Recently a trailer of a new movie named "Super 30" has been launched, in which the great actor Hrithik Roshan is seen reprising the role of Mathematician Anand Kumar. After watching the trailer, everyone would have been keen to know about Anand Kumar's life. So let's start to know some interesting facts about his life. Anand Kumar is such a name that very few people are familiar with. He is an Indian educationalist and a mathematician. Apart from this, his biggest identity is as the founder of the Super 30 programme, which was started by him in 2002 in Patna, Bihar. The main purpose of the Super 30 programme is to prepare underprivileged students for IIT-JEE, the entrance examination for the Indian Institutes of Technology.
Anand Kumar was born on 1 January 1973 in Patna, Bihar, in a very poor family. His father was a clerk in the Indian postal department, so he could not afford private schooling for his son. That is why Anand had to study in Hindi medium at Government School, despite not wanting it. Anand Kumar was a very clever and intelligent student since his childhood, during that time he developed his deep interest in mathematics. He used to spend much of his studies in answering the question of mathematics. He submitted papers on number theory during his graduation, which were published in Mathematical Spectrum and The Mathematical Gazette. Meanwhile, he got admission to Cambridge University, but could not attend due to his financial condition and father's death.
After the death of his father, he used to help in selling papads in the evening with his mother and used to study mathematics during the day time. Anand started his small business from home and started to teach mathematics to earn more money. In 1992, he started his own coaching center, Ramanujan School of Mathematics, to teach mathematics. For this, he had to rent a classroom for Rs 500 a month. Initially, when he started teaching, there were only 2 students at that time and within a year the figure had reached 36. In the next three years, there were more than 500 students in his coaching center. In 2000, a very poor student came to him seeking coaching for IIT-JEE, he could not afford the annual admission fee due to poverty. Inspired by that boy, he started a new program Super 30 in 2002.
In the Super 30, a total of 30 students are selected. This institute prepares for IIT entrance. All three subjects are studied in this institute, Math, Physics, and Chemistry. Every May, since 2002, the Ramanujan School of Mathematics holds a competitive test to select 30 students for the Super 30 program, but among many students, he selects 30 intelligent students belonging to economically backward classes. For those thirty students, his mother used to cook and Anand Kumar used to teach them. He also took responsibility to provide them the study materials and lodging for a year. Between 2003 and 2017, 450 boys were taught in this super 30 and out of them, 391 students passed the difficult exams like IITs with good marks. In 2010, all the students of Super 30 cleared IIT JEE entrance making it a three in a row for the institution. From 2008 to 2010, 30 out of 30 students cleared the IIT-JEE. In 2011, 24 passed, 27 passed in 2012, 28 passed in 2013, 27 passed in 2014, 25 passed in 2015, 28 passed in 2016, 30 passed in 2017, and in 2018, 26 were passed in IIT-JEE examination.
When his Super 30 program become popular, many private sectors - both national and international companies came forward to sponsor him, but Anand Kumar refused them. He wanted to sustain Super 30 through his own efforts and decided to manage this super 30 program on the tuition fees earned from Ramanujan Institute. On Anand Kumar's 'Super 30' program, an hour-long documentary was also shown on Discovery Channel in March 2009. His tremendous story was also published in 'The New York Times'. He was also honored with the Global Education Award on November 8, 2018.
Anand Kumar watched the movie trailer with his family and shared a picture on Twitter. Along with that, he wrote, after watching the trailer, tears came in the eyes of the whole family. It felt like I was watching myself in the film. The days of struggle were remembered.
In today's world, no one wants to help another person until he has his own selfishness in that work. But people like Anand Kumar still exist in this world who feel good to help others without being selfish.
Anand Kumar was born on 1 January 1973 in Patna, Bihar, in a very poor family. His father was a clerk in the Indian postal department, so he could not afford private schooling for his son. That is why Anand had to study in Hindi medium at Government School, despite not wanting it. Anand Kumar was a very clever and intelligent student since his childhood, during that time he developed his deep interest in mathematics. He used to spend much of his studies in answering the question of mathematics. He submitted papers on number theory during his graduation, which were published in Mathematical Spectrum and The Mathematical Gazette. Meanwhile, he got admission to Cambridge University, but could not attend due to his financial condition and father's death.
After the death of his father, he used to help in selling papads in the evening with his mother and used to study mathematics during the day time. Anand started his small business from home and started to teach mathematics to earn more money. In 1992, he started his own coaching center, Ramanujan School of Mathematics, to teach mathematics. For this, he had to rent a classroom for Rs 500 a month. Initially, when he started teaching, there were only 2 students at that time and within a year the figure had reached 36. In the next three years, there were more than 500 students in his coaching center. In 2000, a very poor student came to him seeking coaching for IIT-JEE, he could not afford the annual admission fee due to poverty. Inspired by that boy, he started a new program Super 30 in 2002.
In the Super 30, a total of 30 students are selected. This institute prepares for IIT entrance. All three subjects are studied in this institute, Math, Physics, and Chemistry. Every May, since 2002, the Ramanujan School of Mathematics holds a competitive test to select 30 students for the Super 30 program, but among many students, he selects 30 intelligent students belonging to economically backward classes. For those thirty students, his mother used to cook and Anand Kumar used to teach them. He also took responsibility to provide them the study materials and lodging for a year. Between 2003 and 2017, 450 boys were taught in this super 30 and out of them, 391 students passed the difficult exams like IITs with good marks. In 2010, all the students of Super 30 cleared IIT JEE entrance making it a three in a row for the institution. From 2008 to 2010, 30 out of 30 students cleared the IIT-JEE. In 2011, 24 passed, 27 passed in 2012, 28 passed in 2013, 27 passed in 2014, 25 passed in 2015, 28 passed in 2016, 30 passed in 2017, and in 2018, 26 were passed in IIT-JEE examination.
When his Super 30 program become popular, many private sectors - both national and international companies came forward to sponsor him, but Anand Kumar refused them. He wanted to sustain Super 30 through his own efforts and decided to manage this super 30 program on the tuition fees earned from Ramanujan Institute. On Anand Kumar's 'Super 30' program, an hour-long documentary was also shown on Discovery Channel in March 2009. His tremendous story was also published in 'The New York Times'. He was also honored with the Global Education Award on November 8, 2018.
Anand Kumar watched the movie trailer with his family and shared a picture on Twitter. Along with that, he wrote, after watching the trailer, tears came in the eyes of the whole family. It felt like I was watching myself in the film. The days of struggle were remembered.
In today's world, no one wants to help another person until he has his own selfishness in that work. But people like Anand Kumar still exist in this world who feel good to help others without being selfish.
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