A generous gift of $5 million was made to the India studies centre at Stony Brook University’ a New York University on the occasion of India’s 66th Independence Day. It is one of the largest donations ever made to a public university for India Studies in the U.S. Aimed at making the India Study Center one of the pre-eminent resource centers for the study of Indian culture and civilization in the U.S., a donation of $1.25 million was made by Nirmal K. Mattoo, a leading nephrologist and chairman of the Centre for India Studies executive committee. Along with him members of the Indian American community and Simons Foundation Challenge Grant made a permanent endowment of $1.25 million and $2.5 million respectively. Mattoo's gift will be used to establish the Nirmal and Augustina Mattoo Chair in Classical Indic Humanities. "These generous gifts from Dr. Mattoo and the Indian American community are building a solid foundation for growth of India Studies at Stony Brook," says Stony...