Success story: Army chief Bipin Rawat with students from J&K who cleared IIT-JEE exams, in New Delhi on Tuesday. | Photo Credit: PTImore-inArmy chief General Bipin Rawat on Tuesday called on the youth in Kashmir to choose “laptops and books” over stones to end the cycle of violence in the State. Gen. Rawat was interacting with a group of students from the State who cleared the Indian Institute of Technology-Joint Entrance Exam (IIT-JEE) and other engineering entrance examinations, under the Army’s Super-40 initiative. Super-40 initiativeThe Army has been providing coaching and study materials for students from the State aspiring to clear the prestigious entrance examination. “Army’s Super-40 initiative broke all previous records when 26 boys and two girls from the State cracked the IIT-JEE Mains Exam, 2017,” the Army said in a statement.

Source: The Hindu June 13, 2017 16:52 UTC