“TAPAS”, a free residential program initiated in 2012 by Rashtrotthana Parishat and BASE was a small experiment that sought to sow the seeds of social change. This course is provided with free PU education and IIT entrance training to all its selected students belonging to the economically challenged sections of the society. It has successfully stood up to the expectations of its initiators, with a remarkable achievement in both PU board examinations and competitive examinations like JEE – Main, JEE-Advanced, CET this year.Tapas selects about 30 – 40 bright students from economically weaker sections across Karnataka and offer them free PU education & IIT JEE training, free food & hostel accommodation. Many of these students are from Kannada medium till their class X. The selected students are admitted to the Pre University course at Rashtrotthana PU College in the city. The programs are conducted by experienced teachers from Rashtrotthana PU College and BASE.
