Bhawanipatna: A select group of civil services aspirants in Odisha’s Kalahandi district will receive free coaching annually under the newly-launched ‘Mission Akankhya’.
An MOU in this regard was signed between the Kalahandi district administration and Vision IAS, New Delhi, on the occasion of Independence Day, an official said on Saturday.
The district administration will provide infrastructure, while Vision IAS will offer free coaching to 60 students selected through a written test and interview, conducted in both classroom and online formats. While the registration process will begin on August 22, the selection exam will be conducted on September 21. Coaching by experts will start in Bhawanipatna from the first week of October, the official added.
This is first such venture by the institute in Odisha. It has taken similar initiatives in the interiors of aspirational districts of Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan. .