2. “Alumni Distinguished Faculty Fellow” award 

Goal:$500,000  ( $50,000/- per award)       50% raised         

  Department of Metallurgy, COEP

July 2008: COEP foundation launched the first Faculty Fellow award in the Dept. of Metallurgy

We hope to set up ten “Faculty Fellow Awards” in all departments this year.

This award was made possible due to a generous donation by Mr. Sanjeev Deshpande (1980 Metallurgy).

We hope to convert the faculty fellow awards into full chaired professorships as funds become available.

Current Scheme: http://www.coepfoundation.org/files/pdf/Scheme-ADFFMet.pdf

Eventual Scheme:    http://www.coepfoundation.org/projects/endowproposal.htm

Calculation: http://www.coepfoundation.org/projects/endowproposal.xls

3. Long Distance Learning Initiative: Web Guru

Goal: Alumni teaching classes at COEP  This project does not require funds.

Narendra Kale, Chairman, Kale Consultants

COEP foundation board member Mr. Narendra Kale is the Adjunct Professor of      Entrepreneurship at COEP and conducts online classes on 'Entrepreneurship    Development' from Chicago, USA for the students of COEP.

4 credit course on Entrepreneurship conducted by Narendra Kale, Chairman, Kale Consultants and Sanjay Inamdar.

Single interactive lectures are also organized by Silicon Valley Chapter (SVC).

4. Alumni sponsor “Techno-Craft Booth Competition” 

Goal: $2500    $250/- per booth      40% raised         

  Winning team, 2008, Civil Booth

Ten teams with about 20 students and 10 alumni each will build a booth/model based on a central theme.  Theme for 2008 - 2009 is “Shaping Imaginations”.

See details:

Sign up for teams for 2009 competition

Reports and Pictures from March 2008 competition

5. Alumni donate new boats for the Boat - Club” 

Goal: $4000       $800/- per boat                           20% raised         

  New Training Scull at Boat-Club

'Jal Maitri Yatra' group at COEP has purchased and launched a new boat - ‘Training Skull' at the boat club. The boat was sponsored by COEP foundation member Anjali (Dadhe) Nandedkar and her husband Sanjeev Nandedkar.

Jal Maitri Yatra group organizes a rowing expedition to the origin of Mutha River every year. Their goal is to clean the river, plan water rescue camps, plant trees and increase awareness by analyzing the water samples from towns and villages on the river bank.

See details:

Reports and Pictures from Jal Maitri Yatra

Volunteers:  Jal Maitri Yatra Group at COEP

6. Web Setu (E—Mentor)                                                                                                                                                             

This project does not require funds.

  Web-Guru, Web-Setu team

WebSetu (E-Mentor) Forum , E-Mentor Directory

WebSetu, a project that was initiated early this year by SVC (Silicon Valley Chapter) volunteers was started to bridge the distance between alumni and current students at COEP. A WebSetu forum is created on the Aarewah community portal (www.aarewah.com) in order to broaden the scope and enable group interaction. Aarewah was started in June 2006 and the main objective was to connect COEPians in a fun-filled environment where it would be possible for members to express themselves freely by modifying site content with articles, photos, blogs and much more.

We urge you to register at (www.aarewah.com), and add your name to the E-Mentor Directory . Please contribute to the WebSetu Forum by responding to queries and imparting information to students. Everyone will be allowed to participate in discussions and only offensive posts shall be removed.

Volunteers: Neeti Gore, Jyoti Shirolikar, Asif Pathan, Vinay Kakade, Mandar Waghmode, Sameer Vaidya

1.       Endowment for “Alumni Distinguished Professor” 

Goal: $3,000,000   $300,000/- per endowment    0% raised          

           Main Building

 We hope to set up ten alumni sponsored chaired professorships in all departments this year.

This one time endowment will support the professorship forever.

Scheme:    http://www.coepfoundation.org/projects/endowproposal.htm

Calculation: http://www.coepfoundation.org/projects/endowproposal.xls