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    Dear Friends:

    Dakshana successfully completed its 10th full year of operations in 2016. Since inception in 2007, the

    IITs have accepted 1,589 Dakshana Scholars (out of a total universe of 2,505 Dakshana Scholars) a

    success rate of 63.43%. Not too shabby considering that the IITs accept under 2% of applicants. In

    2017, out of 461 Dakshana Scholars who were prepared for the test, 391 made it a success rate of

    85%. Not only was this our largest batch ever, the results are the best ever for Dakshana!

    (Over the last fifty years) if you took our top fifteen decisions out,

    wed have a pretty average record.

    - Charlie Munger

    Five Great Decisions

    Ive made innumerable bad decisions for Dakshana since inception. Thankfully, we've also made five

    great decisions over the last eleven years. These were:

    1. Committing to give away 2% of wealth annually at the age of 42. (2006)

    2. Cloning Anand Kumars Super 30 model. (2007)

    3. Partnering with the JNV System/Government of India. (2007)

    4. Bringing on Colonel Ram Sharma as CEO. (2009)

    5. Acquiring Dakshana Valley for $10 million. (2013)

    These five great decisions have trumped all the bad ones. Dakshana's model of alleviating poverty and

    unleashing the tremendous lost talent in rural India has been successful beyond my wildest dreams. The

    fifth decision was an especially hard one when we made it in 2013. We stretched bigtime to make it

    happen. Out of the $20 million or so that Dakshana has spent over the last decade, the Dakshana Valley

    purchase represents half the pie. And it will likely absorb tens of millions of capex in the years ahead.

    You stuck to your principles and when opportunities came along,

    you pounced on them with vigour.

    - Charlie Munger

    Today the Dakshana Valley purchase looks like a no-brainer. Without it we could not embark on several

    of our new initiatives that will be central to our relevance in the decades ahead. It is the bedrock on

    which well grow and scale Dakshana.

    These are the realities of life and investing as well. A few great decisions are likely to trump a number

    of bad ones.

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    Dakshana Begins Medical College Coaching

    Over the years, several of our scholars changed their minds and decided their true calling was to be

    doctors rather than engineers. The admission process for medical school in India is similar to

    engineering. Admission is based on performance in competitive exams after high school. The only

    difference is that while the IIT entrance exams focus on Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics (PCM),

    the medical entrance exams focus on Physics, Chemistry and Biology (PCB). In the past, several of our

    scholars studied Biology on their own, did well in the medical entrance exams and went on to become

    great docs. Weve had cases where some of our gifted kids have gotten top ranks in the IIT entrance

    exams and secured admission in some of the countrys best medical schools as well.

    In 2016, Dakshana formally started coaching for medical school at Dakshana Valley. We accepted 69

    scholars for our first one-year medical coaching batch. Out of these 69, at least 60 will get offered a seat

    at a government medical college in India. The remaining 9 did well enough so that theyll be offered a

    dental school seat and might get a medical school seat as well. It is an outstanding success rate. The

    scholars, faculty and Dakshana management all worked incredibly hard to get these results.

    In India, becoming doctors is of more interest to high school girls than becoming engineers. And, at

    Dakshana, we believe we are doing far more social justice when we support a girl versus a boy. It was

    thus a no-brainer to add medical coaching. Out of these 69 medical Dakshana scholars, 15 were girls.

    We ended up with 22% girls versus a more typical 10% or lower number on the engineering side. More

    importantly, 13 out of the 15 girls did well enough to be guaranteed a medical college seat.

    The subsidy offered by the Government of India for medical schools is even higher than for the IITs.

    Annual out-of-pocket costs for tuition, room and board at state-funded medical schools in India ranges

    from $150-400/year. Even this can be a daunting sum for our scholars, and weve helped arrange loans

    and grants through partner NGOs to ensure that our scholars face no financial hurdles.

    One of our female scholars in this first batch was Ms. Sadiqa Mehroon from Kargil district in the state

    of Jammu & Kashmir. Her village is a stones throw from the Line of Control, the defacto border

    between India and Pakistan. It is one of the most militarized borders on the planet where periodic

    artillery fire is the norm. Her village has no doctors. The closest hospital is hours away. Sadiqa hopes

    to return to her village after medical school and change the desolate healthcare situation in her

    community. Sadiqas mother is illiterate and her father is a farmer earning less than $80/month. We, at

    Dakshana, hope to unleash all the talent and drive of tens of thousands of Sadiqas in the years ahead to

    help fix India.

    Dakshana Valley: The Best Place on the Planet for IIT and Medical Entrance Exam Coaching!

    In 2016, we also accepted 60 scholars for IIT entrance exam coaching at Dakshana Valley. 58 of these

    60 scholars cracked the exam a success rate of 97%! We also had 10 scholars return for an additional

    year of coaching in preparation for their 2nd attempt at the JEE at Dakshana Valley. Of these 10

    repeaters, 100% of them cracked the exam. Spread over 109 acres with two valleys, five lakes and

    dozens of acres of orchards, Dakshana Valley offers very few distractions for scholars. They have

    world-class faculty, classrooms, dorms and nutritious meals provided to them. It is, in my opinion, the

    best place on the planet to prepare for the IIT and medical entrance exams.

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    When Dakshana does coaching at most JNVs, we have very limited control beyond faculty and scholar

    selection. At Dakshana Valley, Colonel Sharma and his amazing team control virtually every facet of

    the program. The Colonel does not believe in cutting corners. He and his able team have worked hard

    to provide scholars with an environment that maximizes their odds of success. It has worked vastly

    better than I ever imagined.

    In 2016, Dakshana Valley hosted 139 scholars. That number will nearly double in 2017 and we intend

    to keep increasing capacity till we are well past hosting 1000-1500 scholars at any given time at

    Dakshana Valley. The scaling at Dakshana Valley is almost limitless and we intend to fully tap its

    potential in the decades ahead.

    Cloning the Charles T. Munger Hall

    The Charles T. Munger Hall and most of its associated buildings were commissioned in 2016. It took

    five years to build from the time I originally proposed it to the Government of India as a win-win public-

    private partnership. A picture is worth a thousand words and a structure is worth a thousand pictures.

    After Senior JNV and Ministry of Human Resources Development (MHRD) officials visited the Hall,

    they got super excited to rapidly clone it. It is truly a marvelous facility.

    JNV Pune has been chosen as the next Center of Excellence. The Government of India works on

    precedence. New initiatives are hard to get off the ground (as we saw with the 5-year Munger Hall

    gestation period). However, once a precedent is established, it goes a lot faster. The government is telling

    us that they intend to have the Pune center ready in 2019. And they intend to do several more in the

    years ahead. The government has also told us that future centers will be developed 100% with taxpayer

    rupees (!!). However, they want us to fully manage the architectural design, scholar selection and

    coaching of scholars at all centers. Our preferred architect, Mr. Sandeep Kohli, is designing these future

    centers.

    In 2011, we proposed to the government that wed spend $300,000 and the government would spend

    $2 million on developing the first Center of Excellence (Munger Hall and related buildings) in an

    innovative public-private partnership without precedent. Each new center will cost $3-4 million and

    there are plans to do a half a dozen such centers. The $300,000 investment by Dakshana in Munger Hall

    may eventually be matched 60:1 by the government as they eventually spend $25-30 million on these

    future centers of excellence. I love our equal partnership with the Government of India!

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    2016 Financial Overview

    Table 1. Financial Overview

    2016 Dakshana Financial Overview (in thousands of US$)

    Cash and Marketable Securities on 12/31/15: $ 1,697

    Scholar and Overhead Expenses: ($1,162)

    Dakshana Valley Purchase: ($1,762)

    Construction Expenses: ($320)

    Contributions by Donors: $1,200

    Contributions by Pabrai Family: $1,190

    Donated Coaching Services: $26

    Donated Corporate Services: $2

    Net Investment/Forex Gain (Loss): $48

    Cash and Marketable Securities on 12/31/16: $ 891

    We have nearly fully paid off the $10 million Dakshana Valley purchase price. We intend to clear

    the last of the payments in 2018. Once we have paid off the Valley in full, it will open up

    considerable funds to embark on increasing capacity at Dakshana Valley and scaling up.

    Direct Scholar Expenses

    In 2016, we spent $1,161,500 on the Dakshana Scholar Program and related corporate overhead.

    In addition, T.I.M.E donated about $25,900 in IIT coaching services. Also, Abhay Bhagat donated

    IT and accounting services worth $2,000 plus the Government Hospital at Chandoli donated about

    $225 in free medical care, bringing the real total to $1,189,625. Of this amount, $825,975 was

    spent directly on the Dakshana Scholar Coaching Program and $363,650 comprised of our

    corporate overhead. Lets examine the scholar expenses in a bit of detail.

    During 2016, we delivered the equivalent of 761 scholar years of JEE & NEET coaching. Of this

    number, 108 scholar years were for the 1-year program and 653 scholar years for the 2-year

    program. Both ended up costing us about $2,171/scholar because in the case of the 1-year scholars,

    room and board approximates $1,085/year.

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    Table 2. Dakshana Scholar Cost Data

    Year Cost/Scholar Scholar Years

    2007 $3,650 176

    2008 $3,086 524

    2009 $2,100 356

    2010 $1,922 270

    2011 $2,475 219

    2012 $2,553 398

    2013 $2,450 576

    2014 $2,053 689

    2015 $2,516 676

    2016 $2,171 761

    We delivered more scholar years of coaching in 2016 than in any previous year. Dakshana has

    historically been constrained in its growth based on seats available at various JNV campuses. Now

    with Dakshana Valley, we are able to plan our growth. Dakshana Valleys student count for the

    2017-18 year is around 250 an 80% increase over 2016-17.

    With Dakshana Valleys growth and the additional centers of excellence coming on stream in the

    next few years, the super stretch goal of 2020 in 2020 is likely to get realized, albeit in the early

    2020s.

    Corporate Overhead Expenses

    Our corporate overheads in 2016 of $363,650 made up about 24% of our outlays (including our

    construction expenses). This seems extraordinarily high relative to the spending on the scholars. It

    is high, but, unlike many other foundations, the Dakshana Scholar program is a direct program run

    by Dakshana. Many of these so called overhead expenses are actually core to the program. For

    example, when our staff makes frequent trips to the various JNV campuses, they are classified as

    overhead, but they are 100% focused on ensuring program and scholar success.

    We typically do not make grants to other non-profits. We run these very labor and management

    intensive programs ourselves. With staff and scholars spread across eight remote locations in India,

    the logistical overheads and costs are quite significant. It does involve considerable travel,

    infrastructure and staff to execute. Also, it is hard to cut overhead below a baseline. Nonetheless,

    as we scale up our scholar base, we do expect the overhead expenses to become smaller portions

    of the pie.

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    Our fully loaded cost (including corporate overhead and excluding construction) was

    $2649/scholar in 2016. For the forseeable future, a good rule of thumb for Dakshana is to assume

    direct scholar expenses in the $2,000 to $2,500 range and overhead expenses in the $250 to $500

    range, leading to a $2,250 to $3,000 fully loaded cost per scholar.

    The Cost to Produce an IITian

    While the direct and overhead costs to support a scholar matter, it is the cost to produce an IITian

    that is the real benchmark that matters. It is the report card on how effective our spending and give

    back endeavors truly are.

    Table 3. Dakshana Scholar Cost Data

    Year

    Direct Avg.

    Cost/Scholar

    Corp.

    Overhead

    Cost/Scholar

    Total Avg.

