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FIITJEE is a student coaching organisation which helps students preparing for engineering entrance exams like the IIT-JEE .It was established in 1997, headquartered at Delhi
Delhi
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, India
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, with branches spanning across 19 cities all over India. It prepares students primarily for the IIT-JEE, the Joint Entrance Examination
Indian Institute of Technology Joint Entrance Examination
The Indian Institute of Technology Joint Entrance Examination is an annual college entrance examination in India. It is used as a sole criterion for the Indian Institutes of Technology as well as other institutes.The exam is conducted by the various IITs by a policy of rotation...

 of Indian Institute of Technology, although many students also attend to improve their chances with the All India Engineering Entrance Examination
All India Engineering Entrance Examination
The All India Engineering Entrance Examination , is an examination organized by the Central Board of Secondary Education in India...

. Its founder-chairman is Mr.D.K. Goel, himself a mechanical engineering graduate from IIT Delhi 

FIITJEE has 51 centres throughout India, and was declared in 2010 as the largest coaching organization in India, with pan-India presence.

Programmes

The organization has started FIITJEE Talent Reward Examination (FTRE), a competitive examination for students aspiring for careers in science and technology, which provides Scholarships worth Rs. 2.5 lakhs to students with the highest scores, from classes VI to IX and Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry for students of classes X and XI. In 2008, FIITJEE constituted FORTUNATE 40, a programme which financially supports capable students whose total parental income is less than Rs. 10000 per month. FORTUNATE 40 batches have a maximum batch strength of 40 students only.

It also offers cash awards, and discount up to 100 per cent of the course fee plus hostel fee concessions, to the top 500 meritorious students on the basis of their performance in FIITJEE Talent Support Exam (FTSE) which is being conducted in 88 cities.

External links

  • FIITJEE Group, website
  • FIITJEE a new hope The Hindu
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