Kharagpur, April 8 -- IIT Kharagpur has donated Rs. One crore to the PM Cares Fund of Govt. of India following a call by Hon'ble Prime Minister Narendra Modi to support initiatives to combat COVID-19. Keeping in mind the need for having a dedicated national fund with the primary objective of dealing with any kind of emergency or distress situation, like posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, and to provide relief to the affected, a public charitable trust under the name of 'Prime Minister's Citizen Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situations Fund' (PM CARES Fund)' has been set up.

IIT Kharagpur launched a campaign amongst its faculty and staff members to donate their one day's salary towards this fund.The Institute has raised Rs. One crore fr...