Alumnus donates Rs 5 crore to Delhi Technological University

An Indian-American businessman and philanthropist has donated Rs 5 crore for the construction of a multipurpose hall at his alma mater Delhi Technological University, the varsity said.

Dr Rajesh K Soin, an alumnus of 1969 batch of Mechanical Engineering and now chairman and CEO of Soin LLC at Ohio in the US, donated the amount for the under-construction hall.

The university administration said it has decided to honour the alumnus by naming the multipurpose hall, with a seating capacity of 3,000, after him.

So, the multipurpose hall is now named 'Raj Soin Hall', it said.