Archive · 10 Sep 2026
BITS Pilani Gets $1 Million Gift for Materials Centre
Anurag Jain, who studied at BITS Pilani, gave the institute $1 million.
The money will help create a new research centre.
The centre will be built at the institute’s Goa campus.
It will study and develop advanced materials.
Students, researchers, companies, entrepreneurs, and international academic partners will be able to work there.
They will try to turn laboratory discoveries into useful products.
BITS Pilani says the centre will need several million dollars more over time.
The centre is named the Anurag Jain Materials Research and Innovation Centre of Excellence.
Alumnus and entrepreneur Anurag Jain contributed $1 million to BITS Pilani.
The funding will help establish the Anurag Jain Materials Research and Innovation Centre of Excellence.
The proposed centre will be located at BITS Pilani’s Goa campus.
It will focus on advanced materials research, innovation, and education.
BITS Pilani said the centre will require a multi-million investment over the years.
- Who
- BITS Pilani and its alumnus and entrepreneur Anurag Jain.
- What
- Jain contributed $1 million to establish a centre of excellence focused on advanced materials.
- When
- Recently; the articles do not provide a specific date.
- Where
- The proposed centre will be established at BITS Pilani’s Goa campus.
- Why
- To support research, innovation, education, and the development of commercially practical advanced-material products.
- Contribution
- $1 million
- Donor
- Anurag Jain, a BITS Pilani alumnus and entrepreneur
- Centre name
- Anurag Jain Materials Research and Innovation Centre of Excellence (AMRIT)
- Location
- BITS Pilani’s Goa campus
- Research focus
- Advanced materials
- Future funding
- BITS Pilani said the centre will require a multi-million investment over the years
- Participants
- Researchers, students, industry leaders, entrepreneurs, and international academic partners