name the hospital as Bagchi-Parthasarathy Hospital
Answer Options —
a. Only 1.
b. Only 2.
c. Only 3.
d. All of the above
Ans. d.
- Premier institution for advanced research “IISc” has recently(February 2022) received the single largest private donation of Rs 425 crore.
- Key points —
- Mindtree founders donate this amount.
- IISc(Indian Institute of Science) will be setting up a Postgraduate Medical School along with a multi-speciality hospital.
- It will name the hospital as Bagchi-Parthasarathy Hospital.
- Sushmita and Subroto Bagchi and Radha and NS Parthasarathy are the founders of Mindtree.
- IISc is a public, deemed, research university for higher education and research in science, engineering, design, and management and located in Bengaluru.
- It was established in 1909 with active support from Jamsetji Tata and thus is also locally known as the “Tata Institute”.
- Mindtree Ltd is an Indian multinational information technology services and consulting company, headquartered in Bangalore, and is a part of the Larsen & Toubro Group.
By – Pankaj Pandey