Anand Kumar of Super 30 receives Rashtriya Bal Kalyan Award

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Imparting education to the ones who cannot afford without charging any money is one of the noblest causes one can make. It would be more wonderful to see those children growing and fulfilling their dreams. The man who understood the importance of dreams and helped kids to fulfill them is Anand Kumar who has been awarded with the Rashtriya Bal Kalyan Award 2017. President Ram Nath Kovind felicitated Anand Kumar on Children’s Day. This man is doing tremendous job of tutoring underprivileged students for IIT. He also got popularity as appeared in Kaun Banega Crorepati season 9.

To share his pleasure, Anand Kumar shared pictures of his felicitation on his Facebook page. He also wished every one very Happy Children’s Day. Today, India is celebrating Children’s Day a day to commemorate the innocence and the importance a child has in society. Children are our future and it is only commendable that teachers like Anand Kumar are honoured with the Rashtriya Bal Kalyan Award today. Over 400 students have cracked IIT-JEE since he has started in the year 2002.

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Who is Anand Kumar?
Anand Kumar is the man who has started Super 30 programme in Patna, Bihar. He is a teacher who has mentored and taught many underprivileged students from Bihar to crack the prestigious IIT JEE examination. His contribution in the field of education is remarkable. He has started his coaching under name Super 30 in year 2002. Under this, he selects 30 meritorious and talented underprivileged candidates and trains them for the JEE.

In fact, prestigious institutes like Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Harvard University also invited him to talk on his path-breaking effort to provide guidance and mentorship to students and help them to make it to IITs. He also got other awards and honours like his school Super 30 was selected by Time Magazine in the list of Best of Asia 2010. He got praise from former United States President Barack Obama.

Newsweek Magazine included his school in the list of four most innovative schools in the world. In fact, the government of Bihar awarded him with Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Shiksha Puraskar.

Anand Kumar

Inspiration behind Super 30
Anand Kumar had dreamt of studying at Cambridge University but this dream couldn’t fulfill due to his father’s untimely death and financial constraints. This made him to help underprivileged children as a mentor and teacher and support in fulfilling their dreams.

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