IIT Madras alumnus Prem Watsa has donated US$ 5 million (approximately Rs 41 crore) to support the research activities of IIT Madras’ Sudha Gopalakrishnan Brain Centre. The Sudha Gopalakrishnan Brain Centre was launched in March 2022 to image the human brain at the cellular level by generating unprecedented human brain data, scientific output, and technology tools, the IIT said in a press release.
The founder of Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited, V Prem Watsa, graduated from IIT Madras in 1971 with a first-class degree in Chemical Engineering and was presented with the Distinguished Alumnus Award in 1999. “The quality of work and the team’s commitment at IITM’s Sudha Gopalakrishnan Brain Centre is truly outstanding. The technology platform they have developed that generates high-resolution image volumes of human brains is very unique. It has far-reaching impact in advancing our knowledge of human brains, developing insights that will lead to solutions for highly challenging brain diseases,” said Watsa.
“To handle this enormous complexity, they are working in close collaboration with brain researchers in various fields around the world. Fairfax is pleased to support this cutting-edge R&D work and we wish them the very best to reach greater heights,” he added.
The IIT Madras Sudha Gopalakrishnan Brain Centre has developed a histology pipeline that processes whole human brains into high-resolution digital images at petabyte-scale, the IIT said in its press release. These data sets of human brains of different types and ages provide an unprecedented high-resolution view of human brains that reveal cellular level details across the entire brain, the IIT added.
Kris Gopalakrishnan, Co-founder of Infosys and Distinguished Alumnus of IIT Madras who played a key role in establishing the Centre said, “I compliment Shri Prem Watsa on his contribution to Brain Centre at IIT Madras. This augments the support the Centre is already receiving from various philanthropic and CSR funds and enables the Centre to scale up its research on human brain atlas.”
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