Who We Are

Professor Ram Kumar Memorial Foundation seeks to accelerate societal advancements through scientific breakthroughs, technological innovations, and the democratization of knowledge acquisition and diffusion. The foundation commemorates the life and achievements of Prof. Ram Kumar. It has been set up in his memory by his wife, Mrs. Urmila Agrawal, and his sons, Dr. Rakesh Agrawal and Dr. Rajeev Agrawal, and […]

Board of Advisors

We have constituted a Board of Advisors for our Foundation to help with the following: Formulate policies and programs for the Foundation Provide advice on specific major grants Suggest ideas for maximizing the impact of the Foundation, consistent with Foundation’s goals We are very privileged to have the following as the  members of our Board: […]

Executive Board

Our Founding Executive Board comprises of: Dr. Rakesh Agrawal: President Dr. Rajeev Kumar Agrawal: Asia Director

Prof. Ram Kumar Research Awards at the Academic Conferences

Academic conferences play a vital role in catalyzing scientific breakthroughs and technological innovations by providing forum for researchers and practitioners to meet and discuss new advances. We aim to support select conferences institute prestigious awards to celebrate accomplishments and thus motivate others to excel. Examples of such awards include test-of-time award, best paper award, career […]

Prof. Ram Kumar Fellowships to the Conference Attendees

Academic conferences play a vital role in catalyzing scientific breakthroughs and technological innovations by providing forum for researchers and practitioners to meet and discuss new advances and get to know each other that helps with forming and nurturing collaborations. However, attending a conference is expensive. We aim to provide few (unfortunately!) fellowships to students and scholars […]

Gift4Giving

A Gift4Giving is an eGift that the recipients can use to recommend grants to the charities of their choice.  We love sending Gift4Giving as it allows many more causes to be supported and we get ideas for the future. The program is administered by Fidelity Charitable who contacts you through email, providing link to a simple tool that you […]

Tax-deductible Contributions to the Foundation

Our Foundation is set up as a Giving Account at Fidelity Charitable.  You can make a tax-deductible contribution by completing the Contribution Form , filling Sections 1-4 as follows: Section 1: Select: “Third-Party Contributor”. For Giving Account Number, put down our account number: 1044239. Section 2: Check the box corresponding to: “Allocate this contribution in the same percentages …”. […]