- I want to start a free NEET coaching centre for poor students: Pradeep Kumar Singh.
- In 2021, the National Testing Agency and the National Agency and the National Medical Council removed the upper age limit NEET.
- Team Navjeevan Express wishes that more such tribe grow in Gujarat to help out wannabe engineers, doctors and many such professionals from the needy families.
GOWRI MANICKAVASAGAM
AHMEDABAD, SEP 10
At a time teaching shops minting crores of rupees by imparting coaching to medical aspirants for cracking the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET), an Ahmedabad medical student’s dad got 98.98 percentile in NEET 2022 but decided not to don the white coat. In the footsteps of Dr Radhakrishnan, Dr APJ Abdul Kalam and Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore, he has decided to hold the magic wand of knowledge to train the medical aspirants from the needy families as a pay back to the society.
Incidentally, in 2021, the National Testing Agency and the National Agency and the National Medical Council removed the upper age limit NEET.
Pradeep Kumar Singh on Wednesday realised that he could finally take a step towards his dream. Despite having left studies almost three decades ago, the 52-year-old businessman from Bodakdev area in Ahmedabad scored 607 out of 720 marks. He truly wants is to offer free coaching to poor students so that they can crack NEET and go on to become doctors.
“At the age of 52, I secured 98.98 percentile. I have no intention of joining a medical college, but I want to start a free NEET coaching centre for poor students as a pay back to the society,” said Pradeep Kumar Singh.
He had the full support of his son Bijin Snehansh, a third year MBBS student. Singh had secured 71% marks in Class 12 in 1987. He got his Bachelor’s in Economics from Delhi University and completed his Master’s in Business Economics from the Delhi School of Economics.
In 2019, Snehansh appeared for NEET and secured 595 marks. “When my child began preparing for NEET, I realised that coaching institutes charged hefty fees and were out of the reach for poor aspirants,” said Singh.
“My son is good in biology while I am good in physics and chemistry. We decided to teach these subjects for free. At present, we teach a couple of students, whose parents work as MNREGA workers,” he said.
“I began studying in February for the July exam and obtained 98.98 percentile. Now I can instill confidence in my students,” said Pradeep Kumar Singh.
Team Navjeevan Express wishes that more such tribe grow in Gujarat to help out wannabe engineers, doctors and many such professionals from the needy families.
This year, Gujarat State NEET topper is the son of a doctor couple and his sister and grandpa are also doctors.
