INSPIRE REPORT Dakshana Foundation is a young philanthropic foundation focused on alleviating poverty through education. We are providing 2 years of world-class JEE (Joint Entrance Exam) coaching to gifted, but impoverished students in JNV's (Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya) coming from rural India. Our aim is to send maximum students from JNV's to best institutions like IITs, NIT's and other renowned colleges across the country through JEE coaching. So that it establishes the bridge between the JNV's and IIT's. The students are selected through GDST (Grand Dakshana Selection Test) and tutored in our JNV coaching centres as JNV Dakshana Scholars. Since our inception in 2007, the IITs have accepted 631 Dakshana Scholars (out of a total 1288 Dakshana Scholars) – a success rate of 49% taking into consideration that the national acceptance rate is 2% of all applicant's.
“Give a man fish and you feed him for a day, Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.”
Dakshana believes in creating productive personalities!
Why to be a Dakshana Scholar?
1.3 Million 1,50,000 10,000
Apply for JEE Mains
Appear for JEE Advanced
Get into IITs
As it can be seen that the acceptance rate is low and competition is huge. So getting into IIT is not an easy task.
JNV students need best resources and extra guidance to perform best in such exams.
The Normal way to get into IIT - Through coaching industry Boarding Cost
Rs 1 lac
Coaching Fees
Rs 2 lac
Your Investment
Rs 3 lac
The Dakshana way to IIT – World class quality coaching at JNV Boarding Cost
At JNV
Coaching Fees
Dakshana Foundation
Your Investment
Rs 0
Our Coaching Centres
Our Coaching Partners
A Class of Dakshana Scholar The variety available in a typical Dakshana scholars class in incredible. Students will be coming from all over the nation in a single classroom to take coaching. Learning through sharing and discussion with wide variety of classmates has improved the competition level in our scholars.
Applying for JNV Admission
Accepted by JNVs
Invited to take GDST
Accepted by Dakshana
Dakshana assists deserving JNV student by providing scholarships for preparation of JEE.
Privilege to meet World renowned personalities Bharat Desai (CEO, Syntel) & his family With 2012 & 2013 scholars at JNV Bengaluru Urban Mr. Desai graduated from IIT Bombay
Prem Watsa (Founder, Chairman & CEO Fairfax Financial Holdings) With 2012 scholars at JNV Gachibowli, Hyderabad Mr. Watsa graduated from IIT Madras & is the richest Indian in Canada
Guy Spier (Founder & CEO, Aquamarine Funds)
With 2009 scholars at JNV Cuttack Mr. Spier is a MBA from Harvard Business School & a good friend of Dakshana
Dakshana’s Success Story TOTAL INTAKE V/S NUMBER OF STUDENTS WHO CRACKED IIT
400 350
350 296
300
259
250 206 200 150
167 121
113
100
110
106
85
67 39
50 0 2009 2009
2010 2010 TOTAL INTAKE
2011 2011
2012 2012
2013 2013
2014 2014
CRACKED IIT JEE/ JEE ADVANCED
SUCCESS RATE OF DAKSHANA SCHOLARS IN IIT JEE/ JEE ADVANCED
80.0 70.0 60.0 50.0 40.0 30.0 20.0 10.0 0.0
69.0
64.5
58.2 34.6
38.2
51.5
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
V/S
~ 2% Success rate National average
Dakshana Scholar at various colleges
IIT BOMBAY, 34 NIT SURAT, 16
IIT DELHI, 22
NIT SURATHKAL, 65
IIT GUWAHATI, 23
NIT SRINAGAR, 10
IIT KANPUR, 48
NIT ROURKELA, 28 VNIT NAGPUR, 20
IIT KHARAGPUR, 72 NIT JAIPUR, 13 NIT CALICUT, 10 NIT ALLAHABAD, 18 IIT BHU VARANASI, 20 ISM DHANBAD, 17
IIT ROORKEE, 44 IIT MADRAS, 19
Student Intake
Future Plan
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600 400 206 200
67
259
110
0 2011 2012 2013 2014
2015
2016
Year
2017
2018
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Dakshana aims to send 2020 scholars to IITs in the year 2020 It will require coaching of 3000 promising scholars At 18 Dakshana Centers of Excellence (CoE) by 75-100 Dakshana’s JEE faculty
The first Centers of Excellence (CoE) will be at JNV Bengaluru Urban Construction work started in 2013 Anticipated completion in 2015
360 scholar’s capacity, Auditorium style classrooms with high-end audio/video
Anand Valley Plan
Selection Procedure Score GP of 10 in Math and Science in class X
Grand Dakshana Selection Test (GDST)
Conducted every year on Sunday after the last CBSE Xth examination
7+ centres in each NVS region
6000+ JNV students invited for GDST