I'd like to become a Dakshana Scholar and hopefully attend IIT because I belong to a poor family. My family?s condition is not so rich that my parent can fee for my higher education. I have dream to get a good job and I want to be success in my life and being and IIT student is the best way to be successful in life. My father works in gram panchayat of a small village. We are three brother and sister and my father?s income is not sufficient for our higher study. Nobody except my father has and job in my family. My class performance is some what better than my classmates than all of my family member expect me to get a good job so that I can improve my family?s condition and I don?t want to disappointed them.
When I heard about Dakshana Foundation and its scheme that it helps to talented and poor student for their higher education then I thought that it is a good opportunity for me to complete my dream. I came to hear that Dakshana gives good education under the supervision of excellent teacher.
Being a Dakshana?s Scholar will be a golden chance for me to get better education and to become an IITian.
I would like to ensure that after being a Dakshana student I will do my level best. I will study hard so that I could get my aim. Therefore I want to become a Dakshana Scholar.

From JNV Janjgir Chapma, Chhattisgarh.
Coaching Location: JNV Cuttack, Odisha. (IIT-JEE 2008-10).

Graduated from: NIT Rourkela, Odisha
Stream: Electrical Engineering
Yr of expected graduation: 2014

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