    Cost/Scholar

    Percentage

    getting

    to

    IIT/Med*

    Cost to get

    a scholar

    to

    IIT/Med**

    2007 $3,650 $1,320 $4,970 0% NA

    2008 $3,085 $828 $3,913 34% $11,500

    2009 $2,100 $382 $2,482 38% $6,500

    2010 $1,922 $232 $2,154 58% $4,200

    2011 $4,337 $580 $4,917 77% $6,400

    2012 $2,553 $367 $2,920 52% $5,700

    2013 $2,450 $339 $2,789 75% $3,700

    2014 $2,053 $490 $2,503 54% $4,635

    2015 $2,516 $422 $2,938 71% $4,138

    2016 $2,171 $478 $2,649 85% $3,116 *next year

    **Med School Training began in 2016

    It used to cost Dakshana over $11,500 to get one scholar to IIT. This improved dramatically over

    the years all the way down to $3,116 in 2016 for scholars qualifying for IIT or Medical School

    our lowest cost ever. Further, most of the 15% that didnt make it to IIT are heading to pretty

    respectable institutions like the NITs etc.

    Dakshanas costs to get the average scholar to an IIT or medical school are coming down, just as

    I had envisioned at the outset. The variables that drive this are direct scholar costs, corporate

    overhead and our success rate. We are working hard to optimize the first two variable while trying

    to maximinize the all important last one. The team delivered in spades in 2016.

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    Dakshanas Financial Health

    From the outset, Harina and I committed to give 2% of our net worth to Dakshana every year as

    long as our net worth exceeds $50 million at the end of any given year. Based on this formula, the

    amounts expected to give and actually given are as follows:

    Table 4. Mohnish Pabrai and Harina Kapoor - 2% of Net Worth vs. Actual Giving

    Expected

    To Give Actual

    Giving Difference

    2006 $ 1,067,983 $ 577,420 $ (490,563.00)

    2007 $ 1,302,924 $ 3,355,350 $ 2,052,426.00

    2008 $ - $ 106,491 $ 106,491.00

    2009 $ - $ 69,450 $ 69,450.00

    2010 $ 1,168,983 $ 345,064 $ (823,919.00)

    2011 $ - $ 1,044,480 $ 1,044,480.00

    2012 $ 1,084,215 $ 200 $ (1,084,015.00)

    2013 $ 1,511,701 $ 820,710 $ (690,991.00)

    2014 $ 1,526,951 $ 3,404,487 $ 1,877,536.00

    2015 $ 1,244,044 $ 486,660 $ (757,384.00)

    2016 $ 1,293,438 $ 1,190,240 $ (103,193.00)

    Total $ 10,200,239 $ 11,400,552

    Excess Given: $ 1,200,313

    Dakshana is in the very best financial shape it has ever been in. By 2018, well have completely

    paid off the last of the Dakshana Valley purchase. Weve fully paid for and have the Charles T.

    Munger Hall up and running. And we have an endowment that is valued at around $700,000. As a

    result of the significant capex and love that has been poured into creating world-class infrastructure

    at Dakshana Valley over the last few years, it is worth considerably more than what we paid for it.

    Dakshanas Wonderful Family of Donors

    We had over $1.22 million in donations from our generous donors, with the Watsa family

    contributing $1 million. Every dollar matters and we are very grateful to our wonderful group of

    patrons.

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    Here is a list of our 2016 donors:

    2016 Dakshana Donations Received (in USD)

    Donor Name State Country Amount

    Prem Watsa Canada $ 1,000,150

    Ruyintan & Monica Mehta NJ USA $ 30,000

    TIME (Coaching) India $ 25,904

    Josh Levy MA USA $ 21,600

    Acacia Partners LP NY USA $ 20,000

    "Anonymous" CA USA $ 14,100

    Aman Handa IL USA $ 10,000

    Gaja Advisors India $ 10,000

    Francis Chou Canada $ 7,566

    "In Honor of Aswath Damodaran" FL USA $ 5,000

    Bajaj Family Foundation CA USA $ 5,000

    Del Corazon CA USA $ 5,000

    Fidelity Matching Funds USA $ 4,450

    "Anonymous" NY USA $ 3,600

    Jehangir Appoo & Betty Marchant Canada $ 2,905

    Benevity Matching Funds USA $ 2,826

    Janardhanan Vembunarayanan CA USA $ 2,599

    John Kailath CA USA $ 2,500

    Navneet Chugh CA USA $ 2,500

    Prof. Thomas Kailath CA USA $ 2,500

    Abhay Bhagat (Accounting) India $ 2,208

    Ramaswamy Narayanan United Kingdom $ 1,500

    "Nrityalaya Trust Fremont" CA USA $ 1,500

    Generation Foundation Matching Donation from 2015 United Kingdom $ 1,200

    Jaswinder Samra NV USA $ 1,188

    Mahesh Kumar CA USA $ 1,188

    William Green NY USA $ 1,188

    Hiten Patel CA USA $ 1,111

    Arunachalam Narayanaswamy CA USA $ 1,016

    Sunil Puri IL USA $ 1,001

    Vijay Kotrappa CA USA $ 1,001

    Sunder Chanrai Singapore $ 1,000

    Alec Greenwood CA USA $ 1,000

    Arjun Day TX USA $ 1,000

    Ashish & Savithri Jasti Kolli CA USA $ 1,000

    Douglas Michalsky & Alesya Pranovich CO USA $ 1,000

    Hiten Shah OH USA $ 1,000

    Isabelle Secor CA USA $ 1,000

    Neil Chawhan NY USA $ 1,000

    Reza Etedali CA USA $ 1,000

    Scott Thompson NY USA $ 1,000

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    2016 Dakshana Donations Received (in USD)

    Donor Name State Country Amount

    Suneet & Ruchika Bisht CA USA $ 1,000

    Tony Thomas CA USA $ 1,000

    "Anonymous" USA $ 1,000

    "In Honor of Guy Spier" FL USA $ 1,000

    Ning Jia NY USA $ 990

    Santosh Garg CA USA $ 990

    Ranjit Kumar Canada $ 820

    Jaikumar & Sangeetha Ramanathan CA USA $ 800

    Kamlesh Parmar Canada $ 750

    Ravi Jain MA USA $ 700

    Richard Griebe CA USA $ 555

    Matthias Eichinger Austria $ 500

    Aaron Stackhouse CA USA $ 500

    Alex & Nora Kaiser CA USA $ 500

    De Mai CA USA $ 500

    Dentons US LLP IL USA $ 500

    Liccar IL USA $ 500

    Najeeb Siddique GA USA $ 500

    Narinder Kaushal WA USA $ 500

    Peter Gallett NY USA $ 500

    Navin Somaya United Arab Emirates $ 500

    Viji George IA USA $ 500

    Arka Ghosh NY USA $ 430

    Chandresh Somani England $ 400

    "In Memory of Vijay Rishi" SC USA $ 400

    Saurabh & Gita Parikh CA USA $ 351

    Kempton Flag LLC NJ USA $ 350

    Tony & Rashmi Srivastava CA USA $ 333

    Vishwambhar Rathi & Priti Mundra United Kingdom $ 320

    Carman Dewees MA USA $ 300

    "Anonymous" CA USA $ 261

    John Bank IL USA $ 260

    M. Nafees Nagy NV USA $ 253

    Kiran Chandrashekar & Mythri Nagaraja India $ 250

    Anne & Terry Plochman NJ USA $ 250

    Maneesha & Vishal Ghiya NJ USA $ 250

    Michael & Evelyne Knipp IL USA $ 250

    Rajkumar Rathi IL USA $ 250

    Sameer Rupani NJ USA $ 250

    Steve & Donna Tritman MA USA $ 250

    Wade Fetzer IL USA $ 250

    IBM Employee Donations USA $ 240

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    2016 Dakshana Donations Received (in USD)

    Donor Name State Country Amount

    Government Hospital, Chandoli (Medical Care) India $ 221

    "Anonymous" CA USA $ 203

    Latha & Vijaya Raghavan CA USA $ 201

    Alex Galuzevski CA USA $ 200

    Srinivas Gadgil CA USA $ 200

    V. Rajaram IL USA $ 200

    Gunnar Peterson MN USA $ 200

    Paul Singh Canada $ 186

    A.N. Seshadri India $ 174

    Ashish Kumar & Sarita Tripathy CA USA $ 150

    Kanupriya Singhal CA USA $ 150

    Peter Gillin CA USA $ 150

    Thomas McGovern USA $ 150

    Thirumalesh & Kripa Seetharam Bhat WA USA $ 110

    Matching Donation from Benevity (Bhat) USA $ 110

    United Way Canada $ 104

    Suresh & Manisha Arora Shanmugham CA USA $ 101

    Ebrahim Rupawala United Arab Emirates $ 100

    Amal & Bonnie Oi-Yee Tam Puswella CA USA $ 100

    Douglas & Marion Lee CA USA $ 100

    "In Honor of Tim Vick" FL USA $ 100

    James Garrett MA USA $ 100

    Jason Braswell WA USA $ 100

    Jeremy Saltzberg CA USA $ 100

    Lori & Larry Pitkowsky NJ USA $ 100

    Singh Family Trust FL USA $ 100

    Vijay Natarajan WA USA $ 100

    Vinay Karle NJ USA $ 100

    Patrick Yung Canada $ 76

    Tarun Khanna Canada $ 76

    Patelli Paschal CA USA $ 70

    John Hertzer CA USA $ 56

    David Chung CA USA $ 50

    Rahul Karnani GA USA $ 50

    Vibhav Viswanathan IL USA $ 50

    "Anonymous" USA $ 50

    Brian Kopinski IL USA $ 5

    Sushil Kumari India $ 1

    TOTAL DONATIONS $ 1,227,697

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    I am pleased to report that these gifted funds were used to buy books, improve scholar nutrition,

    create/improve classroom and dorm infrastructure, pay for coaching services for our scholars and, most

    importantly, fund a part of the Dakshana Valley purchase. Harina and I are grateful to our patrons for

    their generosity and wisdom.

    And now, its time for a short commercial break. With the home runs we are trying to hit, our

    needs are enormous. We need your support now more than ever before. You can make a gift to

    Dakshana by clicking/typing in this link:

    http://www.dakshana.org/donate/donate.asp

    We accept all major credit cards and Paypal. You can also send us a check (in US dollars, Canadian

    dollars or Indian rupees). And your gift is fully tax deductible. We can also set up automatic

    recurring monthly charges to your credit card. $99 or C$130 a month for 24 months fully supports

    one scholar. You can even pick the scholar youd like to support and we can arrange for interaction

    and meetings.

    Donate your Beater Car. Well even pick it up!

    Through our partnership with Action Donation Services (www.actiondonation.org), Dakshana

    can accept donations of cars, boats, RVs, and other property donations anywhere in the United

    States. It is simple. You get a tax deduction. ADS picks up the vehicle (even if does not

    start!). Please call Action Donation Services at +1.866.244.8464, or us at +1.949.453.0609, or

    email Lynn Dann ([email protected]) for more information.

    The donated item will be picked up from a location of your choice at a time of your choosing at

    no cost to you. You will receive the maximum legal tax deductions and possibly a partial cash

    payment. This is a great way to get rid of that beater car and help a great cause!

    Investment Gains

    Unless donor funds are specifically designated by the giver to go into the Dakshana Endowment

    or given as part of our various auctions, they are kept in cash/money market and are spent

    throughout the year on various direct scholar expenses. We ended 2016 with about $30,700 of

    such donor funds in cash/money market. Contributions to Dakshanas Endowment usually get

    invested in equities and about 5% of the endowment account value at year-end is spent on scholar

    expenses.

