Eashwar Krishnan on supporting PhD students from around the world
University volunteer and philanthropist Eashwar Krishnan’s (Trinity 1996) time at Cambridge was supported with a Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Fund scholarship. Today, he supports postgraduate students “trying to give back and replicate the structure of incredible generosity” shown to him.
Reflecting on the inspiration for his benefaction to Cambridge:
“Everybody wants their money to result in tangible, visible, incredible transformational outcomes. From our perspective, we want all those things. But we also want to engage with people that we like and trust and respect, and where every interaction results in us learning something new, either about the problem or about the efforts that are being made to address the problem. It’s a huge rush.”
Eashwar also volunteers his time and professional expertise to the University as a member of the fundraising campaign board as well as helping organise alumni events in Hong Kong, where he now lives.
Watch this short interview with Eashwar about why he gives to Cambridge:
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Philanthropic giving is at the heart of the success of the Collegiate University, enabling us to make discoveries that change the world and to ensure that our students receive an unrivalled education. Cambridge owes its world-leading excellence in research and teaching to the generosity of its supporters. Our history is synonymous with a history of far-sighted benefaction, and the same is as true today as it has ever been.
