Thursday, May 16

Super 30 Founder Anand Kumar To Launch Online Educational Platform For Poor

Edited by Uzma Parveen
Super 30 Founder Anand Kumar To Launch New Online Platform For Reaching Out To The Poorest

Anand Kumar, who is best known for his ‘Super 30’ program which serves underprivileged students by providing them with free coaching for IIT JEE, announced his new online educational platform. During the 2024 Kellogg India Business Conference, themed “Reimagining India: Shaping the Global Economic Landscape,”  Anand Monk also emphasized the need to use available technology to reach out to a larger number of students.

“The world is full of talented people. Even in the present scenario, there are so many children hidden from the eyes of the world due to poverty. They can become Newton and Ramanujan but perhaps their talent gets lost due to a lack of opportunity.” Said the Super 30 founder at an event organised by the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University.

Talking about the power of technology, he discussed his new online initiative which aims to give a platform to more and more poor children to excel. Talking about the power of education to bring a generational shift to the life of poor Anand Kumar mentioned how his ‘Super 30’ program excelled to change the lives of so many poor students by clearing the most coveted exam in India.

According to him, challenge presented during the COVID-19 taught him to engage with students stuck at home, and the new online initiative will help him take education to the doorsteps of many more poor students. Asserting the need of the poor to get a quality education, he said that the time has come to do substantial work for the poor living in the nation and villages where life is still without electricity, clean water, and proper food.

Super 30 program

Super 30 is an ambitious educational initiative that operates under the banner of “Ramanujan School of Mathematics.” It searches for thirty deserving talents from disadvantaged social groups and prepares them for admission to the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT).

The program has produced hundreds of IITians from very low backgrounds in the last seven years. Students who participate in this program receive meals, housing, and coaching for free.

The application forms are out in the first week of May at Ramanujan School of Mathematics. The test is generally held in May and June. There are 30 objective-type questions equally from Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics. The test is one hour long with negative marking.

Super 30 has decided to broaden its availability and reach in response to the increasing demand. This year, entry requirements will not be limited to solely Bihar students. It will be available to students from other states in addition to Bihar. However, the admissions process will still just involve a test.