    Funds given by the Pabrai Family, Dakshanas Endowment or funds donated as part of the auctions

    are usually invested in public equities. We ended 2016 with about $695,000 invested in a few

    public equities. Our realized and unrealized gains in 2016 were about $40,000. It is a wonderful

    result.

    http://www.dakshana.org/donate/donate.asphttp://www.actiondonation.org/http://www.actiondonation.org/

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    Ebay Lunch Auction

    The winner of the lunch auction in 2016 was, once again, Josh Levy. Here is what folks have paid for

    lunch with yours truly over the years:

    Table 6. Ebay Lunch Results 2010 to Present

    Year Winning Bid Actual Proceeds Winner

    2016 $ 14,100.00 $ 21,600.00 Josh Levy

    2015 $ 72,600.00 $ 72,600.00 Josh Levy

    2014 $ 36,200.00 $ 127,000.00 Ray Faltinsky & Friends, Brandon Cohen

    2013 $ 17,000.00 $ 25,000.00 Narendra Mulani

    2012 $ 25,000.00 $ 55,000.00 Ray Faltinsky & Friends, Narendra Mulani

    2011 $ 20,300.00 $ 65,100.00 Narendra Mulani, Ray Faltinsky & Friends

    2010 $ 10,000.00 $ 26,000.00 Ray Faltinsky

    Total $ 195,200.00 $ 392,300.00

    In 2016, my value as a lunch companion was marked down considerably an 80% drop from 2015! I

    hope to provide better company and a better wallet this year! Our seventh annual lunch/conference call

    auctions will be held in November 2017 on Ebay. In the true spirit of market-driven auctions, the bidding

    will start at $0.01 for both, with no minimum. The lunch auction winner will get my not-so-old wallet

    as well. It is rumored that there may be a stock tip in there (again with no reps and warranties).

    The guidelines remain the same. The winner can bring up to 7 folks with him/her. The lunch will take

    place anywhere in Southern California or New York, or in any of Indias metro cities, or another

    mutually agreeable alternate location. Anything is fair game to discuss, except specific stocks. Of

    course, you can ask about the stock tip. And Ill personally pick up the tab.

    A few years back we started auctioning off an annual conference call with me with all proceeds going

    to Dakshana. The difficulty with the lunch auction is that meals can only take place in limited

    geographies. The conference call format allows anyone from anywhere on the planet to bid and

    participate.

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    Table 7. Ebay Conference Call Results 2013 to Present

    Year Winning Bid Actual Proceeds Winner

    2016 $ 9,100.00 $ 14,100.00 Anonymous

    2015 $ 35,100.00 $ 57,000.00 Ray Faltinsky & Team San Diego

    2014 $ 12,800.00 $ 15,000.00 Anonymous

    2013 $ 50,000.00 $ 86,250.00 Ray Faltinsky & Team San Diego

    Total $ 128,900.00 $ 172,350.00

    The conference call auction is designed to level the playing field. Anyone can bid on Ebay. The call,

    which will be arranged at a mutually agreeable time, can have up to 7 participants. I will give a stock

    tip on the call (with no reps or warranties!) and will answer any questions related to that stock tip (or

    anything else the participants would like to discuss). The only topic off limits at both auctions is

    discussions on any current portfolio holdings (other than the stock tip).

    The Dakshana Endowment

    In 2013, at the suggestion of Advisory Board member Ruyintan Ron Mehta, we started the

    Dakshana Endowment. Dakshanas donors now have a choice. They can designate their

    contributions to be used immediately on our Dakshana Scholar program or it can go into the

    endowment. Funds in the endowment are invested in a highly concentrated manner and managed

    by yours truly. And at the end of every year, 5% of the endowments value is spent towards the

    Dakshana Scholar program.

    Ron seeded the endowment with a generous $50,000 contribution. The cost to support one scholar

    is approximately $2,000-2,500 and Ron figured that right off the bat, the endowment would be

    able to fully support at least one new scholar completely every year.

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    Table 8. Dakshanas Endowment

    2016 Dakshana Endowment Overview (in US$)

    Cash and Marketable Securities on 12/31/15: $ 645,248

    Contributions by Donors: $ 47,495

    Spending on Dakshana Scholar Program: ($ 38,800)

    Investment Gain (Loss): $ 39,587

    Cash and Marketable Securities on 12/31/16: $ 693,530

    We also directed all the proceeds from the various auctions to the endowment. I am very pleased to

    report that the lunch and conference calls led to over $400,000 being added to the endowment account

    over the last four years. We estimated (and slightly overspent) our expected 5% in 2016 and will fix that

    in 2017. The good news is that the endowment is off to a robust start and is already able to support at

    least seventeen scholars a year into perpetuity. I fully expect that the endowment will support a growing

    number of scholars every year.

    Table 9. Endowment Scholars Fully Supported

    As a Dakshana supporter, you can elect whether your contributions go into our endowment or are to be

    spent soon after we receive the same. Only funds explicitly specified as for the endowment go in there.

    Year

    Endowment Scholar

    Support

    Number of

    Scholars Fully

    Supported

    2013 $ 8,450 3

    2014 $ 13,002 6

    2015 $ 41,880 17

    2016 $ 38,800 19

    Total $ 102,132 45

  • Page 15

    Our Coaching Partners and Faculty

    Over the years weve worked with many coaching institutes as well. Many let us down and we no

    longer work with them. However, a few of them have delivered in spades and these relationships

    have deepened over time. They include Gravity, Resonance Eduventures, Rao Academy and

    T.I.M.E. We have consistently had trouble with doing the coaching ourselves with our own faculty.

    Weve learnt a lot over the years and are getting better at it. In-house faculty and our alums as

    faculty will be increasing significantly in the years ahead.

    The Team

    One of the better decisions Ive made in my life is bringing on Colonel Ram Sharma as the CEO

    of Dakshana in 2009. He did make it easy for me by offering to work for Rs. 1/year. The Colonel

    in turn has nurtured and groomed a wonderful team that includes Commander Arun Mishra, our

    Chief Academics Officer, and Ms. Sharmila Pai, our COO. They are supported by dozens of active

    volunteers and team members.

    Weve learnt a lot in the last ten years. Plenty of arrows in the back. However, a wonderful foundation

    has been set for Dakshana to bloom in the years ahead. We are just getting started. The best is yet to

    come!

    Warmly,

    Aug. 8, 2017 Mohnish Pabrai

    Irvine, California Founder & Catalyst

  • Page 16

    2017 NEET & JEE Results

    It is always instructive to look at our detailed NEET & JEE results. Here are the summaries of our

    2017 NEET results for the 69 students we selected that were interested in medical school.

    And the summaries of JEE results for the 391 scholars we selected in 2015 (for the two-year

    program) and the 60 that we selected in 2016 (for the one-year program) plus the 10 repeaters

    who also attended at Dakshana Valley.

    Dakshana's Class of 2017 NEET Results 100% Qualified on First Attempt

    GEN PD-

    GEN

    OBC PD-

    OBC

    SC PD-

    SC

    ST PD-

    ST

    Total

    Dakshana Valley 8 0 13 0 40 0 8 0 69

    Dakshana's Class of 2017 JEE Results

    Total Scholars Who Took the JEE

    GEN PD-

    GEN

    OBC PD-

    OBC

    SC PD-

    SC

    ST PD-

    ST

    Total

    Bundi 10 1 10 3 12 1 13 0 50

    Kottayam 10 1 12 3 57 1 14 1 99

    Bengaluru/Lucknow* 9 0 8 0 21 0 7 0 45

    Lucknow 4 0 15 0 14 0 7 0 40

    Pune 2 2 9 4 38 1 8 0 64

    Rangareddy 15 1 14 0 14 0 7 0 51

    Silvassa 8 0 7 1 13 0 10 1 40

    Dakshana Valley 12 1 20 0 19 0 7 0 59

    Total 70 6 95 11 188 3 73 2 448

    *Scholars were located for 1 year at JNV Bengaluru and 1 year at JNV Lucknow

    Notes:

    3 Scholars from the 461 that were prepared by Dakshana were absent for the JEE Exam.

    The total of 448 students does not include the 10 repeaters that studied for an additional 1 year at Dakshana Valley

  • Page 17

    Dakshana's Class of 2017 JEE Results

    Scholars Who Qualified on 1st Attempt

    GEN PD-

    GEN

    OBC PD-

    OBC

    SC PD-

    SC

    ST PD-

    ST

    Total

    Bundi 7 1 9 3 12 1 11 0 44

    Kottayam 7 1 9 3 54 1 14 1 90

    Bengaluru/Lucknow 5 0 4 0 19 0 6 0 34

    Lucknow 2 0 7 0 13 0 7 0 29

    Pune 2 2 8 4 36 1 8 0 61

    Rangareddy 10 1 9 0 12 0 6 0 38

    Silvassa 3 0 3 1 12 0 8 0 27

    Valley 12 1 19 0 19 0 7 0 57

    Total 36 5 49 11 159 3 60 1 381

    Scholars Who Did Not Qualify

    GEN PD-

    GEN

    OBC PD-

    OBC

    SC PD-

    SC

    ST PD-

    ST

    Total

    Bundi 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 5

    Kottayam 3 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 9

    Bengaluru/Lucknow 4 0 4 0 2 0 1 0 11

    Lucknow 2 0 8 0 1 0 0 0 11

    Pune 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 4

    Rangareddy 5 0 5 0 2 0 1 0 13

    Silvassa 5 0 4 0 1 0 2 1 13

    Valley 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2

    Total 22 0 27 0 11 0 6 1 67

  • Page 18

    Dakshana's Class of 2016 JEE Results

    Total Scholars Who Took the JEE

    GEN PD-

    GEN

    OBC PD-

    OBC

    SC PD-SC ST Total

    Bengaluru 1 2 5 1 31 10 50

    Bundi 9 1 15 18 9 52

    Hyderabad 12 23 15 9 59

    Lucknow 4 9 1 24 1 1 40

    Pune 3 1 10 3 27 1 5 50

    Valley 14 1 22 1 28 1 11 78

    Total 43 5 84 6 143 3 45 329

    Scholars Who Qualified on 1st or 2nd Attempt

    GEN PD-

    GEN

    OBC PD-

    OBC

    SC PD-SC ST Total

    Bengaluru 1 2 5 26 3 37

    Bundi 8 1 15 18 7 49

    Hyderabad 8 20 11 8 47

    Lucknow 4 9 1 24 1 39

    Pune 2 1 10 2 24 6 45

    Valley 12 1 16 1 22 1 9 62

    Total 35 5 75 4 125 1 34 279

    Scholars Who Did Not Qualify

    GEN PD-

    GEN

    OBC PD-

    OBC

    SC PD-SC ST Total

    Bengaluru 1 5 7 13

    Bundi 1 2 3

    Hyderabad 4 3 4 1 12

    Lucknow 1 1

    Pune 1 1 3 1 1 7

    Valley 2 6 6 2 16

    Total 8 9 2 18 2 13 52

  • Dakshana Alumni - Careers Launched!

