India, Aug. 19 -- COEP Technological University, a prestigious engineering institution, has received a philanthropic donation of Rs.2 crore from renowned bridge engineer Virindra Kumar Raina and his wife, Vinita Raina. The endowment will establish the Virindra-Vinita Raina Engineering Scholarships, a perpetual fund aimed at supporting financially challenged yet meritorious Civil Engineering students of COEP.

The scholarships will be awarded every year to select third-year and final-year Civil Engineering students on a merit-cum-means basis. The fund will remain a permanent corpus, with scholarships distributed from the interest generated, ensuring sustained student support in the years ahead.

A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) formalis...