Anand Kumar: An inspiring Math wizard, successful 'super' teacher

In fact, Anand Kumar owing to poor financial health of his family could not afford higher studies at Cambridge University, though he secured admission.

Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan wanted to learn teaching skills of mathamatics for his flick "Aarakshan''. So, director Praksh Jha had no other name in his mind other than a legend in the field of mathamatics- the super 30 fame, Anand Kumar.

So, who is Anand Kumar and why is the prefix Super 30 before his name? Anand Kumar is a mathamatics teacher from Bihar, who every year, trains 30 underprivileged students to help crack prestigious II-JEE exams.

By 2017, 396 out of the 450 had made it to IITs under his able guidance. Moreover, four times - 2008, 2009, 2010 and in 2017- that all the 30 students from the pioneering initiative cracked the JEE (Advanced).

In fact, Anand Kumar owing to poor financial health of his family could not afford higher studies at Cambridge University, though he secured admission. But problems didn't hinder his passion for helping poor students to achieve their dreams.

He founded Ramanujan School of Mathematics in Patna teach Mathematics. The size of the class grew from two to 500 within a span of three years. But a turning point in his career was when a poor student who could not affrord the minimal fees to join his class.

This incident triggered the idea to start the Super 30 programme in 2002, for which he is well-known today. Needless to say, Super 30 has become synonymous with Anand Kumar's name.

Despite the fact that Super 30 is for underpriviliged students Anand Kumar doesn't accept financial support from any government as well as private agencies to run Super 30. He generates money by running evening classes for intermediate level students. The institute charges a nominal fee which is less than 15% of any other institutions.

Obviously, recognition followed the man who once could not afford higher education in Cambridge. He was invited by the prestigious Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Harvard University to speak on his globally acclaimed Super 30 institute. At MIT he spoke about how the world can be a better place using inclusive education as a powerful tool to usher in psychological and societal change.

A British writer Michael Morpurgo says, ''It's the teacher that makes the difference, not the classroom.'' This saying actually proves to be right in Anand Kumar's case right?

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