Chapter on Super-30 in Japan book
PATNA: Bihar's maths wizard Anand Kumar of Super-30 fame has made it to a book in Japan that revolves around the development story of India. Published by 'Bhushan' publishers, the book 'Indo No Shougeki', or Impact of India, has one chapter exclusively on Kumar's struggle and his Super-30 initiative under which 30 poor students are coached free to crack the prestigious IIT-JEE (Indian Institute of Technology-Joint Entrance Examination) every year. The chapter, in Japanese language, has been written by a senior journalist of a TV channel of Japan. Priced at 1800 yen, the book describes Kumar as a 'wind of change' that has been contributing to India's rapid progress. It says that education is at the root of India's progress march and people like Kumar are providing strength to it. It further says that Kumar, who himself could not go to Cambridge for higher studies for want to money, has groomed more than 200 talented students from underprivileged f...