Introduction
Super 30 is a unique education program targeting the
students from poorer sections of the society. This idea took shape in Patna,
Bihar back in 2002. The program is run by a person called Anand Kumar under the
aegis of the Ramanujan School of Mathematics founded by him. Under this
program, 30 meritorious and talented candidates from the poorer sections of the
society each year are trained to help them to crack the IIT-JEE entrance
examination conducted by the Indian Institutes of Technology. Since its
inception, the institute run by Anand Kumar has been making steady progress
with more than 75% of the selected students making their way to Indian
Institutes of Technology across the country. Recognizing the contribution of
this program, many accolades and recognition have come in the way of Anand Kumar.
Super 30 Program
This program was instituted back in the year 2002 in the
backward state of North India, Bihar. This program is run by a locally known
mathematician Anand Kumar, who wanted to give something back to the society
from where he came up. For this purpose, he constituted an institute by the
name Ramanujan School of Mathematics. Since 2002, the Ramanujan School has been
taking into its fold 30 meritorious and talented students from economically
backward sections of the society for training. The aim of
this program is to equip these meritorious students to crack the IIT-JEE
examination. As told before, the institute has been making steady progress with
at least 75% of students making it into the Indian Institutes of Technology. As
this Ramanujan School is repeating this feat regularly since 2002, many
accolades have come in its way. The reputed Time Magazine had included the
school in the list of Best of Asia in 2010. In the same year, the school also
received a word of appreciation from the United States of America President
Barack Obama. In November 2010, the
Newsweek Magazine had taken note of the novel scheme coined by the
Mathematician Anand Kumar and included his school in the list of four most
innovative schools in the world. For making it happen, he was awarded with
Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad Shiksha Puraskar in 2010. This is the highest civilian
award given by the Government of Bihar given to a person.
Funding for the Program
Recognizing the good work done by Anand Kumar, many
individuals and institutions had come forward with the offer of financial
assistance to Super 30 program. They even proposed better infrastructure and
accommodation for students, study materials, etc. However, Anand Kumar had
decided against it and continued his Super 30 program with his meager
resources. He finds the corpus for conducting this program by conducting coaching classes to other students for money. In later years, the pass
percentage increased and reached the crescendo with all passing the coveted
IIT-JEE examination in June 2015.
