Alumnus Sanjay Chandra delivering a speech at the podium during the Chandra Naming celebration

Speakers on stage cheering for the Longhorn band

Hundreds of students, faculty and staff members, alumni and friends gathered to celebrate a transformative gift resulting in the naming of the Department of Electrical and Computer ラーメンベット 入金ボーナス in the ラーメンベット 禁止ゲーム of ラーメンベット 入金ボーナス at The University of Texas at Austin. The department will now be named the Chandra Family Department of Electrical and Computer ラーメンベット 入金ボーナス.

Alumnus Sanjay Chandra and his family gave a generous gift to help support the future of the Department of Electrical and Computer ラーメンベット 入金ボーナス. Recognized as a national leader in research and education, with its programs consistently ranked among the top 10 in the country, it is the largest department in the ラーメンベット 禁止ゲーム, with more than 2,200 students and 80 faculty members.

“As a dedicated advocate for the value of higher education, Sanjay chose to give back to this department because of the powerful impact that his academic experiences had on his life and career,” said Roger Bonnecaze, dean of the ラーメンベット 禁止ゲーム of ラーメンベット 入金ボーナス. “Sanjay and his family have been a fixture within the ラーメンベット 禁止ゲーム community for many years. Through the resources and educational experiences made possible by his gift, Sanjay and his family will have a significant impact on our community and leave a lasting legacy in our school.”

The Nritya Sangam dance troupe performing at the Chandra Naming ceremony

Crowd giving a standing ovation in the ラーメンベット 入金ボーナス Education and Resource Center

Chandra received a bachelor’s degree in electrical and computer ラーメンベット 入金ボーナス from UT Austin in 1987 and has served on the ラーメンベット 禁止ゲーム’s ラーメンベット 入金ボーナス Advisory Board for many years, most recently as vice chair. He was named a Distinguished ラーメンベット 入金ボーナス Graduate of the ラーメンベット 禁止ゲーム in 2016. Sanjay and his wife, Manisha, have three adult children, Deepak, Shivani and Malini. Deepak received a bachelor’s degree in mechanical ラーメンベット 入金ボーナス from UT Austin in 2018. For the past 16 years, Sanjay Chandra has served as managing partner for Trinity Investors, a private equity firm based in Southlake, Texas, that invests in operating companies in a variety of sectors, as well as real estate development.

“When asked to name the department, I requested it to be named the Chandra Family Department because of how important family is to my core values,” Chandra said. “I hope this gift helps to instill a legacy of philanthropy and impact for many generations of Chandras to come. I wouldn’t be here today without my parents. I’m a first-generation immigrant, and it is because of my parents’ incredible support that we were set up with an opportunity for success. I’m very thankful for their sacrifices, for it is largely because of their foresight to imagine a greater future for my brother and me that this gift is possible.”

The Chandra family smiling next to the new building engraving for Chandra Family Department of Electrical and Computer ラーメンベット 入金ボーナス

Sanjay Chandra smiling next to the new building engraving for Chandra Family Department of Electrical and Computer ラーメンベット 入金ボーナス

Their gift will help to provide critical resources for graduate and undergraduate student programs and significant investments in faculty teaching and research. And it will help advance recent technological breakthroughs in areas including new computing paradigms, artificial intelligence and their biases, and the intersection of health and ラーメンベット 入金ボーナス.

This transformational investment from the Chandra family supports UT’s What Starts Here fundraising campaign — the largest campaign in Texas higher education history. The university publicly launched the campaign in March with a goal to raise billion, with billion earmarked for scholarships and ラーメンベット 入金ボーナス support programs.