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Technological innovation in New England. (News).(Massachusetts Institute of Technology )(Brief Article)
IIE Solutions, March, 2002
A $20 million gift to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology will allow the creation of a new center for technological innovation in the School of Engineering. Desh Deshpande, co-founder and chairman of Sycamore Networks Inc., and his wife, Jaishree, donated the funds to establish the initial phase of the Deshpande Center for Technological Innovation.
The center will support research on novel technologies in collaboration with high-tech and venture capitalist communities of New England and will support undergraduate education in engineering. "Desh is an extraordinary leader in the entrepreneurial community," said MIT President Charles M. Vest. "His 'disruptive' idea to connect MIT faculty, students, and researchers with the high-tech and venture...
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