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SANMARGA  : A Mentoring Group for Academic Excellence

Objectives:

  1. To motivate/guide the students especially from the deprived and disadvantaged groups to pursue academics in renowned educational and research institutions like IITs, IISCs, NITs, IIMs, ISRO, IISER, AIMS, NLUs and other institutions across the nation and globe.

  2. To train the aspirants to strive to empower through quality education and to uplift their community as per vision of Babasaheb Dr. B. R. Ambedkar.

  3. To instill the culture of “Pay back to society".

The Route map:

  1. Identifying, organizing and building a strong network of socially proactive, dedicated teaching faculty across the state.

  2. Conducting brainstorming sessions/workshops to create awareness on various academic/career opportunities after SSLC/PUC.

  3. Motivating the students to crack these prestigious examinations.

The Beginning:

The plan is to begin the activities in the five districts of Karnataka and to gradually expand it to the entire state. The selected districts are, 

  1. Mysuru

  2. Mandya

  3. Chamarajanagar

  4. Hassan

  5. Kodagu

Target Group: Students of I year PUC

  • Selection of 50 interested and hardworking students from five districts through examination.

  • To conduct special coaching classes during midterm and summer vacations for two years (A minimum of 120 days).

  • Classes to be held at Akka IAS Academy, Mysore initially and to be expanded gradually.

  • To provide adequate study materials

  • To mentor the students at taluk level on a fortnightly basis.

Execution: 

Team 1 – Mentors

Team 2 – Resource Persons

Role of Mentors:a

  1. To conduct orientation programmes for interested students

  2. To conduct entrance examination for the aspiring students

  3. To mentor the students at their level on a fortnightly basis

Role of Resource Persons:

  1. To orient students in their locality/workplace

  2. To prepare study materials

  3. To conduct classes at Akka IAS Academy, Mysore during vacation

  4. To extend the network of students and resource persons