    Scholar Name From Employer Institute

    Bhanu Bhakta Upadhyay Golaghat, Assam Rancore Technologies NIT Silchar

    Shashank Dubey Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh Syndicate Bank Maharashtra Institute of Technology

    A. Raju Nizamabad, Telangana Cognizant Technology Solutions Sreenidhi Institute of Science and Technology

    Abhishek C. R. Mandya, Karnataka ARM Embedded Technologies Private Limited NITK Surathkal

    Abhishek Kumar Kaushik West Champaran, Bihar Electrosteel Steels Limited NIT Durgapur

    Aditya Kumar Samastipur, Bihar Maersk Line India Private Limited Marine Engineering and Research Institute

    Ajay Thakur Hamirpur, Himachal PradeshHimachal Pradesh State Electricity Board

    LimitedNIT Hamirpur

    Akash Kumar Katihar, Bihar Philips Innovation Vellore Institute of Technology

    Akram Ansari Bhojpur, Bihar Panjab National Bank Choudhary Charan Singh Agricultural University

    Akshay Manglekar Belgaum, Karnataka MVJ College Christ University

    Alapaka Bhanu Krishna Nellore, Andhra Pradesh Infosys Limited IIT Kharagpur

    Alok Kashyap Sirsi, Karnataka Broadcom Corporation PES Institute of Technology

    Amendra Gupta Kannauj, Uttar Pradesh Sprinklr IIT Kanpur

    Amit Kumar Vaishali, Bihar Bank of India NIT Agarpara

    Amit Kumar Dwivedi Kanpur Nagar, Uttar Pradesh Dakshana Foundation BIT Ranchi

    Amitesh Kumar Aurangabad, Bihar Indian Postal Service NIT Patna

    Amritbir Singh Amritsar, Punjab EDF Energy University Institute of Engineering and Technology

    Anala Venkat Pawan Kumar Jagdalpur, Chhattisgarh MECON Limited NIT Warangal

    2008

    2009

  • Dakshana Alumni - Careers Launched!

    Scholar Name From Employer Institute

    Anand Kumar Patna, Bihar Indian Oil Corporation Limited NIT Srinagar

    Angom Chandrakala Devi Dhamtari, Manipur Microsoft India NIT Durgapur

    Aniket Argade Pune, Maharashtra Siemens PLM Software VNIT Nagpur

    Anil Kumar Ballia, Uttar Pradesh Morgan Stanley IIT Bombay

    Animesh Ray Chittorgarh, Rajasthan Zomato IIT Roorkee

    Animesh Kar Bokaro, Jharkhand Wipro Technology Haldia Institute of Technology

    Anita Rani Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh ShopClues NIT Hamirpur

    Ankit Kumar Chouksey Narsinghpur, Madhya Pradesh Bosch India IIT Kanpur

    Ankit Anand Banka, Bihar Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited Bhagalpur College of Engineering

    Ankush Lahane Amravati, Maharashtra IITians Pace and Medical VNIT Nagpur

    Ankush Thareja Patiala, Punjab SAP Labs India Chitkara University

    Anoop Kumar Dixit Etah, Uttar Pradesh Indian Air Force St. John's College

    Anshul Mimani Bikaner, Rajasthan Shuttl IIT Kharagpur

    Anshuman Raj Buxar, Bihar Anglo Eastern Ship ManagementTS Chanakya Marine Engineering and Research Institute

    Kolkata

    Anuj Kumar P. K. Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh Software AG Madan Mohan Malaviya Engineering College

    Anurag Chauhan Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh Practo Technologies Private Limited IIT Roorkee

    Anurag Singh Palamau, Jharkhand Futures First Private Limited IIT Kanpur

    Arun Shankar Jaipur, Rajasthan Capgemini India IIT Kharagpur

    Arun Vishwakarma Narsinghpur, Madhya Pradesh Coal India Limited NIT Rourkela

    2009

  • Dakshana Alumni - Careers Launched!

    Scholar Name From Employer Institute

    Arvind H. Tumkur, Karnataka Coal India Limited NITK Surathkal

    Asavari Hattarge Solapur, Maharashtra Siemens PLM Software SVERI College of Engineering

    Ashish Babu Kannauj, Uttar Pradesh Eka Software Solutions Madan Mohan Malaviya University of Technology

    Ashish Kumar Muzaffarpur, Bihar Indian Railways Jadavpur University

    Ashok Banjara Nagaur, Rajasthan Sukra Helitek, Inc. IIT Jodhpur

    Ashutosh Ranjan Samastipur, Bihar Kingsleys' Industries Limited Gossner College

    Avinash Thakur Mandi, Himachal Pradesh Ambuja Cements Limited NIT Hamirpur

    Avisek M. P. Cuttack, Odisha National Aluminium Company Limited NIT Rourkela

    Avneet Choudhary Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh Honda Car India NIT Allahabad

    B. Bimlesh Kumar Renu Buxar, Bihar Power Grid Corporation of India Limited NIT Trichy

    Babu Lal Meghwal Bikaner, Rajasthan Government School Dungar College

    Balu Prasad Calicut, Kerala MRF Tyres NIT Kozhikode

    Basavesh A. S. Bengaluru, Karnataka FireEye Inc. NITK Surathkal

    Beeram Lal Lodha Jhalawar, Rajasthan National Fertilizers Limited Rajkiya Maha Vidyalay Kota

    Bhaumik Sutariya Bhavnagar, Gujarat Reliance Petrochemicals IIT BHU Varanasi

    Bhupendra Kumar Kumar Sahu Dhamtari, Chhattisgarh Bharat Heavy ElectricalsShri Shankaracharya College of Engineering and

    Technology Bhilai

    Bikash Kumar Majhi Cuttack, Odisha 3D PLM Software Solutions Limited NIT Rourkela

    Chandrashekhar Nelagi Gadag, Karnataka Tata Steel Limited NITK Surathkal

    Chetan Parmar Bhavnagar, Gujarat Indian Oil Corporation Limited NITK Surathkal

    2009

  • Dakshana Alumni - Careers Launched!

    Scholar Name From Employer Institute

    Deepak Tiwari Jhajjar, Haryana StudyPad NIT Warangal

    Deepak Sharma Tikamgarh, Madhya Pradesh Genpact Headstrong MANIT Bhopal

    Deependra Singh Tomar Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh Accenture India Private Limited Dr. M.G.R. Educational and Research Institute

    Deeptanjali Sarangi Jagatsinghpur, Odisha Infosys Limited Silicon Institute of Technology Bhubaneshwar

    Devaraja G. P. Davangere, Karnataka Robert Bosch BMS College of Engineering

    Devendra Shinde Latur, Maharashtra Lupin Pharmaceutical Bharati Vidyapeeth College of Engineering

    Dhananjay Choubey Buxar, Bihar AMDOCS NIT Srinagar

    Dharmendra Kumar Kumar Verma Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh Amazon India NIT Allahabad

    Dheeraj Kumar Tiwari Shahdol, Madhya Pradesh Jamna Auto Industries Limited Majhighariani Institute of Technology and Science

    Dinanath Dinbandhu Munger, Bihar Kendriya Vidyalaya Patna University

    Dinesh Godara Nagaur, Rajasthan Resonance Eduventures IIT Kanpur

    Dinesh Chaudhari Aurangabad, Maharashtra Amazon India VNIT Nagpur

    Dinkar Bharti Bhagalpur, Bihar Accenture India Private Limited Dr. B. C. Roy Engineering College

    Dnyaneshwar Panjabrao Wagh Buldhana, Maharashtra GGK Tech Shri Guru Gobind Singhji Institute of Engineering Nanded

    Fayaz Ahmed Dar Srinagar, Jammu & KashmirIslamic University of Science and Technology,

    AwantiporaSSM College of Engineering

    Gampala Babji East Godavari, Andhra Pradesh Canara Bank Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology Gandipet

    Govind Singh Singh Kitawat Rajasamand, Rajasthan Thomson Reuters NIT Raipur

    Gunnam Shridhar Raichur, Karnataka LSI Corporation NITK Surathkal

    Gurudev Raut Latur, Maharashtra CISCO Systems India Private Limited Vellore Institute of Technology

    2009

  • Dakshana Alumni - Careers Launched!

    Scholar Name From Employer Institute

    Hanuman Sahay Jaipur, Rajasthan Indian Railways IIT Patna

    Harish Siyag Bikaner, Rajasthan Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited MNIT Jaipur

    Harprit Kaur Vedi Gondia, Maharashtra Finisar Malaysia VNIT Nagpur

    Hasnat Ahmed Goalpara, Assam Shahi Construction NIT Silchar

    Heera Lal Hazaribagh, Jharkhand Global Analytics IIT Guwahati

    Hemant Mundra Durg, Chhattisgarh Housing.com NITK Surathkal

    Himanshu Kumar Patna, Bihar Morgan Stanley NIT Patna

    Jagadish Parale Kolhapur, Maharashtra Mphasis Limited Sanjay Ghodawat Institutes Atigre

    Jagdeep Parihar Pathankot, Punjab Vedanta Limited NIT Jalandhar

    Jagdeep Singh Barnala, Punjab Uttarakhand State Police Yadavindra College of Engineering

    Jaideep Singh Ranga Reddy, Telangana GreyOrange Private Limited Birla Institute of Technology & Science

    Janesh T. B. Palakkad, Kerala National Defence Academy National Defence Academy

    Jaskarandeep Punia Patiala, Punjab Infosys Limited University College of Engineering Patiala

    Jasvinder Saini Kurukshetra, Haryana Hindustran Petroleum Corporation Limited IIT Indore

    Jatinder Singh Sangrur, PunjabDunkin' Donuts India - Jubilant FoodWorks

    LimitedSant Longowal Institute of Engineering and Technology

    Jayakrishnan T. S. Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala Indian Space Research Organisation Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology

    Jayant Madan Madan Ilme Bhandara, Maharashtra Bosch India NITK Surathkal

    Jignesh Kakadia Surat, Gujarat InMobiDhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and

    Communications

    Jitendra Kumar Beniwal Jaipur, Rajasthan Government of India College of Engineering and Technology

    2009

  • Dakshana Alumni - Careers Launched!

    Scholar Name From Employer Institute

    Jitendra Kumar Kaimur, Bihar MadGuy Labs IIT Roorkee

    Jyoti Thakur Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh Indian Bank IIIT Simla

    Kamal Prakash Gaya, Bihar Tata Consultancy Services NIT Rourkela

    Kamlesh Rajguru Ahmednagar, Maharashtra Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Technological University

    Karshan Karmur Jamnagar, Gujarat Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited SVNIT Surat

    Kewal Krishan Bathinda, Punjab Oriental Bank Of Commerce Yadavindra College of Engineering

    Khitish Kumar Sahu Balangir, Odisha Statsopt IIT Bombay

    Komal Kisan Kisan Gade Pune, Maharashtra Syntel Bharati Vidyapeeth College of Engineering

    Kuldeep Kumar Sheikhpura, Bihar Indian Railways IIT (ISM) Dhanbad

    Kuldeep Nagar Baran, Rajasthan Kautilya IIT Academy IIT Roorkee

    Lakhan Singh Jatav Alwar, Rajasthan Mineral Exploration Corporation Limited IIT Jodhpur

    Lakshmipriya Prusty Jajpur, Odisha Indian Space Research Organisation Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology

    Lalji Chaturvedi Farrukhabad, Uttar Pradesh Shipping Corporation of India Limited Maritime Training Institute

    Lipsita Panda Balasore, Odisha Sankalp Semiconductors Silicon Institute of Technology

    M. R. Nandan Bhardwaj Davangere, Karnataka Radisys India Sapthagiri College of Engineering

    Madhavi Waghmare Wardha, Maharashtra Tata Consultancy Services Shri Sant Gajanan Maharaj College of Engineering

    Maheshwar Nag Gumla, Jharkhand Steel Authority of India Limited IIT BHU Varanasi

    Mandeep Kumar Singh Una, Himachal Pradesh Indian Air Force Maharana Pratap Government College

    Manjunath M. Bengaluru, Karnataka SRT Construction School of Planning and Architecture

    2009

  • Dakshana Alumni - Careers Launched!

