Ludhiana, June 13 -- Harpreet Kaur of Sahnewal has done what thousands of students aspire to achieve - secure admission to an IIT programme. But with a June 16 deadline looming and Rs.50,000 still to be arranged for seat confirmation, the daughter of a daily wage labourer now finds her hard-earned opportunity hanging in the balance.

Harpreet has been selected for the four-year work-integrated BSc (Honours) programme in Data Science and Artificial Intelligence offered by IIT Guwahati.

The amount sought by the institute is required to confirm her seat in the programme.

A former student of the Senior Secondary Residential School for Meritorious Students, Harpreet scored over 90% in Class XII and has consistently excelled in academics desp...