Alumni couple donates $1m to BITS Pilani

Engineering and science institute BITS Pilani has received a $1 million (Dh3.67 million) pledge from a USbased alumni couple for its campus programmes, the largest individual donation ever to the institution.

The couple — Prashanth and Anuradha Palakurthi — made the announcement on Friday, during the ruby anniversary celebrations of Prashanth’s 1978-83 batch. More than 200 alumni of the batch have gathered from all over the world to relive their campus memories in Pilani from November 16-18.