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IIT-JEE 2010 (Class XI) Final Forty Scholars selected for two years class room training at a JNV in your region

Dakshana is a sanskrit word meaning to give or receive a gift. The Dakshana Foundation is a young philanthropic foundation focused on alleviating poverty. Education is the most powerful and enduring weapon to win the battle against poverty. Thus Dakshana is focused on providing world-class educational opportunities to economically and socially disadvantaged gifted children worldwide. Our initial focus is on providing 1-2 years of world-class IIT-JEE (Joint Entrance Exam) coaching to gifted, but impoverished students in rural India.

These adolescents receive a gift from Dakshana in their time of need. There is an expectation that, as adults, they would be giving gifts to adolescents in situations similar to their own in earlier years – either through Dakshana or via other organizations. They can also choose to giveback nothing. The cornerstone of Dakshana’s model is that the beneficiary of aid today is the donor of tomorrow. Dakshana’s model is self-sustaining and scalable...More

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Featured Dakshana Scholar

 

Dakshana Profile Pratap Bhanu Solanki Profile

I’d like to become a Dakshana scholar because I really aspire to attend IIT. However, my parents cannot afford the professional world class IIT-JEE coaching institutes. I know that without coaching for IIT-JEE it will be very difficult to clear this exam. I know that the IITs are the best institutes for engineering in the world. I feel confident that I will get th...More

 

News & Events

Lunch with Warren Buffett for $650,100;
Dakshana Foundation Makes its First Major Grant to The Glide Foundation

July 11, 2007
Irvine, California

Mohnish Pabrai & Harina Kapoor, the founders and principal benefactors of The Dakshana Foundation (www.dakshana.org) recently won an auction on eBay to have lunch with Berkshire Hathaway Chairman Warren Buffett. With a final succe...More


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Dakshana Foundation names its first Dakshana Scholar

April 9, 2007
Kota, Rajasthan (India)

The Dakshana Foundation has named it first Dakshana Scholar. Shashank Dube of Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh was awarded a full scholarship by the foundation to undergo 12 months of IIT JEE training at Bansal Classes - one of the best IIT JEE coaching centers in the world (...More


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