    Scholar Name From Employer Institute

    Manjunath S. C. Karwar, Karnataka Motorola NITK Surathkal

    Manoj Kumar Maharana Cuttack, Odisha Anglo Eastern Univan Group Marine Engineering and Research Institute

    Manojit Biswas Malkangiri, Odisha Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited IIT Bhubaneshwar

    Manoj Kumar Kumar Karadiya Jaipur, Rajasthan MITR Learning & Media Private Limited IIT Bombay

    Manu K. K. Kannur, Kerala Government of Kerala Government Engineering College

    Mohar Singh Jhalawar, Rajasthan FIITJEE IIT Roorkee

    Mohit Kumar Rewari, Haryana Indian Postal Service Somani Institute of Technology and Engineering

    Mukesh Kumar Giridih, Jharkhand Himatsingka Siede IIT Delhi

    Mukundkumar Kumar Kacha Kheda, Gujarat Electrotherm Private Limited SVNIT Surat

    Munish Kumar Mansa, Punjab Bank of BarodaUniversity Institute of Engineering and Technology

    Chandigarh

    N. V. Vivek Chikkaballapura, Karnataka Harman International NITK Surathkal

    Nandkishor Meena Jaipur, Rajasthan Amazon India IIT Roorkee

    Narendra Malviya Nagaur, Rajasthan CH2M Hill MNIT Jaipur

    Naresh Choudhary Mathura, Uttar Pradesh Indo Tibetan Border Police Harcourt Butler Technological Institute

    Naveen Kumar Singh Kushinagar, Uttar Pradesh Indian Patent Office MNNIT Allahabad

    Naveen Chandra Chandra Yadav Kanpur Nagar, Uttar Pradesh Neosoft Technologies Guru Ghasidas Central University

    Neeraj Kumar Verma Tikamgarh, Madhya Pradesh SGT University Gurgaon Harayana IIT Kharagpur

    Nikhil Tukaram Chavan Aurangabad, Maharashtra Zoomlion Maharashtra Institute of Technology

    Nikhil Jose Kannur, Kerala Larsen & Toubro Government Engineering College

    2009

  • Dakshana Alumni - Careers Launched!

    Scholar Name From Employer Institute

    Nilay D. D. Jadwani Bhavnagar, Gujarat Tata Consultancy Services SVNIT Surat

    Nilesh L. Rathod Jamnagar, Gujarat Tata Technologies Limited Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda

    Niraj Kumar Singh Bhojpur, Bihar Indian Navy Indian Navy

    Nishant Gaurav Gaya, Bihar Prime Academy IIT Kanpur

    Nishikant Kadam Satara, Maharashtra The Dakshana Foundation Marathwada Mitra Mandal's College of Engineering

    Nitesh Kumar Patra Mayurbhanj, Odisha Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited IIT Bhubaneshwar

    Nitesh Kumar East Champaran, Bihar Aricent NIT Calicut

    Nitesh Kumar Kumar Deshmukh Durg, Chhattisgarh Cubelelo IIT Bombay

    Nitin Kumar Sakhala Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh HT Media Private Limited IIT Kharagpur

    Onkar Dan Pali, Rajasthan Scientia Limited NIT Jalandhar

    Pallavi Gangber Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh Tata Consultancy Services NIT Rourkela

    Pankaj Gupta Alwar, Rajasthan Resonance Eduventures IIT (ISM) Dhanbad

    Pankaj Kumar Kumar Khajotiya Jaipur, Rajasthan Government of Rajasthan Mugniram Bangur Memorial Engineering College

    Parjinder Singh Moga, Punjab Laxmi Motors Garage North West Institute of Engineering & Technology

    Pawan Kumar Jalaun, Uttar Pradesh DCM Shriram Fertilisers & Chemicals Limited Harcourt Butler Technological Institute

    Pawan Mallikarjun Tenkale Latur, Maharashtra Accenture India Private Limited Pune Institute of Computer Technology

    Pawan Singh Jhalawar, Rajasthan Reliance industries limited MNIT Jaipur

    Pawan Kumar Verma Ballia, Uttar PradeshDefence Research and Development

    OrganisationIIT Roorkee

    Pawan Verma Kota, Rajasthan Reliance Industries Limited IIT Kharagpur

    2009

  • Dakshana Alumni - Careers Launched!

    Scholar Name From Employer Institute

    Pintoo Kumar Mandal Katihar, Bihar Infosys LimitedPriyadarshini College of Engineering and Architecture

    Nagpur

    Pooja Wodeyar Dharwad, Karnataka Tata Elxsi PES Institute of Technology

    Pooja Sharma Hissar, Haryana Made EasyDeenbandhu Chhotu Ram University of Science and

    Technology

    Prabhat Kumar Kanpur Dehat, Uttar Pradesh Power Grid Corporation of India Limited NITK Surathkal

    Prabhu Ram Kumar West Champaran, Bihar Wackley Online Services Private Limited MNNIT Allahabad

    Pradeepkumar I. Badiger Gadag, Karnataka Nagarjuna Construction Company LLC NITK Surathkal

    Pragnesh Gohil Junagadh, Gujarat P. B. Gohil & Associates Government Engineering College

    Prahallad Sahu Balangir, Odisha Indian Institute of Technology Madras Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology

    Prakash Chandra Bikaner, Rajasthan Coal India Limited IIT Kharagpur

    Prashant Singodia Jaipur, Rajasthan Tata Steel Limited IIT Kharagpur

    Pratap Singh Muniya Banswara, Rajasthan Motion Education Private Limited SVNIT Surat

    Pratima Dixit Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh The Dakshana Foundation Vellore Institute of Technology

    Praveen Sharma Dholpur, Rajasthan Military Engineering Services MNIT Jaipur

    Pravinkumar Murlidhar Shedolkar Latur, Maharashtra Renault Nissan IIT Hyderabad

    Pritesh Shirude Nasik, Maharashtra Capgemini India Vishwakarma Institute of Information Technology Pune

    Priyabrata Bhuyan Cuttack, Odisha Dhandho Holdings India IIT Delhi

    Rahul Kumar Kumar Yadav Farrukhabad, Uttar Pradesh Adobe NIT Warangal

    Rajeev Ranjan Ranjan Verma Barabanki, Uttar PradeshNational Mineral Development Corporation

    LimitedVNIT Nagpur

    Rajender Kumar Rohtak, Haryana Indian Oil Corporation Limited IIT Delhi

    2009

  • Dakshana Alumni - Careers Launched!

    Scholar Name From Employer Institute

    Rajesh Kumar Munger, Bihar Vedanta Aluminium Limited NIT Rourkela

    Rajeshwar Prasad Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh Era Infrastructure IIT Roorkee

    Rajeswari Bhola Khordha, Odisha Government of Odisha NIT Rourkela

    Rakesh Meena Baran, Rajasthan Goa Shipyard Limited IIT Kanpur

    Rakesh Kumar Roushan Banka, Bihar Indian Railways NIT Trichy

    Ram Ratan Gatiyala Nagaur, Rajasthan Gas Authority India Limited IIT BHU Varanasi

    Ranju K. Ravindran Kannur, Kerala Perdix Business Solutions Private Limited IIT Guwahati

    Ranu Choudhary Sagar, Madhya Pradesh Craftsvilla IIT Kharagpur

    Rashmirekha Tripathy Balasore, Odisha Tata Consultancy Services Orissa Engineering College

    Ravikant Nag Simdega, Jharkhand IBS Software Services NIT Calicut

    Ravi Ranjan Pandey Garhwa, Jharkhand The Dakshana Foundation IAMR College of Engineering

    Richa Rashmi Koderma, Jharkhand Synopsys India Private Limited CV Raman College of Engineering

    Rijumoni Boro Golaghat, Assam Indian Oil Corporation Limited IIT Guwahati

    Rishabh Saurabh Giridih, Jharkhand Maruti Suzuki India Limited MNIT Jaipur

    Rohit Ranjan Verma Maharajganj, Uttar Pradesh The Dakshana Foundation Dr. Bheem Rao Ambedkar Engineering College

    Rohit Chugh Patiala, Punjab SkycapShaheed Udham Singh College of Engineering and

    Technology

    Rohit Kumar Chouhan Jammu, Jammu & Kashmir Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited IIT (ISM) Dhanbad

    Rohit Chand Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh Association of Billion Mind IIT Delhi

    Rohit Kumar Trivedi Muzaffarpur, Bihar Indian Oil Corporation Limited IIT (ISM) Dhanbad

    2009

  • Dakshana Alumni - Careers Launched!

    Scholar Name From Employer Institute

    Rohit Kumar Sharma Una, Himachal PradeshHimachal Pradesh State Electricity Board

    LimitedNIT Hamirpur

    Rohit Kumar Kaithal, Haryana University of Utah IIT (ISM) Dhanbad

    Rohit S. Bodke Satara, Maharashtra Coal India Limited VNIT Nagpur

    Rupesh Suthar Udaipur, RajasthanGolcha Associated Soapstone District

    Cooperative Private LimitedMNIT Jaipur

    Sachin M. M. Chikmagalur, Karnataka Finisar Malaysia NITK Surathkal

    Sachin Kumar Tiwari Pratapgarh, Uttar Pradesh Samsung MNNIT Allahabad

    Sachin Kumar Jaiswal Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh LG Soft India Private Limited NIT Raipur

    Sandeep Kumar Verma Bikaner, Rajasthan Coal India Limited IIT Roorkee

    Sandhya Kumari Buxar, Bihar IBM India Private Limited Kalasalingam University

    Sangram Keshari Mohanty Balasore, Odisha Vedanta Aluminium Limited NIT Rourkela

    Sanjeev Raj West Champaran, Bihar Mitsui OSK Line Indian Maritime University

    Santosh Kumar Sheikhpura, Bihar Sudharshan Chemicals Maharashtra Institute of Technology

    Sanu Gupta Pratapgarh, Uttar Pradesh eGain Communications Corporation MNNIT Allahabad

    Sarita Kumari Gaya, Bihar Tata Consultancy Services NIT Patna

    Saroj Kumar Naik Mayurbhanj, Odisha Government of Odisha NIT Rourkela

    Satish Junwal Dausa, Rajasthan Amtek Auto LimitedNational Institute of Foundry and Forge Technology

    Ranchi

    Satish Shingne Buldhana, Maharashtra Indian Air Force

    Satya Narayan Farrukhabad, Uttar Pradesh ICAD Study Centre MNNIT Allahabad

    Saurav Kumar Mansa, Punjab Threads IIT (ISM) Dhanbad

    2009

  • Dakshana Alumni - Careers Launched!

    Scholar Name From Employer Institute

    Sebin A. J. Kannur, Kerala Navgathi Marine Design & Constructions Amal Jyothi College of Engineering

    Shailendra Singh Baghel Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh Rail Vikas Nigam Limited Oriental College of Technology

    Shailesh Kumar Verma Maharajganj, Uttar Pradesh Maruti Suzuki India Limited NIT Srinagar

    Shakti Bharat Jammu, Jammu & Kashmir Aakash Educational Services Limited NIT Jalandhar

    Shashi Ranjan Kumar Singh Bhojpur, Bihar Indian Railways New Governmental Polytechnic

    Shaunak Tripathi Lakhimpur Kheri, Uttar Pradesh Reliance Industries Limited IIT Kharagpur

    Shithali K. S. Udupi, Karnataka Goldman Sachs Services Private Limited NITK Surathkal

    Shivang Kumar Munger, Bihar Cognizant Technology Solutions West Bengal University of Technology

    Shubham Tripathi Fatehpur, Uttar Pradesh Rail Vikas Nigam Limited NIT Srinagar

    Siddharth Kumar Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh Indian Space Research Organisation Indian Institute of Science

    Snehal Pawar Satara, Maharashtra Infosys Limited Bharati Vidyapeeth College of Engineering Pune

    Snehal Ghule Ahmednagar, Maharashtra Bhabha Automatic Reasearch Centre VNIT Nagpur

    Sonali Suchismita Panda Jajpur, Odisha Tata Consultancy Services College of Engineering and Technology

    Sonu Kumar Muzaffarpur, Bihar HCL Technology Bengal College of Engineering and Technology

    Subhash Ranjan Muzaffarpur, Bihar Amazon India CV Raman College of Engineering

    Subodh Kumar West Champaran, Bihar Mitsui OSK Line Indian Maritime University

    Subramanya Shetti Uttara Kannada, KarnatakaRobert Bosch Engineering & Business Solution

    LimitedBV Bhoomaraddi College of Engineering and Technology

    Sudhanshu Sharma Jaipur, Rajasthan Indian Oil Corporation Limited MNIT Jaipur

    Sumit Kumar Muzaffarpur, Bihar Accenture India Private Limited Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering and Technology

    2009

  • Dakshana Alumni - Careers Launched!

