Dakshana

WHAT WE DO

Dakshana helps bright and impoverished students predominantly from rural India to prepare for IIT and medical entrance exams.

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 Austin, Texas 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 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

DAKSHANA DAY 2022!
A family is like the branches on a tree; we all grow in different directions yet our roots remain the same. And this was evident in the Dakshana Day celebrations on October 15, this year. Dakshana alums at various IITs, NITs, Govt medical colleges and other premier institutes, visited government schools in their areas and […] [READ MORE]
Neet 2022 Result – Celebrating Success
Neet 2022 Result – Celebrating Success | Dakshana 1-year program [READ MORE]
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]

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