
Free coaching for poor IIT JEE, NEET aspirants
Mahamana Shikshan Sansthan
(Bhaurao Deoras Seva Nyas) will provide free residential coaching to IIT-JEE and NEET aspirants from financially weak background for the academic year 2025-26.
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Selected students will receive free hostel accommodation, meals, library access, computers, internet, modern study materials and value-based education for classes 11 and 12.
Coaching will be supplemented with guidance from IIT/medical alumni, subject experts, and senior IAS officers.
Those students, who have cleared class 10 in 2025 with over 80% marks and are enrolling in class 11 (science stream: PCM or PCB) and whose annual family income is not more than Rs 3.5 lakh, can apply for the free coaching.
Applications can be submitted online at www.mahamanasansthan.org from May 1 to June 5. The list of eligible candidates for the entrance exam will be published on June 8. The exam will be held on June 15 from 10am to 1pm at Saraswati Vidya Mandir, Sector Q, Aliganj.

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