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TSWREIS sets NEET record
Operation Blue Crystal Programme (OPBC) launched by the Telangana Social Welfare Residential Educational Institutions Society (TSWREIS) has enabled poor students like me to realise the dream of becoming a doctor,” says S Prabhas who secured a state-level rank of 635.
84 welfare hostel students set to join medicine
Hyderabad: “Operation Blue Crystal Programme (OPBC) launched by the Telangana Social Welfare Residential Educational Institutions Society (TSWREIS) has enabled poor students like me to realise the dream of becoming a doctor,” says S Prabhas who secured a state-level rank of 635.
As many as 84 students of the social and tribal welfare residential hotels created a record in NEET-2017 by securing top ranks.
Among the 84 students, 55 students of the social and 9 tribal welfare institutions will secure seats in MBBS and 15 social and 5 tribal students will get into the BDS.
“It’s a glorious moment in the history of the TSWREIS and the Telangana Tribal Welfare Residential Educational Institutions Society (TTWREIS) and never did we get this kind of results before,” says Society Secretary RS Praveen Kumar.
“Operation Blue Crystal Programme (OPBC) was launched to provide free coaching for meritorious SC & ST and minority students who were aspiring to become doctors. It was a resounding success and it produced 140 medical students since its launch in 2015, truly a remarkable achievement,” he added.
For the first time in the history of the TSWREIS, 10 students joined Delhi University this year and six students secured admission into the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS).
He thanked Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao, Minister for Scheduled Caste Development Jagadish Reddy, Minister for Tribal Welfare A Chandulal and Special Chief Secretary Ajay Mishra and Principal Secretary Mahesh Dutt Ekka for their support to the educational advancement of deprived children under the KG-PG education.
