I'd like to become a Dakshana Scholar and hopefully attend IIT because since childhood i want to become an engineer. When I enrolled in Navodaya Vidalaya, I came to know that IIT ? JEE is the best institute to study engineering. Then I have decided to give IIT JEE entrance exam, for that I need join coaching center but the main problem is that my father is a farmer and he cannot afford to pay expensive coaching fees. I gave many scholarship tests like F-40, FIIT JEE, NTSE etc. to solve this problem and cleared these tests also but never got full scholarship. Lastly I heard of Dakshana and start preparing for it since 9th standard, today I am a Dakshana Scholar.
Lastly I want to say that I am physically challenged student and my aim is to study to clear IIT test. I belong to an economically backward family, JNV and Dakshana helped me a lot to continue my studies.

From JNV Aurangabad, Bihar.
Coaching Location: JNV Pune, Maharashtra. (IIT-JEE 2013-15).

Current Institute: IIT Bombay Mumbai, Maharashtra
Stream: Civil Engineering
Yr of expected graduation: 2020

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