NEW DELHI: Tabassum Manzoor, 18, from Adampora in J&K’s Kupwara district, will always remember the day she received a call from Indian Oil, asking her to join the company’s ‘Vidushi’ programme in Noida for an all paid 11-month intensive coaching on cracking the IIT joint entrance exam (JEE).
That call is proving to be life-changing for Tabassum, who is among those who cracked the JEE Mains exam this year, the results of which were announced last week.
“I love computers and dreamt of becoming a software engineer. But I had no hope of turning it into reality as my family couldn’t afford coaching. There’s hardly any information or scope (on career building) in Kashmir. Vidushi has given me a chance to step out of Kashmir and pursue my dream by doing…
That call is proving to be life-changing for Tabassum, who is among those who cracked the JEE Mains exam this year, the results of which were announced last week.
“I love computers and dreamt of becoming a software engineer. But I had no hope of turning it into reality as my family couldn’t afford coaching. There’s hardly any information or scope (on career building) in Kashmir. Vidushi has given me a chance to step out of Kashmir and pursue my dream by doing…