New Endowments Boost Princeton's University Professorships - IndiaWest Journal News

New Endowments Boost Princeton's University Professorships - IndiaWest Journal News

Photo: Alumni Princeton EDU PRINCETON, N.J.– Princeton University has announced the endowment of seven new University Professorships through significant gifts to its Venture Forward campaign. This prestigious honor, bestowed upon faculty demonstrating scholarly preeminence and exceptional contributions to research and teaching, has been held by only 73 members of the Princeton faculty since 1962, including Nobel laureates and Fields Medalists. A…

Princeton University announces new endowed chair funded by Indian American couple

Sejal Shah and Krishna Veeraraghavan. PHOTO: Alumni.princeton.edu Princeton University announced earlier in June that seven new University Professorships have been endowed at the higher education institute through major gifts to the Venture Forward campaign.  Among them is one entitled, The U. Krishna Veeraraghavan and Sejal Shah University Professorship. Veeraraghavan, a 1999 graduate of Princeton, and his wife Sejal Shah, are endowing the prof…