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The Hindu
25-04-2025
- Business
- The Hindu
93% of OIL-backed students clear JEE Mains
GUWAHATI More than 93% of 150 underprivileged students across five centres funded by Oil India Limited (OIL) have cracked the Joint Entrance Examination (Mains), the oil exploration and production major said on Thursday (April 24, 2025). The public sector undertaking has been running five OIL Pragyan Super 30 centres for engineering aspirants in Assam, Arunachal Pradesh and Rajasthan, apart from a medical entrance coaching centre for 50 students in central Assam's Jorhat town. These centres offer 11 months of free, fully residential coaching and academic mentoring for meritorious students from families with an annual income of less than ₹4 lakh. Of the 150 engineering aspirants across the five centres – three in Assam, with the Guwahati centre for girls only, and one each in Arunachal Pradesh's Itanagar and Rajasthan's Jodhpur – 140 qualified for JEE (Advanced) to take a step closer to the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) and National Institute of Technology (NIT). 'While all 30 students at the Jodhpur centre cleared JEE (Mains) with high percentile marks, about 92% of the students in the four Assam and Arunachal Pradesh centres advanced to the next stage,' Ankur Barua, the Director (Human Resources) of OIL, said. The success rate of the 150 students across the five centres works out to a little more than 93%. According to Ranjan Goswami, OIL's Executive Director (Business Development), 221 students got admitted to the IITs and 420 others to the NITs since the first of the five free coaching centres was set up in Guwahati in 2010. 'Since the inception of the OIL Pragyan Super 30 project, 1,361 out of 1,482 students enrolled across the four centres in the Northeast secured admissions in the IITs, NITs, and various engineering colleges across India,' he said. Mr Goswami said OIL spends about ₹3 lakh annually per student across its six coaching centres. This works out to ₹6 crore.
New Indian Express
24-04-2025
- Business
- New Indian Express
110 of 120 underprivileged students supported by Oil India Limited clear JEE Mains
GUWAHATI: Oil major Oil India Limited (OIL) has scripted a success story by mentoring underprivileged students in Assam and Arunachal Pradesh. In a remarkable achievement, 110 of 120 students of 'OIL Pragyan Super 30' cleared JEE Mains 2025. They are from four centres. The public sector undertaking (PSU) runs five OIL Pragyan Super 30 centres for students aspiring for a career in engineering. Three are in Assam while Arunachal and Jodhpur, Rajasthan have one each. OIL also runs a medical entrance coaching centre in Assam's Jorhat. The programme provides 11 months of completely free, fully residential coaching and academic mentoring to meritorious students from underprivileged backgrounds, preparing them for JEE (Mains and Advanced) and NEET. OIL spends Rs 3 lakh to take care of each student. The PSU had launched the initiative in 2010 with an objective to help talented students from economically weaker sections, promote higher education and equal opportunities. 'This transformative initiative in the past 15 years has been continuing to bridge the educational gap by enabling deserving underprivileged students to gain admission into prestigious institutions such as IITs, NITs, and top medical colleges across the country,' Ankur Barua, Director (Human Resources) of OIL, said on Thursday. 'Through this initiative, OIL is not only nurturing academic excellence but also breaking the cycle of poverty by opening doors to quality education and brighter futures for students who need it the most,' said Ranjan Goswami, OIL's Executive Director (Business Development). Since the inception of the programme, 1,361 out of 1,482 students enrolled in the Assam and Arunachal centres secured admissions in various engineering colleges, including IITs. 'The vision of OIL Pragyan Super 30 goes beyond academics. The initiative focuses equally on character development, self-discipline, and leadership, nurturing students to not only achieve academic excellence but also emerge as changemakers in their communities,' OIL said in a statement.
