66% of Dakshana Scholars Crack the IIT-JEE || Message from Mohnish Sir

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 3^rd with an IIT-JEE All-India SC PD rank of 4.

Both of Rahul's parents dropped out in the 8^th 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:

2012 IIT-JEE Results Press Release

2012 Detailed IIT-JEE Results

Warm regards,

Mohnish Pabrai

Founder & Catalyst

The Dakshana Foundation

Tel. +1949.453.0609

mpabrai@dakshana.org

www.dakshana.org

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