Transfer
Make a bank transfer to the account listed above, or prepare a cheque or Demand Draft in favour of The Academy Trust.
Support science outreach
Donate to The Academy Trust
Your contribution helps tAcT take scientists, experiments, and serious conversations about science to schools, colleges, and communities across India.
To donate, transfer to the bank account listed here, then email the transaction reference and your contact details to the Trust office. The office will then issue the receipt and tax documentation.
Registered public charitable trust
80G and 12A eligible
Audited accounts
Email details
Send the transaction reference, donor name, PAN, postal address, email, and contact number to the Trust office.
Receive receipt
The office can issue receipt and tax documentation after it has the transfer and donor details required for records.
Receipt and Tax Documentation
Donations are eligible for tax exemption under Sections 80G and 12A of the Income Tax Act, subject to prevailing rules and the details submitted by the donor.
- Donor name exactly as it should appear on the receipt.
- PAN, postal address, email, and contact number.
- Amount, transfer date, and transaction reference.
- Purpose note, if the gift is intended for a specific programme or fellowship.
How Your Contribution Is Used
Outreach visits
Travel, materials, and coordination for school, college, rural, tribal, and community science outreach.
Learning materials
Demonstrations, activities, and documentation that teachers and students can continue using after an event.
Long-term programmes
Help build the Corpus Fund to sustain our activities.
Transparent audited accounts
Corpus-based long-term support
Science and education focus
Other Ways to Give
Cheque or Demand Draft
Cheques or Demand Drafts should be made in favour of The Academy Trust, payable at Bengaluru.
Mail them to the Executive Secretary, The Academy Trust, Indian Academy of Sciences, C. V. Raman Avenue, Bengaluru. Include contact details for acknowledgement and receipt processing.
Institutional Support
Institutions and CSR teams can write to the Trust office to discuss support for specific outreach programmes, fellowships, or long-term corpus needs.