New Delhi: A Kashmiri officer from Central Kashmir’s Budgam district has started collecting video lectures for poor and needy students who are aspiring to qualify civil services, local media reported.
Irfan Rashid currently works as public relations officer (PRO) at Power System Operation Corporation under the Ministry of Power. He is a resident of Charari Shareef town in Budgam district.
Rashid collected video lectures of UPSC and state civil service competitive examinations from Delhi and Mumbai and is offering them free of cost to the needy students.
Speaking with Khabri Baba, Rashid said, “The problem that Kashmiri students face today is low internet speed, otherwise most of the material is already available online. With this initiative, I am trying to bridge this gap by offering downloaded videos/material to aspiring students, who live in the remotest corners of the valley, via their pen drives.”
Rashid has also requested all the NGOs, civil societies, educational institutions, social activists and other responsible persons to take the video lectures from him and help them reach to the remotest corners in the Valley.
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“Initially, I had asked a few students to connect with me personally to collect the videos. Soon after that, my post was shared in a few student groups, following which I continued to receive many messages from students, who asked me to share the video lectures with them, which was impossible for me to do single-handedly,” Rashid said.
According to him, a Srinagar-based NGO came forward to help him with this mission. He has further requested to all interested parties to come forward and help out students in this regard.
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“As part of #GiveBackToSociety, I have collected all the above classes’ lectures (200 GB) from many friends in Delhi/Mumbai and am ready to share them with the NEEDY students who can’t afford Rs 4 lakhs for UPSC/IAS coaching in Delhi,” Rashid posted on social media.
“The video lectures include: GENERAL STUDIES PAPER 1 (Ancient History, Medieval History, Modern History, Art and Culture, Post Independence History, World History, Society, Indian geography, World Geography); GS Paper 2 (Polity, Constitution, Governance, Social Justice, International Relations); GS Paper 3 (Economy, Agriculture, Science, Technology, Environment, Disaster Management, Internal Security); GS Paper 4 (Ethics, Integrity, Aptitude); OPTIONALS SOCIOLOGY and ANTHROPOLOGY PAPER 1 & PAPER 2; ESSAY,” the post continued.
In a statement, Irfan asked all the desirous students to collect it and share it further with other students in their respective villages, so that it reaches every needy student in every corner of the Kashmir.
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“Now, I want NGOs or other interested people from each and every district and tehsil headquarters of Kashmir to come forward and help all the needy students,” Rashid added.
He has asked all those who want to collect the videos from him can send a message account on his Facebook or Twitter account.
Irfan has formerly worked as a journalist, and is currently working as Public Relations Officers in Power System Operations Corporation under Union Ministry of Power after qualifying for the UGC Junior Research Fellowship.
