An Institute of Eminence
Dear fellow batchmates,
The excitement is building up for our silver jubilee reunion this December, celebrating 25 years since our graduation. We all got launched into the Corporate and Professional lives, with never ending propulsion and the upward trajectory; all attributed to the life skills, friendships and sense of purpose acquired at the Vidya Vihar Campus of Pilani, the magical town.
We are the Y2K class, Dot-com boomers, Brain drain river, Mobile phone early adopters, tail-end of GenX and the bridge between old values and modern living. We have done well professionally, established ourselves around the world and are seeing our kids enter undergrad schools. We all agree how instrumental BITS Pilani has been in shaping us as leaders in different fields. It’s time to reflect on the most crucial years of our student lives and give back to the institution and the BITS family that we are proud to be associated with.
The Campus needs funds to rebuild certain ailing infrastructure and continue to support deserving students with financial means during their time on the Campus. They are looking at us, the elders in the family, we must act like one.
Through individual and smaller group conversations, we have found overwhelming support for a Class Gift as part of this silver jubilee celebration. Let’s come together and make it happen.
Target: INR 4 Cr/ $0.5MM
Where will the funds be used?
- Naming Rights
- New Sports Complex Facility, to replace the old Gym building
- Computer Science Seminar room
- Merit-cum-needs scholarship
- Underprivileged but bright students
- Mainly rural and very poor households (INR 6L/year)
- 100% expenses covered (Entrance fee, Tuition fees, Basic Mess charges)
Donation Levels:
- Mega donor – INR 20L/ $25K or higher (Name & contribution published)
- Super donor – INR 8L/ $10K (Name published)
- Major donor – INR 4L/ $5K (Name published)
- Key donor – INR 80K/ $1K (Name published)
- General donor - <$1K
Donation Matching: Please check if your employer allows matching contributions here at Gift Matching
Tax Deductions and Benefits:
- Tax deductions for the financial year for donations from India, US and Canada.
- 100% tax-exemption for donations to BITS, India with 80(G) benefit.
- Donation to BITSAA, a 501c(3) organization in the US, is 100% tax deductible
- EIN: EIN: 22-3835037
- Address: 1030 E. El Camino Real, #256, Sunnyvale CA 94087
Donation methods
- Depending on the Payments origination country, please follow the respective instructions below.
- Kindly mention "BITS 95 Batch Giving Fund", Your Name and BITS ID in the Description field of the payments pages.
- Please send an email to donations@bitsaa.org, fundraising-team@bitsaa.org, giving@pilani.bits-pilani.ac.in and rajeev.sakhuja@pilani.bits-pilani.ac.in with the subject line “Donation for BITS 1995 Batch - Fundraising Campaign” and the date and amount of your contribution, to help us track the donations.
- You will receive an acknowledgment of the transfer within a week of sending the transaction details.
- For any questions, please email us at alumnirelations@pilani.bits-pilani.ac.in and cxos@bitsaa.org
- The donations are non-refundable.
- There is a 5% fee on all donations for this campaign through BITSAA to cover the administration expenses per BITSAA MOU.
USD Donations
- All donations are 100% tax-deductible
- 3 Ways to contribute (all via BITSAA):
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- Use the
link at BITSAA page, if paying by a Card, Apple or Google Pay.
- Use the
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- If paying by Zelle, please use the email id finance-team@bitsaa.org
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- For Transfers, ACH and Wires (domestic and International), please click USD Payments
INR Donations
- For Donations from Indian Bank Accounts and Cards only.
- All donations are 100% tax-deductible. Please send your PAN number to the emails above in order to get a tax receipt.
- 2 Ways to contribute:
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- Donate using a Card or Online Banking by clicking Indian Cards and Banking
- If paying through NEFT/RTGS/IMPS, please click INR Payments
CAD Donations:
- All donations are tax-deductible under Canadian Revenue Authority (CRA).
- 2 Ways to contribute:
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- Use the link at BITSAA page, if paying by a Card, Apple or Google Pay.
- Use the
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- Donate using Global Remittances and International Wires, please click CAD Payments
Other Currency Donations:
- Kindly note that donations from other countries would not be eligible for tax exemptions.
- 2 Ways to contribute:
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- Use the link at BITSAA page, if paying by a Card, Apple or Google Pay.
- Donate using Global Remittances and International Wires, please click World Payments
- Use the
For any questions, please send an email to rajeev.sakhuja@pilani.bits-pilani.ac.in and alolika.mukherjee@pilani.bits-pilani.ac.in
BITS 1995 BATCH FUND
SILVER JUBILEE CLASS GIFT
BITS 1995 BATCH FUND
SILVER JUBILEE CLASS GIFT
