ITANAGAR, 25 Sep: Aakash Educational Services Limited (AESL), India's leading test preparatory services company, launched its new centre here on Friday.
The event also marked the announcement of the Aakash National Talent Hunt Exam (ANTHE) 2026, the company's flagship scholarship and talent assessment programme.
The new centre spans 9,000 square feet and houses 10 classrooms with a capacity for 500+ students. The centre will also offer hostel accommodation for outstation students, providing a safe, comfortable and conducive environment for study. The facility will help students from across the region access quality education while ensuring convenient accommodation close to the institute.
The facility, located at Sunshine Plaza, 4th Floor, Zero Point, Itanagar, and will offer comprehensive preparation for students appearing for NEET, JEE, and Olympiad examinations.
"Arunachal Pradesh has no shortage of talent - only a shortage of access. With this new centre, students in Itanagar no longer have to leave home to get quality NEET and JEE preparation," said AESL MD and CEO Chandra Sekhar Garisa Reddy, adding that "ANTHE 2026 is our way of meeting that talent early and rewarding it."
ANTHE 2026 is India's longest-running talent identification examination, having registered over 1 crore students over the past 16 years.
The value of the examination extends to what students receive after they have taken it. Every ANTHE participant receives a detailed ANTHE intelligence report, designed to translate examination performance into practical academic insights. The report helps students identify subject-wise strengths and areas that require greater attention, while also giving them a perspective on how prepared they are to handle the demands of competitive examinations. The report further examines three distinct aspects of a student's performance - competitive exam success potential (CESP), test-taking personality (TTP) and attempt intelligence quotient (AIQ).
Together, these provide a broader view of how a student approaches an examination: from their ability to handle higher-order thinking and competitive challenges, to their examination behaviour and the balance they maintain between attempts, accuracy and risk.
This makes ANTHE relevant not only for students already preparing for JEE or NEET, but also for those at an earlier stage of their academic journey. By providing national benchmarking, students can understand where they stand among peers across their state and the country. The assessment also enables them to view their performance through the lens of competitive examinations and identify the areas they need to strengthen as they progress.
The examination is open to students from Class 5 to 12, and offers scholarships of up to 100% along with Rs 2.5 crore in cash prizes for top performers. Registrations are open through the official ANTHE portal and at Aakash centres nationwide, including the new Itanagar centre.
The online examination will be held from 27 October to 1 November, and the offline examination on 11 and 25 October and 1 November.
