A winner is the one who recognizes his talents, works his tail off to develop them into skills, and uses these skills to accomplish his goals.
Sir, I still remember the day I waited for you at your coaching class and was so curiously watching the way you were teaching your students …..Finally my two n a half hour wait ended up and what you said during the conversation: “Hard work pays off “and my wait paid me you were finally convinced with my proposal..
Anand Kumar, Super 30 founder serving free of cost for economically challenged students has been selected by UK based magazine “Monocle” among the list of 20 pioneering teachers of the world.
One who loves solving all kinds of intriguing and mystifying mathematical problems. His Super-30 initiative is the only entry from India in the selected list. He has been applauded for the first of its kind initiative to groom students from the poorest sections of the society consistently over the last 10 years, free of cost which made the dream of those economically challenged bright brains turning to reality .The only thing Kumar believes in is “hard work pays off “much more than we can assume. How he leaded his life with struggles and never left the hope and finally is now an Indian icon. Kumar also announced few months back that he will speak about the ways in which Wikipedia could become more effective, especially to poor students. The magazine states that due to his revolutionary teaching and commitment to the cause, Anand is as popular as any Bollywood star.
In 1994, he got an opportunity to attend Cambridge University but extreme pecuniary and his father’s untimely death prevented him from joining. To make the family’s ends meet, his mother would make papads and he would ride around town on his bicycle to sell them. This turned out to be a turning point for Anand. Having witnessed extreme financial hardship since childhood, he decided to do something tangible for poor students – students who would invariably fade away with paucity of opportunities. A new avatar of Ramanujan School of Mathematics was born where he trained a small group of students for various competitive entrance examinations for a very nominal fee. For extremely poor students, food, accommodation and coaching all is provided free of cost. His big dream is to build and start a big new school and has set himself even bigger goals. He expects his graduating students to win Mathematics and Physics Olympiads and…brace themselves; he predicts that one of his students will one day win a Nobel Prize. A big question 4 all indeed who would that “Great person be”..! Finally the 2011 IIT JEE results are out and an impressive 24 made it this time. The big change for the Super 30 Entrance Test 2012 is that admissions won’t be confined to poor students from Bihar. It will be open to wards from lower middle class families as well (a raising of the economic eligibility criterion) and wards from other states are also eligible. !
Move on who dreamed for so long …..Way out there..!
27-year-old “Sushil Kumar”, from Motihari district of Bihar the first person to win Rs 5 crore on KBC till date….
Competitive exams preparation and knowledge imbibed, ultimately worked out in playing the game so well. The simple person, who worked as a computer operator in government's Mahatma Gandhi Scheme, remembers how he didn't have TV when KBC started and used to sneak into his neighbour's house to catch the show .The aim which was shattered,once again came his way back as an opportunity, now he will leave his job n settle down to Delhi for the IAS preparation”. He become the brand ambassador for Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MNREGA) …Move on, long way to go!! …
What he see the attitude of society changing towards him with his historic win…! "Sensing that” people who never used to give him a second glance are now claiming, back in his hometown, that they are the best friends. They are giving interviews in newspapers of how well they know him. Certainly life has changed :-)
Actual journey starts now!!
What you people turned to reality, clearly proves out “failure is the way to success”.
Talent knows no boundaries. It is all around us – even in the most unlikely places.
Simplicity & hard work find the way to win, sooner or later ….!
Upasana Rani
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