    Scholar Name From Employer Institute

    Sumit Malik Rohtak, Haryana Oracle India IIT Roorkee

    Sumit Kumar Rawat Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh ABB India NIT Hamirpur

    Supreeta S. Koppal, Karnataka Tata Consultancy services BMS College of Engineering

    Surendra Singh Karauli, Rajasthan Reliance Industries Limited MNIT Jaipur

    Sushil Aherkar Beed, Maharashtra Indian Oil Corporation LimitedDr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Technological University

    Raigad

    Swapnil Anil Nikam Nasik, Maharashtra Virtusa Consulting Services Private Limited VNIT Nagpur

    T. Brahmini Warangal, Telangana Prologin Technology Christ Jyothi Institute of Technology and Science

    Tanuj Kumar Alwar, Rajasthan VJEE Institute IIT Delhi

    Thabir Kumar Meher Balangir, Odisha Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Limited NIT Rourkela

    Towseef Iqbal Ganie Anantnag, Jammu & Kashmir Government of Jammu & Kashmir H. N. B. Garhwal University

    Trupti Desai Kolhapur, Maharashtra Stiosools Private Limited Cummins College of Engineering

    Ujjwal Kumar Samastipur, Bihar Mid East Ship Management Marine Engineering and Research Institute

    Utkarsha Verma Muzaffarpur, Bihar State Bank of India Patna Science College

    V. A. Ramya Sri Ananthapur, Andhra Pradesh Thomson Reuters Saradamba Dasa Govindaiah Setty College

    Vikas Dinkar Pagar Nasik, Maharashtra Verificent Technologies IIT Kharagpur

    Vikash Kumar West Champaran, Bihar Shipping Corporation of India Limited Marine Engineering and Research Institute

    Vikash Kumar Gaya, Bihar Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited Sachdeva Institute of Technology

    Vikram Dattu Solapur, Maharashtra Imagination Technologies Pune Institute of Computer Technology

    Vineet Solanki Sultanpur, Uttar Pradesh VizExperts India Private Limited MNNIT Allahabad

    2009

  • Dakshana Alumni - Careers Launched!

    Scholar Name From Employer Institute

    Vineeth V. Kannur, Kerala Brilliant Study Centre College of Engineering

    Vipin Kumar Singh Kushinagar, Uttar Pradesh Indian Railway MNNIT Allahabad

    Vipul Kumar Nalanda, Bihar Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited NIT Trichy

    Vishal Patel Patan, Gujarat Tata Technologies Limited SVNIT Surat

    Vrajeshkumar Kumar Mistry Kheda, Gujarat Oracle Financial Services Software SVNIT Surat

    Yogendra Singh Verma Jalaun, Uttar Pradesh Mahendra Education Private Limited Harcourt Butler Technological Institute

    Zaheer Abbas Sheikh Doda, Jammu & Kashmir Government of Jammu & Kashmir NIT Srinagar

    Zubair Ah Lone Anantnag, Jammu & Kashmir Government of Jammu & Kashmir NIT Srinagar

    Aakib Javed Bikaner, Rajasthan Cognizant Technology Solutions Lovely Professional University

    Abhishek Duggal Bhiwani, Haryana Union Bank of India BRCM College of Engineering & Technology

    Abinash Deuri Guwahati, Assam Schlumberger Asia Services Limited IIT Madras

    Ajay Kumar Latehar, Jharkhand Merchant Navy Marine Engineering and Research Institute

    Ajay Kumar Chaudhary Nawada, Bihar Dole Reefership Marine Services Limited Marine Engineering and Research Institute

    Ajay Kumar Babubhai Parmar Ahmedabad, Gujarat National Insurance Lalbhai Dalpatbhai College of Engineering Ahmedabad

    Akash Singh Sultanpur, Uttar Pradesh Indian Railways Kamla Nehru Institute of Technology

    Akash Vinod Ukey Washim, Maharashtra Big Stylist IIT Kharagpur

    Akshay Buddhimanji Patil Wardha, Maharashtra Robertshaw Control Private LimitedShrama Sadhana Bombay Trust's College of Engineering

    and Technology

    Alok Kumar Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh Navodaya Foundation IIT BHU Varanasi

    2009

    2010

  • Dakshana Alumni - Careers Launched!

    Scholar Name From Employer Institute

    Amit Kumar Bhojpur, Bihar CISCO Systems India Private Limited IIT Guwahati

    Amit Kumar Pradhan Jajpur, Odisha Goldman Sachs Services Private Limited IIT Bombay

    Amol Malegaonkar Nanded, Maharashtra Western Refrigeration Private Limited Rajarambapu Institute of Technology

    Amol Vaman Jadhav Osmanabad, Maharashtra CitiCorp Services India Limited IIT Roorkee

    Amresh Kumar Shukla Siwan, Bihar Indian Railways NIT Jamshedpur

    Angtong Teron Karbi Anglong, Assam Mehali Paper Private Limited Jorhat Engineering College

    Anil Dhondiram Dandavate Kolhapur, Maharashtra Ecotech Rajarambapu Institute of Technology

    Anil Naranbhai Baraiya Amreli, Gujarat Aditya Birla Nuvo Limited SVNIT Surat

    Ankit Kumar Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh ShopClues IIT Kanpur

    Annesha Dutta Dibrugarh, Assam Accenture India Private Limited Gandhi Institute of Engineering and Technology

    Aribam Anand Sharma Thoubal, ManipurManipur State Power Distribution Company

    Limited

    North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and

    Technology

    Arpan Kumar Das Jajpur, Odisha Infosys Limited NIT Durgapur

    Arun Meher Bargarh, Odisha Coal India Limited IIT Kharagpur

    Asanath Sidh Bikaner, Rajasthan Coal India Limited IIT Bombay

    Ashish Kumar Kanpur Dehat, Uttar Pradesh Unmulan Samvad Uttar Pradesh Textile Technology Institute

    Ashish Kumar Ram Ranchi, Jharkhand Coal India Limited IIT Bombay

    B. S. Rajeswara Rao Yanam, Puducherry - UT Zoho Corporation NIT Puducherry

    B. Siva Prasad Reddy Kadapa, Andhra Pradesh Futures First IIT Kharagpur

    B. Ullas Navada Udupi, Karnataka CitiCorp Services India Limited NITK Surathkal

    2010

  • Dakshana Alumni - Careers Launched!

    Scholar Name From Employer Institute

    Babloo Kumar Gaya, Bihar Bhabha Automatic Reasearch Centre IIT Guwahati

    Bahadur Prasad Meena Alwar, Rajasthan Gravity IIT-JEE Coaching IIT Delhi

    Bhabani Sankar Biswal Cuttack, Odisha Tata Consultancy Services Indira Gandhi Institute of Technology

    Bharat Jadhav Buldhana, Maharashtra Tata Consultancy Services Shri Sant Gajanan Maharaj College of Engineering

    Chandan Kumar Jamui, Bihar Damodar Valley Corporation NIT Jamshedpur

    Chandan Kumar Barik Khordha, Odisha IBM India Private Limited NIT Rourkela

    Chandan Kumar Paswan Supaul, Bihar SR Steel Private Limited NIT Jamshedpur

    Chandra Prakash Sahoo Cuttack, Odisha Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited NIT Rourkela

    Chikku Shekhar Dholpur, RajasthanThe Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and

    AstrophysicsIIT (ISM) Dhanbad

    Debabrot Bhuyan Sonitpur, Assam Capgemini India IIT Kharagpur

    Deepa Ram Jalore, Rajasthan PanIIT Alumni Reach for Indian Foundation IIT Guwahati

    Deepak Kumar Sant Kabir Nagar, Uttar Pradesh DataMetica Solutions Private Limited MNNIT Allahabad

    Deepak Kumar Haridwar, Uttarakhand Punjab National Bank Govind Ballabh Pant Engineering College

    Deepak Kumar Sant Kabir Nagar, Uttar Pradesh Boomerang Commerce MNNIT Allahabad

    Deepak Kumar Labh East Sikkim, Sikkim Arya.AI NIT Silchar

    Devender Sharma Karnal, Haryana Tata Consultancy ServicesDeenbandhu Chhotu Ram University of Science and

    Technology

    Devendra Kumar Dholpur, Rajasthan Resonance Eduventures IIT Kanpur

    Dhiren Boro Kamrup, Assam Brahmaputra Valley Fertilizer Limited IIT Guwahati

    Dimpy Sonowal Dibrugarh, Assam Government of India Jayoti Vidyapeeth Women's University

    2010

  • Dakshana Alumni - Careers Launched!

    Scholar Name From Employer Institute

    Dinesh Ashokrao Kumbharwar Yavatmal, Maharashtra Supercomputer Education Research Center, IISc VNIT Nagpur

    Dinesh Kandipalli Vizianagaram, Andhra Pradesh Reliance Defence and Engineering Limited IIT Kharagpur

    Dinesh Kumar Choudhary Tonk, Rajasthan HCL Technologies IIT Kanpur

    Edha Uday Chaitanya Khammam, Telangana Indian Oil Corporation Limited IIT Kharagpur

    Eragdao Brahma Kokrajhar, Assam Joy Foundation ICFAI University

    Faeem Abduljabbar Shaikh Ahmednagar, Maharashtra D. E. Shaw & Company NITK Surathkal

    Gautam Salvi Udaipur, Rajasthan State Bank of India MNIT Jaipur

    Gayatri Rathore Raigarh, Chhattisgarh Government Polytechnic Mungeli Government Engineering College

    Giriraj Angoriya Shajapur, Madhya Pradesh Indian Oil Corporation Limited NIT Rourkela

    Gurudev K. J. Chikmagalur, Karnataka Cognizant Technology Solutions JSS Academy of Technical Education

    Guruprasad M. H. Bengaluru, Karnataka SAP India Private Limited NITK Surathkal

    Gyan Prakash Verma Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh Coal India Limited IIT Roorkee

    Hansraj Kumawat Jaipur, Rajasthan Coal India Limited IIT Bombay

    Hari Mohan Singh Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh Narayana Institute IIT (ISM) Dhanbad

    Harsh Deep Maheshwari Chittorgarh, Rajasthan Tata Consultancy Services Rajasthan Technical University

    Heerok Jyoti Hazarika Dibrugarh, Assam HumaraLabs Technology Private Limited NIT Silchar

    Heigrujam Santhoshkumar Singh Thoubal, Manipur Accenture NIT Silchar

    Hemanth R. Betageri Haveri, Karnataka Indian Navy IIT Kharagpur

    Hiral Vala Junagadh, Gujarat Rioconn Interactive Private Limited Government Engineering College

    2010

  • Dakshana Alumni - Careers Launched!

