18 underprivileged college students from Odisha qualify NEET-UG 2021 

Thanks to an Odisha-based charitable physique all its 18 college students from disadvantaged sections of the society have cracked NEET-UG 2021, the all-India pre-medical entrance check. Among those that made it to the NEET record this time with the assistance of the charitable physique are sons of a landless farmer, a milk vendor, a rickshaw puller and the daughter of a poor weaver. 
The college students have been coached by Zindagi  Foundation, an NGO of academician Ajay Bahadur Singh, who had missed out on medical schooling resulting from his poor financial background. 

Under the programme gifted underprivileged college students are chosen from throughout Odisha by means of a state-wide screening check, present free meals, lodging and training to assist them crack NEET and turn into medical doctors. 
“The challenge was bigger this time as due to the COVID pandemic it was difficult to hold physical classes  most of the time. But we did not let the students’ spirit sag. We arranged smart phones for those who could not borrow them from friends or relatives and imparted online classes by our expert teachers,” Singh informed PTI.
An announcement issued by the inspiration, which started functioning in 2017, stated all its 18 college students have cleared National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (undergraduate) this yr as in 2018. Fourteen of its college students had made it in 2019 and all 19 in 2020. 
Shivani Mehar, the daughter of a poor weaver who scored 577 marks and cleared NEET, stated “I could not have dreamt of becoming a doctor given the poor economic condition of my parents. It’s due to Ajay Sir I have got this opportunity to do something for the society.”

Murshid Khan, the son of  a rickshaw puller who scored 610  and Subhas Chandra Bahera, the son of a milk vendor who acquired 595, echoed her. 
“I help the students without taking any donation from any individual or organisation though many have offered,” stated Singh, who hails from Deogarh in Jharkhand. 
“I could not become a doctor but when I see these kids achieve their dreams, I feel I have achieved mine. I could never accept that a brilliant child cannot achieve his or her dream only because of financial constraints. I will keep the project going to ensure that no children miss their dreams due to lack of resources,” he stated.
Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik had hosted the profitable college students of the inspiration at his residence in 2019. 
The founding father of ‘Super 30′  Anand Kumar, on whose life the Bollywood flick “Super 30’ was primarily based, has visited Zindagi basis a number of occasions to encourage the aspiring college students. Bollywood star Hrithik Roshan, who carried out the position of Anand Kumar within the biopic has additionally showered lavish reward on Singh’s undertaking.