EXPANDING KNOWLEDGE
THROUGH GLOBAL
ACADEMIC COLLABORATION
"Rahul is the rudder on the big ships . . . Without the rudder, the ship isn't going anywhere. He brings the rudder, his foundation brings the rudder, which can guide big ships through very troubled seas."
“Benefactors such as the Mehta family have played a huge role in IITM’s development as a world-class institution of higher learning and relevant research. We look forward to the Mehtas’ continued involvement in shaping our future.”
“The Mehta Family Center for Engineering in Medicine will act as a catalyst for engineers and biomedical scientists to work together to improve health outcomes in India and around the world."
"It's been a privilege for me to be associated with Rahul. My own journey with Rahul and the Mehta Family Foundation . . . has been really a profound learning experience."
“The Mehta Family School of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence is another important initiative at IIT Guwahati that will bridge the gap of highly skilled personnel that exists in these emerging fields."
"I'd especially like to express my personal gratitude . . . to Mr. Rahul Mehta and the foundation for their generosity . . . People like Mr. Rahul Mehta are role models to many Indians, including me."
"Rahul is one of those catalysts who not only inspires imagination but also connects it to the right people."
"The [Mehta Family] Center for Engineering in Medicine will play a crucial facilitative role in bringing together the faculty of medicine, engineering, and science to develop the novel, innovative, and impactful solutions to challenging medical problems of the future."
"I fall short of words to describe our gratitude to Mr. Rahul Mehta. The amazing philanthropic spirit of Mehta Family Foundation, led by Mr. Rahul Mehta, is exemplary."
"One of the objectives of the school is to take up targeted multi-year interdisciplinary research projects and solve problems to benefit society at large, a deep-rooted vision of IITG."
"AI technologies are critical for India and will have a significant social and economic impact in the coming years. This international academic collaboration between IIT Roorkee and [the Mehta Family Foundation] is a commendable effort to ensure that India continues on its innovation trajectory."
"I thank the Mehta Family Foundation for their generosity, their vision, and their patriotism."
"It is increasingly becoming important at the government level that these new technologies have to permeate the sectors of agriculture, security, climate, and other spheres. . . . The [Mehta Family School of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence] is most welcome, very timely, and . . . I'm sure, with the kind of champions that are behind it . . . it will be a success."
"Many innovative and impactful solutions to challenging medical problems are now coming from the interface of engineering and medicine . . . with the generous support of the Mehta Family Foundation."
“The new [DS and AI] program will train next-generation data scientists and technologists . . . in multiple domains, including business, healthcare, disaster management, [and] policy formulation."
"[Rahul's] vision and generous contributions to Indian science and technology will yield fruits in times to come and will be remembered forever."
"I am highly impressed with the vision of the Mehta Family Foundation and am very hopeful [that] all the new programs will go on to make a significant impact on education and research in India."
"What we're trying to do [at the Mehta Family Foundation] is create opportunities for the next generation . . . We have set out to create something big."
"Data science and artificial intelligence are really going to be strengthened at IIT Roorkee, and I'm really thankful to Mr. Rahul Mehta and the Mehta Family Foundation for this."
"The [Mehta Family] Center for Engineering and Medicine at IIT Kanpur is a role model for all major academic institutions in India. I'm convinced this is bound to change the landscape of medicine and healthcare in India for generations to come."
“The close association and support from the Mehta Family Foundation has added an international flavor to this school from its very inception."
"A lot has been said about the importance of data science and artificial intelligence . . . It is one of the many emerging new interdisciplinary programs that future generations of the world should understand better so they can participate and contribute to the development of mankind."
"You [at the Mehta Family Foundation] are genuinely making a significant positive impact on a large number of people's lives, and that is the highest calling."
"The scope of data is broad, and it is the key to understanding not only our physical world but also our biological world, our economic world, our sociological world . . . It's the lens through which we understand who we are, where we are, and where we need to be to be . . . "
"It is really exciting to see this new initiative from the Mehta Family Foundation. [The] support of AI and biomedical research—two frontier areas in India's premier institutes—will have a long-lasting and transformative impact on higher education and research in these areas."
“IITK and Rice University, being at the forefront of cutting-edge research in energy solutions, are in an excellent position to be steering the path for international collaborative research in this area. We are especially thankful to Mr. Rahul Mehta . . . for his key role in bringing the two institutions together and making the collaboration a reality.”
"These initiatives will be pivotal in transforming Indian education and R&D landscape."
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MFF CARE: OUR COLLABORATORS
Dr. Shankar Subramaniam, Distinguished Professor of Bioengineering, Bioinformatics, and Systems Biology; Computer Science & Engineering; Cellular & Molecular Medicine; and Nano Engineering, University of California San Diego, California, USA.
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Dr. Ananth Grama, Samuel D. Conte Professor of Computer Science, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA.
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Dr. Ajayan Pulickel, Benjamin M. and Mary Greenwood Anderson Professor in Engineering, Professor of MSNE and Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, Texas, USA.
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Dr. Rajesh Gupta, Qualcomm Endowed Chair in Embedded Microsystems, Distinguished Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, and Founding Director of the Halıcıoğlu Data Science Institute at the University of California, USA.
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Dr. Pratim Biswas, Assistant Vice Chancellor, Department Chair, and Lucy & Stanley Lopata Professor, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
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Dr. Madhav Marathe, Division Director, Distinguished Professor in Biocomplexity, Biocomplexity Institute, and Professor of Computer Science, School of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA.
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Dr. Shyni Varghese, Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science, and Orthopedic Surgery, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
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OUR PROCESS: ELEMENTS OF COLLABORATION
The Bhupat & Jyoti Mehta Family Foundation (MFF) partners with Indian academic institutions to create new bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degree programs, advancing MFF’s mission of growing intellectual talent through global collaboration. These new programs focus on emerging scientific fields and position students at the forefront of ever-changing technologies and innovations that promise to reshape business and industry at every level and provide solutions to some of our most urgent societal issues.
OUR MISSION
The mission of the Bhupat & Jyoti Mehta Family Foundation (MFF) is to grow intellectual talent in India in emerging fields of technology. MFF advances this mission by building collaborative relationships between leading international faculty and Indian academic institutions and by creating new schools and degree programs in such fields as data science, artificial intelligence, biosciences, and biomedical engineering.
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