    Scholar Name From Employer Institute

    Jagajeevan Beura Cuttack, Odisha Wipro Technology Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology Sambalpur

    Jagdish Rajendra Bhise Pune, Maharashtra Tata Communications IIT Bombay

    Jai Prakash Sant Ravidas Nagar, Uttar Pradesh Vymo Solutions Private Limited Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology

    Jai Prakash Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh Vymo Solutions Private Limited IIT Mandi

    Jasbir Jaglan Panipat, Haryana Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Videsh Limited IIT Roorkee

    Jiten Pegu Dhemaji, AssamDaimler India Commercial Vehicle Private

    LimitedNIT Durgapur

    Jitender Kumar Dhakar Jhalawar, Rajasthan City Bank IIT Kanpur

    Jitendra Meena Tonk, RajasthanNational Collateral Management Services

    LimitedMNIT Jaipur

    Kalmul Haque Chirang, Assam Tasacom Technologies Inc.Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication

    Engineers Delhi

    Kevin Kumar Patel Patan, Gujarat Aditya Birla Nuvo Limited SVNIT Surat

    Khushal Shyamlal Jamkate Gondia, Maharashtra Portea Medicals IIT Kharagpur

    Kishor Kumar Kumar Gogoi Dibrugarh, Assam Marcantile Associates Private Limited Geeta Engineering College

    Kuldeep Bairwa Baran, Rajasthan Kumar Classes NIT Jalandhar

    Kunal Goswami Barpeta, Assam Indian Railways NIT Silchar

    Kundan Kumar Muzaffarpur, Bihar Works Applications Singapore Private Limited IIT Kanpur

    Lusku Besra East Singhbhum, Jharkhand Coal India Limited IIT Kharagpur

    Mahibul Islam Kokrajhar, Assam Ericsson India Global Services NIT Silchar

    Mangaldeep Prasad Bokaro, Jharkhand FIITJEE IIT Roorkee

    Manish Kumar Sahu Bokaro, Jharkhand Marathon Group IIT Bombay

    2010

  • Dakshana Alumni - Careers Launched!

    Scholar Name From Employer Institute

    Manish Vardhan Faizabad, Uttar Pradesh Blue Stone Private Limited IIT Delhi

    Manjeet Kumar Ballia, Uttar Pradesh HT Media Private Limited Delhi Technological University

    Mithlesh Mahawar Bundi, Rajasthan HDFC Bank Limited NIT Raipur

    Mohammed Sadik Ajmer, Rajasthan Applied Materials India Private MNIT Jaipur

    Mohit Yadav Udham Singh Nagar, Uttarakhand Tata Consultancy Services IIT Mandi

    Moirangthem Jackson Singh Thoubal, Manipur State Bank of India Kirori Mal College

    Monisha D. S. Kodagu, Karnataka Accenture India Private Limited PES Institute of Technology

    Monjit Nunisa Karbi Anglong, Assam Reinspire Tech NIT Silchar

    Moti Prakash Panda Cuttack, Odisha Tata Consultancy Services NIT Rourkela

    Mrinal Kala North West Delhi, Delhi Honda Research and Development Delhi Technological University

    Mukesh Kumar Meher Balangir, Odisha Times Internet IIT Kharagpur

    Muppidi Asha Jyothi Yanam, Puducherry - UT Paypal IIT BHU Varanasi

    Naveen S. N. Bengaluru Urban, Karnataka CGI Group NITK Surathkal

    Nilesh Adhav Buldhana, Maharashtra Steel Authority of India Limited College of Engineering Pune

    Nirakar Rout Koraput, Odisha Government of Orissa NIT Rourkela

    Niranjan Soy Jajpur, Odisha Tata Steel Limited Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology

    Nishith Kumar Kumar Sahoo Cuttack, Odisha Hikal Limited IIT Bombay

    Pabitra Kumar Kumar Majhi Balasore, Odisha Bhilai Steel Plant NIT Rourkela

    Palamasi Vipru Chanukya Ananthapur, Andhra Pradesh infibooks.com NIT Agartala

    2010

  • Dakshana Alumni - Careers Launched!

    Scholar Name From Employer Institute

    Pankaj Jagat Raipur, Chhattisgarh Harman International NITK Surathkal

    Pankaj Kumar Kumar Gautam Barabanki, Uttar Pradesh Hindustran Petroleum Corporation Limited MANIT Bhopal

    Payal Singhal Jhalawar, Rajasthan Oracle India Private Limited NIT Delhi

    Pooja Kumari Bhiwani, Haryana Dhandho Holdings India IIT Roorkee

    Poonam Chand Meena Udaipur, Rajasthan Indian Oil Corporation Limited IIT Gandhinagar

    Poovanna K. P. Kodagu, Karnataka Goldman Sachs Services Private Limited NITK Surathkal

    Prabartika Sahoo Cuttack, Odisha ABB India Limited - Bengaluru NIT Rourkela

    Prabhakar Patel Banda, Uttar Pradesh Alisail Private Limited IIT Bombay

    Prabhakar Gund Solapur, Maharashtra Tata Motors VNIT Nagpur

    Pradeep Patel Unnao, Uttar Pradesh Indian Oil Corporation Limited MANIT Bhopal

    Pragati Gautam Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh Trident Goods Private Limited Govt.Central Textile institute

    Prashant Gedam Raipur, Chhattisgarh Tata Consultancy Services NIT Rourkela

    Praveen Kumar Kumar Sharma Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh Arun Soil Lab Private Limited SRM University Gaziabad

    Preetimuni Burh Nuapada, Odisha Accenture India Private Limited Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology

    Prenit V. Wankhede Wardha, Maharashtra Mind Shaper Technology IIT Kanpur

    Priyanka Priyadarsini Swain Jagatsinghpur, Odisha Coal India Limited NIT Rourkela

    Pukhrambam Birjit Singh Thoubal, Manipur NLC India Limited IIT Kharagpur

    Rabin Kumar Naik Sundargarh, Odisha Government of Odisha IIT Kharagpur

    Rahul Kale Solapur, Maharashtra Tata Consultancy Services Pune Institute of Computer Technology

    2010

  • Dakshana Alumni - Careers Launched!

    Scholar Name From Employer Institute

    Rahul Kumar Kumar Gautam Maharajganj, Uttar Pradesh 74 BC Technologies Private Limited IIT Delhi

    Rajan Kumar Bokaro, Jharkhand Tata Consultancy Services IIT Kharagpur

    Rajat Goyal Dholpur, Rajasthan Steel Authority of India Limited IIT BHU Varanasi

    Rajender Lavudiya Warangal, Telangana Delhi Metro Rail Corporation IIT Guwahati

    Rajesh Kumar Meena Bhilwara, Rajasthan 3D PLM Software Solutions Limited IIT Hyderabad

    Rajesh Murlidhar Shedolkar Latur, Maharashtra Jana Care IIT Patna

    Rajiv Krishna Omar Fatehpur, Uttar Pradesh Google IIT Kanpur

    Ramchandra Masalpuria Pali, Rajasthan Government of India IIT Delhi

    Ramdeo Kumar Giridih, Jharkhand Resonance Eduventures IIT Kanpur

    Ranjith J. N. Bengaluru Urban, Karnataka Flipkart Internet Private Limited IIT Madras

    Ratnesh Mishra Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh SBM Hardware & Software Engineers K.K.V. Degree College

    Rupak Som Dhemaji, Assam Digitalply Technologies Private Limited North Eastern Hill University

    Rupali Rakhonde Buldhana, Maharashtra Jacobs Engineering Government Engineering College

    S. K. Amarnath Udupi, Karnataka Infibooks NITK Surathkal

    Sachin M. Naik North Canara, Karnataka ZS Associates NITK Surathkal

    Sachin Shivaji Shivaji Talwar Kolhapur, Maharashtra Rolex Rings Private Limited Gharda Institute of Technology

    Sagar Das Cuttack, Odisha Coal India Limited NIT Rourkela

    Sagar Vasant Shivsharan Solapur, Maharashtra NTT Data FA Insurance Systems NIT Trichy

    Saida Naik Bhukya Nalgonda, Telangana Avanti Fellows IIT Madras

    2010

  • Dakshana Alumni - Careers Launched!

    Scholar Name From Employer Institute

    Sanjay Halpati Nani Daman, Daman and Diu Cloudtechy Dharamsinh Desai University Nadiad

    Sanjay Y. R. Chikmagalur, Karnataka Infinera NITK Surathkal

    Santosh M. Bhat North Canara, Karnataka Arjuna Academy NITK Surathkal

    Santosh Naik Raichur, Karnataka WorleyParsons Sea India Private Limited IIT Madras

    Satpal Singh Kaithal, Haryana Play Your Sports IIT Delhi

    Satyawan Jagankar Chandrapur, Maharashtra Attra Infotech Shri Sant Gajanan Maharaj College of Engineering

    Shamanth Kumar D. N. Bengaluru, Karnataka Sears Holdings India IIT Madras

    Sharat Chandra Ranga Reddy, Telangana CitiCorp Services India Limited BITS Pilani

    Shatrunjay Arun Sonawane Nasik, Maharashtra AllyGrow Technologies Private Limited Modern College of Engineering Pune

    Shijil Vijayan P. C. Calicut, Kerala TIME Institute of Management NIT Calicut

    Shobhit Bhargava Lakhimpur Kheri, Uttar Pradesh Raychem RPG Private Limited IIT Roorkee

    Shreesha S. Chatra Shimoga, Karnataka ZS Associates IIT Indore

    Shridevi N. D. Chikmagalur, Karnataka Mu Sigma University of Vishweshwaraiah College of Engineering

    Shrikant Wawre Wardha, Maharashtra Tech Mahindra Limited Bapurao Deshmukh Engineering College Sewagram

    Shrikant Sanjay Gaikwad Pune, Maharashtra Flow Traders Asia Pte Ltd IIT Bombay

    Shriman Narayan Tiwari Raipur, Chhattisgarh Collective Thinking IIT Kanpur

    Shyam Charan Hansda Bokaro, Jharkhand Coal India Limited IIT (ISM) Dhanbad

    Siddharth Jikadra Bhavnagar, Gujarat Gujarat State Fertilizers & Chemicals Limited SVNIT Surat

    Smitaranjan Biswal Angul, Odisha Credit Suisse IIT Kanpur

    2010

  • Dakshana Alumni - Careers Launched!

    Scholar Name From Employer Institute

    Suchit Kumar Kumar Sethi Puri, Odisha Mahanadi Coalfields Limited NIT Rourkela

    Sumit Singh Kanpur Dehat, Uttar Pradesh Central Reserve Police Force

    Sushanta Beriha Boudh, Odisha District Judge Court, Boudh Gangadhar Meher College

    Susheel Kumar Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh Indian Oil Corporation Limited NIT Warangal

    Swati Bhagwan Survase Solapur, Maharashtra Accenture India Private Limited VNIT Nagpur

    T. Ashok Kumar Ranga Reddy, Telangana Google IIT Bombay

    T. H. Subramanya Chikmagalur, Karnataka Tiny Fold IIT Madras

    Tapas Kumar Paul Malkangiri, Odisha Central Public Works Department IIT Delhi

    Tejas Londhe Pune, Maharashtra Perfect Engine Component Private LimitedSSMS's Padmabooshan Vasantdada Patil Institute of

    Technology

    Tevendra Singh Anuppur, Madhya Pradesh Bandhavgarh National Park NIT Patna

    Uttam Kumar Pegu Dhemaji, Assam Power Grid Corporation of India Limited NIT Silchar

    Vaibhav Namdev Rajhans Kolhapur, Maharashtra Tata Consultancy Services Walchand College of Engineering

    Varsha Ahire Nasik, Maharashtra Thermax India SVNIT Surat

    Varun Thopucherla Warangal, Telangana infibooks.com NIT Warangal

    Venkatesh N. Gudikoti Koppal, Karnataka Expicient Soft Private Limited NITK Surathkal

    Venu Gopal J. Bellary, Karnataka EXL Services - Bengaluru NITK Surathkal

    Vikash Kumar West Champaran, Bihar Indian Oil Corporation Limited IIT Jodhpur

    Vinod Kumar Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh Central Armed Police Force Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Rohilkhand University

    Vipin Das Das A. V. Palakkad, Kerala Vodafone India Limited IIT Madras

    2010

  • Dakshana Alumni - Careers Launched!

