University offers private relief package to help students

Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University (NTU) has launched a private philanthropic programme to help its students, with the university’s president Subra Suresh and his wife, Mary Suresh, making a personal gift of SG$100,000 (US$70,200) to seed and anchor the fund, writes Clara Chong for The Straits Times.

“We will use the new NTU Priorities Fund and other sources of philanthropic support to alleviate the financial burden of our students, so that those needing immediate help can continue to focus on their studies and their future,” said Subra Suresh, an American scientist who began his presidency at NTU in January 2018.

In a statement on 22 April, the university said the fund is part of a new NTU COVID-19 Relief Package to help students who may be facing financial difficulties amid the outbreak. It is the university’s first such package of assistance, and comprises three new coordinated measures to assist students.
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