Students of Avanti Fellows have put up a good show in JEE Mains examination. According to a press release, out of 271 students of Avanti Fellow who have attended the JEE Mains, 170 students have qualified.

Avati Fellows also offers a two-year coaching for the students where they provide access to study materials, books and electronic gadgets that will help the learning process become seamless and engaging.

Avanti Fellows has been writing the success stories of several students over the last decade through intricate programs that are designed to focus on the student’s capabilities and help them maximize on that with the access to the best possible resources.

Bhuvan Gowda from JNV Doddaballapur in Karnataka is worth mentioning. Bhuvan who studied till class 10 in Doddaballapur was selected for JEE coaching in JNV Puducherry.

All was in the teaching, teachers followed a systematic way of teaching, which helped Bhuvan understand the concepts well.

Also access to teaching materials of high quality and digital devices helped him prepare well for JEE Mains and score 99.75 percent in the exam.

Our motivation is to put our students on a different life path, with access to the nation’s best colleges and career options, enabled by the teaching and support they receive from the Avanti team and its partners, said Vandana.

It is interesting to note that Avanti Fellows has been consistently achieving a qualifying percentage of over 50 percent in JEE Mains with 38.7 percent going to clear the JEE Advanced.

The records of success speaks for itself. Avanti Fellows is no exemption to this. In 2016, 90 students
appeared for JEE out of which 56 students qualified.

In 2017, the numbers for qualifying students were 124 out of 186 students who wrote the examination. In 2018, 200 students out of the 365 students who appeared for the exams qualified.

Last year (2019), about 369 students appeared for the JEE Mains out of which 200 students qualified and 65 students scored more than 90 percentile.

The case of Puducherry is also worth mentioning. About 118 students have appeared in the JEE Mains over the last five years and 117 students out of them have qualified the examination making the pass percentage over the last five years stand at 99.15.

In the year 2020, 79 students of Avanti Fellows appeared for the JEE Advanced out of which 40 qualified.

The highest score achieved was 194. The qualifying percentage for Avanti Fellows students
appearing for JEE Advanced in 2020 has been 50.63%.

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The qualification percentage for students across India who appeared for the JEE Advanced was 28% for this year.

Pondicherry has the highest qualification rate amongst students being 89.6%.

In the last four years, the qualifying percentage for students appearing for JEE Advanced has been 52.6 (2016), 32.7 (2017), 25.7 (2018) and 31.9% (2019).

Due to the pandemic, Avanti Fellows launched the Sankalp YouTube channel, for Hindi Medium government school students in Class 9-12, built in collaboration with government school teachers and pedagogical experts in India and at Harvard University.

Avanti also announced free live classes on the Sankalp YouTube channel for class 9-12. The JNV students have been attending classes on Zoom, the students who recently cleared the exams, spent 6 months preparing virtually.

About Avanti Fellows
Avanti Fellows is an award winning non-profit organization established by two IIT alumni-
Akshay Saxena and Krishna Ramkumar in 2010 with the support of the Pan-IIT alumni
organization.

Both Akshay and Krishna came from successful corporate careers, Krishna a former gold-medalist at IIT Bombay and Akshay out of the MBA program at Harvard Business
School.

The goal was straight-forward – to give every student the opportunity to study at India’s best colleges.

It was established with the aim to provide affordable, high-quality education to disadvantaged students aspiring to study at India’s top universities.

At Avanti Fellows, a unique pedagogy is implemented called Peer Instruction®, an interactive teaching method developed by Eric Mazur (inaugural recipient of the Minerva Prize for Advancements in Higher Education) aimed at engaging students in the classroom and beyond.

Over the past 10 years, we have shown that our students outperform the most expensive after-school programs in the country at less than one-fourth the cost.

Avanti Fellows supports over one million students across 13 states and three union territories directly and indirectly.

As part of Thales’s CSR and solidarity efforts in India, Thales supported this transformative eco-innovation and entrepreneurship challenge, say sources from IIT Madras.

The CZC challenge aims to accelerate groundbreaking solutions to address climate change and foster sustainability, say sources from IIT Madras.

In line with Thales’ Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) strategy, Thales supported the programme for a second consecutive year, for its fourth edition, showcasing its commitment to building a safer, greener, and more inclusive world.

Final teams

The final 25 teams were shortlisted from the initial list of 500 teams.

These teams embarked on a rigorous six-month journey from April to develop sustainable prototypes across various sectors, including energy, materials, agriculture, air, and water, say sources from IIT Madras.

These teams were invited to IIT Madras to showcase their innovations at the CZC 4.0 Grand Expo, held from 26–28 October 2024, say sources from IIT Madras.

Mentoring

They were mentored on business aspects by Sustainability Mafia, a non-profit community of sustainability entrepreneurs.

The CZC initiative encourages deep-technology and circular economy solutions to combat pressing environmental issues. To date, the CZC has supported around 100 prototypes, say sources from IIT Madras.

Support

Mr. Ashish Saraf, VP and Country Director for India, Thales said their organization is proud to have supported IIT Madras’ Carbon Zero Challenge.

This is an initiative that not only stimulates transformative eco-innovation but also resonates closely with our vision of advancing sustainable solutions for the future, he said.

Our collaboration on CZC with IIT Madras has been to empower young innovators across India to address critical environmental challenges and pave the way for development of impactful, resource-efficient technologies, in line with our long-term commitment towards nurturing a cleaner, greener world, he said.

We congratulate all the participants and look forward to the continued progress of these exceptional teams in shaping a sustainable tomorrow, he said.

Focus

Prof. Indumathi Nambi, Coordinator, Carbon Zero Challenge Coordinator, IIT Madras, said, with a focus on fostering eco-startups addressing global challenges like climate change, pollution, and circular economy, CZC 4.0 attracted over 2,000 participants from 775 universities and 430 startups across India.

Thirty successful startups have emerged from CZC’s previous cohorts, with another 35 advancing toward commercialization, said Prof Indumathi of IIT Madras.

Participating teams received up to ₹500K in funding and mentorship to develop their prototypes, she said.

Prof Indumathi further said with the success of CZC 4.0, IIT Madras and its partners continue to translate academic research and technology into commercial ventures, addressing some of the world’s most pressing environmental challenges through carbon-neutral technologies.

Teams

The top six teams and the team with special mention recognised for their contributions to sustainable technology are:

1. Gudlyf Mobility Pvt Ltd – H2ARWASTE: Developing hydrogen storage cylinders using agricultural waste.

2. EESAN – CBG for Sustainability: Enabling cleaner bio-methane for homes and small businesses.

3. Electropulse Innovations – Wastewater Treatment: Using high-voltage pulse generators for efficient wastewater management.

4. Thaal Chemy Innovations Pvt Ltd – Sustainable Packaging: Producing nano-cellulose from agricultural residues.

5. ReWinT – End-of-Life Turbine Blades: Transforming wind turbine blades using eco-friendly chemical and thermal processes.

6. Chrissron Biomass Solutions – Plant-Based Resin: Manufacturing sustainable resin from plant waste.

The Carbon Zero Challenge represents an unparalleled opportunity for the brightest minds to converge, channel their creativity, and contribute meaningfully towards shaping a sustainable future for our planet.

Together, we can ignite the spirit of entrepreneurship, protect our environment, and move closer to achieving a carbon-neutral world.

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