The COEIR funds are retained by the COEIR society, and used throughout the year for a variety of activities such as funding faculty research projects, organizing training for faculty on application-based research and commercialization, supporting mentorship of students, travel of students to competitions, organizing the Annual student-faculty-alumni festival, etc. The COEIR decides how the money gets used. The formation of the COEIR was approved by the Director of NITC, in 2023.

The funds donated to COEIR are handled by the officers of the COEIR. The officers themselves are elected by members of the COEIR. This election will be held once every two years in the last week of December.

Any NITC Alumni is eligible to be a member of the COEIR. Please email [email protected] if you are interested in being a member. There is no cost to being a member, and all members receive monthly updates on the activities of the COEIR.

Yes, when you make a donation, you automatically become a member of COEIR. As such we will provide annual updates to all members on the activities of the COEIR along with information on how the funds are being used.

No. You can be a member without volunteering.

We are always seeking volunteers to help with COEIR activities. Volunteer time commitments are per your availability. If all you can do is to make it to meetings once a month, that is good as well. The below are the four teams that need your support.

COEIR Industry Outreach Team: The role of the industry outreach team is to support NITC by fostering and promoting connections to the industry, for research funds and consultancy projects as well as commercialization of IP generated at the college.

COEIR Faculty Research Support Team: The role of the faculty research support team will be to identify promising projects that need extra support and to support it through funds or other means. The team will also identify futuristic projects to provide seed money for and promote “Make in India” initiatives at the college.

COEIR Student Mentorship Team: The role of the student mentorship team will be to establish a mentorship program connecting alumni to students, provide support for student startups with training on financing of startups, commercialization plan, etc.

COEIR Public Relations/ Fundraising Team: The public relations/ fundraising team shall develop a web and social media presence and shall coordinate relationships between the COEIR and the alumni contributors. This team will also be leading the organization of the annual two-day faculty-student-alumni conference at NITC.

Please email [email protected] if you are interested in volunteering.

We don’t have a name yet for the festival. We invite you to suggest a name.

The prime objective with this festival is to promote industrial research and commercialization. This festival aims to bring alumni from all past years to NITC, to foster exchange of ideas, science and technology.

Please email [email protected] for more information.

Yes, we have sponsorship options for businesses. Please visit our donations page for more information.