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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PRMO (pre-Regional Mathematical Olympiad) 2019 results are out!
Here are COE- wise results- JNV Bundi- 35 cleared JNV Ranga Reddy- 28 cleared JNV Bangalore- 69 cleared Congratulations everyone! #TheDakshanaFoundation #InfiniteGood #SelflessGiving #PRMO [READ MORE] -
Deputy Secretary, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment visits Dakshana’s V2.0 school at Amravathi!
On September 10, 2019, The Deputy Secretary, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Sanjay Kohli visited the digital math lab under Dakshana V2.0 program at the APSWREIS School in Amravathi. #TheDakshanaFoundation #InfiniteGood #SelflessGiving #DakshanaV2.0 [READ MORE] -
18 Dakshana scholars receive Panasonic Ratti Chhatr Scholarship 2019!
Congratulations to Dakshana scholars for receiving Panasonic scholarship 2019! This scholarship has been awarded to only 30 students from all over IITs, out of which 18 Dakshana scholars have been selected this year. Heartiest congratulations to- 1. Aman Sharma (IIT BHU) 2. Ishu Gupta (IIT BHU) 3. Rinki (IIT BHU) 4. Nancy (IIT Guwahati) 5. Pritam [READ MORE]
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You 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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