WHAT WE DO
Dakshana helps bright and impoverished students predominantly from rural India to prepare for IIT and medical entrance exams.
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OUR PROGRAMS
Dakshana focuses on poverty alleviation through education. Dakshana alleviates poverty by identifying brilliant but impoverished teenagers and providing intensive coaching for 1-2 years for the IIT and medical entrance exams.
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OUR LEADERS
None of Dakshana’s management team has ever worked in the not-for-profit industry before coming to Dakshana. They have come from either the business world or served for decades in senior positions in India’s armed services.
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BECOME A DAKSHANA SCHOLAR
Dakshana Scholars are a rare breed of gifted students from Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas and government schools across India. They are selected for intensive coaching after Class 10 & Class 12 based on their academic record and results from Dakshana’s proprietary testing.
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OUR INVESTMENT MODEL
Dakshana operates from Irvine, California and Pune in India. Our programs are conducted at 7 campuses across India – JNV Bengaluru Urban (Karnataka), JNV Bundi (Rajasthan), JNV Kottayam (Kerala), JNV Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh), JNV Pune (Maharashtra), JNV Rangareddy (Telangana), JNV Silvassa (Dadra & Nagar Haveli). Dakshana’s 1-year program is conducted at Dakshana Valley, Kadus Village, approximately 60 kms from Pune in Maharashtra.
News & Events
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Teacher’s Day Celebration – 2022
Teacher’s Day Celebration at Dakshana Valley. [READ MORE] -
Dakshana Result – JEE ADVANCED 2022 – Celebrating Success
5 Scholars under 100 category rank. [READ MORE] -
Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar
In a first-of-its-kind “inclusivity” initiative, IITGN has kickstarted a month-long “IITGN-Dakshana Leadership Programme” to train 100 academically outstanding but economically underprivileged students, predominantly from rural India, in essential skills of leadership, critical thinking, and communication. The programme, whi [READ MORE]
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DONATEYou can lift a family from poverty permanently and help get the scholar accepted by an IIT or a government medical college in India.
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DAAN (Dakshana Alumni Network)DAAN (Dakshana Alumni Network) is a 2575+ (in 2017) strong army of volunteers supporting Dakshana to forge ahead on its mission of infinite good
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OUR PEOPLE
Dakshana operates from Irvine, California and Pune in India. Our programs are conducted at 7 campuses across India – JNV Bengaluru Urban (Karnataka), JNV Bundi (Rajasthan), JNV Kottayam (Kerala), JNV Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh), JNV Pune (Maharashtra), JNV Rangareddy (Telangana), JNV Silvassa (Dadra & Nagar Haveli). Dakshana’s 1-year program is conducted at Dakshana Valley, Kadus Village, approximately 60 kms from Pune in Maharashtra.
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