JAIRAMPUR, Sep 25: Assam Rifles has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Axis Bank & National Integrity and Educational Development Organisation (NIEDO) for supporting underprivileged students in the North East by setting up the Patkai 30 Centre of Excellence and Wellness at Jairampur.
The center will help the students from Arunachal Pradesh to prepare for various competitive entrance examinations to India’s premier institutions in engineering and related streams, as well as other exams conducted by the National Testing Agency such as the BS-MS dual degree programs in IISER, NISER, ICAR, IIPR, CDRI and CDRC. 
This project conceived by Assam Rifles in collaboration with Axis Bank & NIEDO for underprivileged children of South Arunachal Pradesh is the first of its kind.  This is the third-of-its-kind initiative by Assam Rifles in the North East; the other two being in Nagaland and Manipur.

The MoU signing ceremony, which took place in Jairampur at the Garrison Headquarters of 19 Assam Rifles, was in the presence of Chief Guest, Major General Vikas Lakhera, Sena Medal, Inspector General Assam Rifles (North), Brigadier Swaran Singh, VSM, Commander 25 Sector Assam Rifles,  Jabir Hussain Rahim, Vice President, Corporate Head, Axis Bank, Dr Rohit Shrivastava, Managing Trustee and CEO, NIEDO, and other senior representatives from the Government of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam Rifles, Axis Bank and NIEDO, stated a release.

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