Super 30 – The Road To The IITs

Super 30 is an educational program that started in Patna, India under the banner of Ramanujan School of Mathematics. The program selected 30 meritorious and talented candidates every year from economically backward sections of society and shaped them for India's most prestigious educational institution, the Indian Institute of Technology. In 2008, Super 30 opened up several chapters across different cities of Bihar. In the last seven years, it has seen 182 out of 210 students from extremely economically poor background accepted in IIT-JEE. During this program students are provided free tuitions, board and lodge. Mathematician Anand Kumar was granted admission to Cambridge University, but could not attend for financial reasons. Having witnessed extreme financial hardship since childhood, he felt the pangs of poverty so much that he decided to do something for the poor students, who invariably fade away without getting right opportunities. This led to the birth of the programme. Indian Police Service officer Abhayanand supported him to run the programme. However, Abhayanand quit Super 30 in 2008 after 100% result. While Anand Kumar continuing to run the original Super 30.

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Visit the Super 30 website to read more about the wonderful initiative.

Courtesy: http://www.thebetterindia.com/688/super-30-the-road-to-the-iits/
               & http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_30
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