through his classmates he learnt of punebased ngo dakshina foundation and clearing a competitive exam qualified for their scholarship to avail free training for iitjee entrance tests it was tough since i was competing with indias smartest iit candidates only once he pays will his admission be confirmed panaji adil did not disappoint if he fails to get into computer science hell settle for electronics and telecommunication she knew the cbse education from classes vi to xii coupled with boarding both offered free to children from poor families would do her only child good jnv canacona principal s kannan recalls how the school stepped in to recommend adils name to jnv kottayam for free coaching because he is bright and the family is financially weak he then spent two years at jnv kottayam undergoing intensive coaching for iitjee by time along with 112 others i worked hard and scored 966 at class xii and later cracked the iitjee advance recounts the scrawny lad a government official told toi that adil could show his domicile certificate and be eligible for the scheme