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Founder of Super 30 is 'People's Hero'
Wednesday October 31, 2012 07:49:06 PM,
IANS
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Patna: Anand Kumar,
founder of Super 30, a free coaching centre which trains children
from poor families for entry into the prestigious Indian
Institutes of Technology, has added another feather to his cap.
People magazine of the Time magazine group carries, in the Indian
edition's latest issue, a detailed feature on the work of Anand
Kumar, listing him as a "People's Hero".
The magazine usually features celebrities and film stars. This is
a rare occasion when a teacher has been profiled.
The People magazine feature details how Anand Kumar, working
almost alone for over a decade, has helped 263 children from poor
families to make it into the prestigious IITs.
"It feels great to find a place in People. It will inspire me work
even harder. I am not a celebrity. I am just an ordinary man, but
this is a great gesture from the magazine, to find me good enough
for this honour. This is a recognition of the students, my
teachers and family members, as without them it would not have
been possible," Kumar said.
Kumar had hoped to study at Cambridge University in Britain, but
when acute financial problems saw him giving up that dream, he set
up Super 30 to help poor students, providing free residential
coaching.
Anand and his innovative school have earlier featured in
international magazines and on TV news channels.
Time magazine has earlier described Super 30 as the "best of
Asia", while Newsweek had listed the school as one of the world's
four innovative schools.
Europe's Focus magazine paid tribute to Kumar's ability to unleash
hidden talent, while London's Monocle listed him among the 20 top
teachers of the world.
Discovery Channel, which made an hour-long documentary on Anand
Kumar and Super 30, described it as a "revolutionary experiment to
bring about social change", while Yoichi Itoh, chief economist of
STB Research Institute, Japan, which also made a film on "Super
30" for Japan's NHK channel, dubbed it a "secret weapon of India".
Only days ago, the University of Tokyo had entered into an
agreement with Super 30, to sponsor the studies of one child from
the school at the university.
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