IITians from Bihar

Very refreshing to see that there are people out there who are actually doing hard work in bringing out the best talent for the coveted seats of IIT instead of demanding reservation for them. Rediff is reporting a story about tiny school in Patna, Bihar that provides coaching to the 30 students for the IIT exam. I loved their thinking - “Intelligence is not birth specific”

Bihar’s tiny school is churning out IIT-ians

Anand Kumar, 33, a local mathematician, and Abhayanand, 52, Patna’s deputy director general of police and a lover of physics, founded the school in 2003 to help promising locals get ahead in the caste-based society. They scoured Bihar’s least privileged communities for 30 bright students to coach for the exam, providing free lessons and housing. They call their group the Super 30. “Intelligence is not birth-specific,” says Abhayanand. In the first year, 16 of the group made it into the IITs. The next year, 22 made it. “This year,” Kumar says confidently, “all 30 will get into the IITs.” 

Full Story: http://in.rediff.com/money/2006/aug/16iit1.htm

Manav Gaur | मानव गौड़

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