Dear Dakshana Alum,
Hope
all is well. I thought you'd appreciate the great news. We prepared and
supported 110 scholars for the IIT-JEE 2012 and 73 have been accepted
by the IITs. 66% of our Dakshana Scholars cracked the IIT-JEE! Since
2009, 344 of our scholars have been accepted by the IITs - a 40% success
rate.
For
the first time with this selection of scholars, Dakshana gave
preference to disabled scholars. All the toppers have either no lower
limbs or severely compromised ones. Rahul Patidar and Hemant Patidar had
IIT-JEE All India OBC PD ranks of 2 and 4, respectively. Shiv Kumar
came in 3rd with an IIT-JEE All-India SC PD rank of 4.
Both of Rahul's parents dropped out in the 8th grade and eke out under $50/month in income from farming. Shiv is a victim of Polio and has no lower limbs.
You can get more details via our recent Press Release. And the detailed 2012 results are posted on our website as well.
I
hope that you can grace our recognition ceremony on July 1 at 4:00 PM
at USI, New Delhi (same location as last year). Details will be posted
on our website in a few days. My family and I will be there, as will
Colonel Sharma, our CEO, and our full India-based team.
Links:
Warm regards,
Mohnish Pabrai
Founder & Catalyst
The Dakshana Foundation
Tel. +1949.453.0609
"Three
rules for a career: 1) Don't sell anything you wouldn't buy yourself;
2) Don't work for anyone you don't respect and admire; and 3) Work only
with people you enjoy."
- Charlie Munger, Vice Chairman, Berkshire Hathaway
