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As many as 46 out of 56 girls who underwent coaching at IndianOil Vidushi Centres in Bhubaneswar and Noida have cleared the JEE Mains Examination this time.
IndianOil Vidushi, a CSR project, aims to provide specialised coaching to girl students from economically backward sections for competitive exams such as JEE Mains and JEE Advanced.
"We are happy that 82 per cent of the girl students who underwent coaching at the two IndianOil Vidushi Centres have cleared the JEE Mains," said Ranjan Kumar Mohapatra, Director HR, IndianOil.
He added, 28 out of 30 girls from the Bhubaneswar centre and 18 out of 26 girls from the Noida centre achieved this feat.
Launched in 2018, the project IndianOil Vidushi in association with the Centre for Social Responsibility and Leadership (CSRL), an educational NGO provide young girl aspirants from different States specialised hands-on coaching and mentoring after Class XII to succeed in Central and State engineering entrance examinations, according to the statement.
Thirty girls each from Bhubaneswar and Noida centres are selected on merit-cum-means basis through a written test and personal interview from a participation of approximately 3,000 girls.
IndianOil Vidushi is being implemented initially for a period of five years, during which 300 girls will be covered.
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