In recognition of his “generous benefaction”, the University of Cambridge has announced that its chemistry department will be named after Indian pharmaceutical major Cipla's non-executive chairman Yusuf Hamied until 2050.

Mr Hamied is a former alumnus of the world-prominent university and made a “transformational gift” to his alma mater to ensure that chemistry at Cambridge University will continue to be "world-leading in both teaching and research". His gift endows both a fund to attract and support the world’s brightest academic talent in chemistry, including exceptional early-career researchers in disciplines such as synthetic organic chemistry and outstanding doctoral students from the UK and around the world through the new Hamied Scholars Programme. The department would be known as Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry.

Hamied, 84, who was a student at Christ’s College, has retained close links with Cambridge over the past 66 years, the university said, adding that in 2018, he endowed one of the world’s oldest academic chairs in chemistry, now known as the Yusuf Hamied 1702 chair.

“Cambridge gave me the foundation of an education in chemistry, taught me how to live and showed me how to contribute to society," said Mr Hamied. "As a scholarship student myself, I am delighted to be able to support future generations of students. I will always be indebted to this great institution and everything it stands for,” he said.

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