{"id":135606,"date":"2023-06-05T10:10:23","date_gmt":"2023-06-05T14:10:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135606///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135606//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135606//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135606//?p=135606"},"modified":"2025-06-20T13:15:43","modified_gmt":"2025-06-20T17:15:43","slug":"250k-gift-to-help-establish-endowed-chair-for-the-india-center-at-ucf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135606///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135606//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135606//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135606//250k-gift-to-help-establish-endowed-chair-for-the-india-center-at-ucf/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135606//","title":{"rendered":"$250K Gift to Help Establish Endowed Chair for The India Center at Âé¶¹Ó³»­´«Ã½"},"content":{"rendered":"

A $250,000 gift from Port Orange, Florida, residents Ramesh Chopra and Neena Chopra will bring Âé¶¹Ó³»­´«Ã½ another step closer to its goal of establishing the Indian Community Endowed Chair for The India Center./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135606/n

Establishing an endowed chair highlights the importance of studying India at Âé¶¹Ó³»­´«Ã½. In Fall 2022, over 3,000 students from 149 countries enrolled at Âé¶¹Ó³»­´«Ã½. Students from India represented the second-largest group of international students with 460 individuals enrolled./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135606/n

The Chopra/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135606/u2019s gift will be amplified by a $50,000 match from the university through the Âé¶¹Ó³»­´«Ã½ Challenge. This strategic initiative provides matching funding from the transformational $40 million gift made in 2021 by philanthropist MacKenzie Scott. With the Chopra family/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135606/u2019s gift, donors to date have pledged more than $2.5 million toward the $5 million goal to establish the endowed chair position./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/135606/n