We are also very grateful for the terrific support our class has given to both the class Legacy Project, HEARTS74, as well as several individual initiatives. The totals of amounts raised and pledged for the Class Project are below together with the names of those who have allowed us to share their support. In addition, our classmates have also donated in support of existing and new initiatives some of the initiatives and donors, who have shared their names, are listed.
DONATIONS AS OF JANUARY 17, 2025
| List of Legacy Project Donors | |
| Anil Sawe | Naresh Kar |
| Arun Tolani | Nitish Thakor |
| Ashank Desai | Pradeep Mankame |
| Ashok Kalbag | Pradeep Sahasrabuddhe |
| Ashwin Bondal | Raj Melville |
| Avinash Sankholkar | Rajan Srinivasan |
| Bakul Shah | Rajeev Benodaker |
| Basavraj H | Rajendra Gadgil |
| C. V. Ravishankar | Raju Shah |
| Chandrashekhar Kaluskar | Ramesh Advani |
| C.R.Kamath | Ramesh Kar |
| Dilip Vaidya | Rashid Zainulbhai |
| Feodor Almeida | Rathin Banerjee |
| Gaurang Haldipur | Rathin Sinha |
| Gautam Patwa | Shyam Dighe |
| Gautam Shiralkar | Srinivas Iyer |
| Girish Joglekar | Sudhir Pardiwala |
| Hari Haran | Sudhir Pisat |
| Himanshu Shah | Suhas Sawant |
| Homi Byramji | Suresh Mundra |
| Jagdish Shah | Suresh Golwalkar |
| Joe Gonsalves | Udai Gupta |
| Kamlesh Pande | V. V. Chari |
| Mahesh Morjaria | Velji Gogri |
| Maheyar Bilimoria | Vijay Rajadhyasha |
| Meghashyam Bhawe | Viju Parameshwar |
| Milind Pradhan | Vikas Tipnis |
| Mohandas Pai | Vinay Kaul |
| Nadir Godrej | Vincent Fernandes |
| Nandlal Singh | Winston Pereira |
| Nandu Deshmukh | Yatin Thakore |
| Nandu Kulkarni | Yogesh Doshit |
| Narendra Goliya | Yogesh Desai |
| Class of 1974 Donors to Existing and New Initiatives |
| Ashank Desai Center for Policy Studies |
| Vijay & Sita Vashee Chair in Climate & Sustainability |
| Vijay & Sita Vashee Chair in Computer Science |
| Vijay Vashee PG endowments for Computer Science, Climate & Sustainability |
| Nitish Thakor support of Koita Center for Digital Health |
| Chris Farias, Gaurang Haldipur, Girish Joglekar and many others supporting Project Evergreen & Scholarships |
| And some significant former donors |
| Mythili and Varadarajan Chari Econometrics Lab |
| Vincent Fernandes J.R. Isaac Chair Professorship |
Donor Stories
We asked some of our donors what motivated them to support their alma mater. Each has a different motivating moment that spurred them to make a difference. We have collected their stories here and we hope it will inspire you to also join them in supporting IIT Bombay donation as part of our Golden Jubilee.
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