Intended for senior IIT Hyderabad (IITH) Professors to be rewarded for their exceptional performance and also for inviting stalwarts in various fields to spend time at IITH. Selected IITH/External faculty will be identified as "(Named) Chair Professor" for 3 years. Honorarium and contingency grant/travel support will be provided for these Chair Professors.
Chairs will be endowed with an initial corpus of Rs. 100 Lakhs ($140,000). Chairs will be named by IITH in consultation with the Donor. Apart from this the donor may contribute Rs. 5 Lakhs towards the first-year award, as the endowment would take a year to yield the returns. The donor can specify the research area for the Chair.
Selection Criteria
- These Chairs are to be occupied by Professors who have distinguished themselves and have been recognized by their peers for their research and/or technology development, and who have excelled in teaching, research, and service to the Institute/nation/profession.
- The chosen Professors will have demonstrated leadership in one or more of these aspects. Chair Professors are appointed for a period of 3 years followed by a review and possible extension.
- The Chairs are selected after a due internal process.
Benefits to the donor
An opportunity to be associated with excellence in teaching and research.