    Scholar Name From Employer Institute

    Wairokpam Premkumar Singh Thoubal, Manipur Government Primary School D M College of Science

    Yogesh Choudhary Jaipur, Rajasthan Quetzal Online Private Limited IIT Roorkee

    Yogesh Kumar Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh Indian Railways Kashiram Engneering College of Information Technology

    Akash Kumar Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh Indian Oil Corporation Limited IIT Kanpur

    Angom Thajalembi Chanu East Imphal, Manipur Tech Mahindra Limited NIT Puducherry

    Ankul Kumar Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh Shippable IIT Kharagpur

    Arpita Pingua Cuttack, Odisha Hindalco Industries IIT Bhubaneswar

    Arun Prabhakaran Ernakulam, Kerala Samsung Research Institute IIT Bombay

    Ashish Charan Tandi Balangir, Odisha IIT Bombay IIT Bombay

    Bhrugupati Hansda Mayurbhanj, Odisha Coal India Limited IIT Kharagpur

    Deepika Chauhan Barwani, Madhya Pradesh Unisys Global Services India Private Limited MANIT Bhopal

    Harshala Jambhulkar Gondia, Maharashtra Samaj Pragati Sahyog Organisation NITK Surathkal

    Jyoti Prakash Behera Jajpur, Odisha Cubastion Consulting Private Limited IIT Kharagpur

    Kamlesh Deypal Barmer, Rajasthan Amdocs NITK Surathkal

    Kapil Kumar Xalxo Raigarh, Chhattisgarh National Thermal Power Corporation IIT Kharagpur

    Kishore Rajendra Chittoor, Andhra Pradesh LabelMeUp IIT Indore

    Komal Ramdas Ramdas Gadekar Pune, Maharashtra Innovantive Industries Limited Government College Of Engineering and Research

    Nagendra Kumar Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh Delhivery Private Limited IIT Delhi

    2010

    2011

  • Dakshana Alumni - Careers Launched!

    Scholar Name From Employer Institute

    Neeraj Kapoor Kumar Kumar Chamba, Himachal Pradesh Tata Technologies Limited NITK Surathkal

    Priyanka Adsul Pune, Maharashtra Cummins Engines Sinhgad College Of Engineering Pune

    Pushpa Babu Gudmalwar Nanded, Maharashtra Great West Global Business Solutions NIT Puducherry

    Rabindra Chhanchan Sambalpur, Odisha Xactly Corporation NITK Surathkal

    Rahul Yeluri Ranga Reddy, Telangana Crishikr IIT Kharagpur

    Sandeep A.D. Bidar, Karnataka Coal India Limited NITK Surathkal

    Smitarani Sethi Kandhamal, Odisha Government of Odisha Orissa University of Agriculture and Technology

    Srikanth Pachala Guntur, Andhra Pradesh Mu Sigma NITK Surathkal

    Sunaram Tudu Keonjhar, Odisha Fleet Management Limited IIT Kharagpur

    Supriya Gadekar Jalna, Maharashtra Home Credit Private Limited India NITK Surathkal

    Veena A.N. Doddi Bidar, Karnataka KVG Medical College KVG Medical College

    Vikas Kumar Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh Indian Oil Corporation Limited NIT Hamirpur

    Yashodha Doddur Haveri, Karnataka Saggezza Inc Private Limited IIT Madras

    Abhinish Paul Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh Cognizant Technology Solutions IIT Roorkee

    Alok Kumar Nawada, Bihar Coal India Limited NITK Surathkal

    Amar N Punekar Gadag, Karnataka Robert Bosch National Institute of Engineering

    Amit Kumar Amroha, Uttar Pradesh Times Internet IIT Kanpur

    Ankita Anand Saharsa, Bihar Wealth India Financial Solution NIT Durgapur

    2012

    2011

  • Dakshana Alumni - Careers Launched!

    Scholar Name From Employer Institute

    Ashwin P Vinod Ernakulam, Kerala All India Institute of Medical Sciences AIIMS Raipur

    Deepayan Nayak Balasore, Odisha The Dakshana Foundation NITK Surathkal

    Greeshma Balabhadra Warangal, Telangana Goldman Sachs Services Private Limited IIT Guwahati

    Gyan Prakash Ranjan Giridih, Jharkhand Coal India Limited NITK Surathkal

    Harapriya Panda Cuttack, Odisha Fiat India Automobile Limited NIT Raipur

    Hari Prasanna Das Sundargarh, Odisha Mentor Graphics (India) Private Limited IIT Kharagpur

    Hemant Patidar Mandsaur, Madhya Pradesh Futures First Private Limited IIT Bombay

    Jitendra Marndi Mayurbhanj, Odisha FlexTrade IIT Kharagpur

    Kundan Kumar Patna, Bihar Bihar State Power Holding Company Limited NITK Surathkal

    Malay Kumar Patra Mayurbhanj, Odisha Avanti Fellows NITK Surathkal

    Malay Kumar Patra Kokrajhar, Assam Avanti Fellows NITK Surathkal

    Mausamjeet Khatua Balasore, Odisha P2 Power Service Private Limited IIT Kharagpur

    Nagabhushan R Bhat North Canara, Karnataka C2L Biz Solutions IIT Madras

    Nairitya Khilari Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh TagBin IIT Roorkee

    Navneet Kumar Gautam Budh Nagar, Uttar Pradesh Marvel Realtors IIT Guwahati

    Nilmadhab Mondal Bankura, West Bengal Samsung Research and Development IIT Kharagpur

    Pradeep Kumar Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh Nagarjuna Construction Company LLCManyawar Kanshiram Engineering College of Information

    Technology

    Prasanna Kumar Chandauli, Uttar Pradesh Avanti Learning Center NIT Jamshedpur

    Rahul Patidar Mandsaur, Madhya Pradesh Reliance Industries Limited IIT Delhi

    2012

  • Dakshana Alumni - Careers Launched!

    Scholar Name From Employer Institute

    Rajesh Roshan Behera Cuttack, Odisha J P Morgan & Chase IIT Bombay

    Rajon Das Hailakandi, Assam Vedanta Aluminium Limited IIT Kharagpur

    Ranjan Kumar Kumar Baitha West Champaran, Bihar Vedanta Aluminium Limited NITK Surathkal

    Sachin Malipatil Koppal, Karnataka Capgemini India M. S. Ramaiah Institute of Technology Bengaluru

    Sai Sandeep Rangisetti Nalgonda, Telangana Flipkart Internet Private Limited IIT Kharagpur

    Sameer Prakash Chandauli, Uttar Pradesh Coal India Limited IIT BHU Varanasi

    Sharanagouda Biradar Bijapur, Karnataka Robert Bosch Nitte Meenakshi Institute of Technology

    Shivaraj Kumar Koppal, Karnataka Larsen & Toubro M. S. Ramaiah Institute of Technology

    Shubham Singh Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh Mentor Graphics (India) Private Limited IIT Kharagpur

    Shubham Kumar Nayak Maharajganj, Uttar Pradesh The Gene Box IIT Roorkee

    Smriti Nisha Koderma, Jharkhand Oracle India Private Limited NIT Raipur

    Subrahmanya R Bhat North Canara, Karnataka Oracle India Private Limited NITK Surathkal

    Sudhir Yadav Giridih, Jharkhand Virtusa Consulting Services Private Limited IIT BHU Varanasi

    Sujit Padhan Bargarh, Odisha CRISIL Global Research and Analytics IIT Kharagpur

    Suman Mazumdar Mayurbhanj, Odisha Coal India Limited IIT Kharagpur

    Sunil Kumar Nawada, Bihar Credit Suisse IIT Kharagpur

    Vaibhav Chaudhary Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited IIT BHU Varanasi

    Vikrant Kumar Sant Kabir Nagar, Uttar Pradesh Intel Corporation IIT Kanpur

    Kamlesh Ahirwar Chhatarpur, Madhya Pradesh Coal India Limited IIT (ISM) Dhanbad

    2012

    2015

  • Dakshana Alumni Information

    Scholar Name From College Institute Institute Location Stream of Study

    Shashank Dubey Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh Maharashtra Institute of Technology Pune, Maharashtra Petroleum Engineering

    Bhanu Bhakta Upadhyay Golaghat, Assam NIT Silchar Electronics & Communication Engineering

    Sebin A. J. Kannur, Kerala Amal Jyothi College of Engineering Kanjirapally, Kerala Mechanical Engineering

    Kamalpreet Kaur Moga, Punjab Babe Ke College of Education Daudhar Garbi,

    Sonu Kumar Muzaffarpur, BiharBengal College of Engineering and

    TechnologyKolkata, West Bengal Electronics & Communication Engineering

    Ankit Anand Banka, Bihar Bhagalpur College of Engineering Bhagalpur, Bihar Mechanical Engineering

    Neeti Verma Supaul, Bihar Bhagalpur College of Engineering Bhagalpur, Bihar Electronics & Communication Engineering

    Devendra Shinde Latur, Maharashtra Bharati Vidyapeeth College of Engineering Pune, Maharashtra Chemical Engineering

    Komal Kisan Kisan Gade Pune, Maharashtra Bharati Vidyapeeth College of Engineering Pune, Maharashtra Electronics & Telecommunications Engineering

    Snehal Pawar Satara, MaharashtraBharati Vidyapeeth College of Engineering

    PunePune, Maharashtra Electronics & Communication Engineering

    Biplab Biswas Kanker, Chhattisgarh Bhilai Institute of Technology Durg, Chhattisgarh Civil Engineering

    Abhinay Kumar Vaishali, BiharBirbhum Institute of Engineering and

    TechnologyBirbhum, West Bengal Mechanical Engineering

    Amit Kumar Dwivedi Kanpur Nagar, Uttar Pradesh Birla Institute of Technology Ranchi, Jharkhand Electronics & Communication Engineering

    Rahul Kumar Ranjan Vaishali, Bihar Birla Institute of Technology Ranchi, Jharkhand Architectural Engineering

    Jaideep Singh Ranga Reddy, Telangana Birla Institute of Technology & Science Hyderabad, Telangana Mechanical Engineering

    Devaraja G. P. Davangere, Karnataka BMS College of Engineering Bengaluru, Karnataka Electronics & Communication Engineering

    Supreeta S. Koppal, Karnataka BMS College of Engineering Bengaluru, Karnataka Information Technology Engineering

    Subramanya Shetti Uttara Kannada, KarnatakaBV Bhoomaraddi College of Engineering and

    TechnologyHubli, Karnataka Electronics & Communication Engineering

    2008

    2009

  • Dakshana Alumni Information

    Scholar Name From College Institute Institute Location Stream of Study

    Subhendu Kumar Sahoo Cuttack, OdishaCentral Institute of Plastic Engineering and

    TechnologyBhubaneshwar, Odisha Plastic Engineering

    Gampala Babji East Godavari, Andhra PradeshChaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology

    GandipetGandipet, Telangana Computer Science & Engineering

    Ankush Thareja Patiala, Punjab Chitkara University Solan, Himachal Pradesh Electrical & Communication Engineering

    Akram Ansari Bhojpur, Bih


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