BITS Pilani receives $1 million endowment from 1960 batch alumnus

BITS Pilani has received a $1 million endowment from alumnus Brij Bhushan to support female students and encourage innovative, faculty-guided projects. Bhushan, a 1960 batch graduate, is the founder of Reston Consulting Group.

Hyderabad: BITS Pilani, an Institute of Eminence, has announced a significant USD 1 million endowment from its alumnus, Brij Bhushan. The fund, established by Bhushan, founder of Reston Consulting Group (RCG) and a member of BITS Pilani’s inaugural 1960 batch, aims to empower female students and stimulate innovative, faculty-guided solutions for real-world problems.

After a successful 24-year career in the US telecommunications corporate sector, Bhushan established RCG in 1987. His firm provides network operations and maintenance, cybersecurity, enterprise architecture, IT support, and telecommunications services to US government and commercial clients.

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Brij Bhushan and his wife Champa, also a BITSian with a Master’s in Electrical Engineering (1966), have been highly active within the Washington DC alumni community since 1980. Following his retirement from RCG, the couple returned to teach for one semester at BITS Pilani’s Pilani campus in 2006.