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Centre for Indian Studies in US gets $5 million Donation

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...