As the results of JEE-Advance were announced for admission to different IITs today, the mood at Anand Kumar's residence, from where he runs Super30, was that of joy.
One of the successful student Dhananjay Kumar's father is unemployed, while his mother runs a small shop in Patori village of Samastipur to feed the family. He had one pair of dress which he wore throughout the year.
Sumit Kumar of Masaurhi in Patna, Abhinav Verma from Nalanda and Prem Pal are wards of daily agricultural workers.
Neeraj Kumar Jha from Madhubani got a good rank. His father, Bhagwan Jha is a driver in Kolkata.
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In Super 30, Anand selects 30 meritorious students mostly from poor families and grooms them for IIT. Students stay with him and are provided free food, stay and lodging by Kumar who bears expenses on his own with no donation from anyone.
With celebration continuing in Super30 Academy, Anand Kumar said he derives pleasure seeing his efforts, to help the poor realise their dream, succeed.
"Because of poverty I could not go to Cambridge University. But, when I see these students from humble background like me succeeding I get inner pleasure," Anand Kumar, who has won laurels in the country and abroad for his pioneering work, said.