Japan TV channel to shoot documentary on Super 30

Patna: The success of Super 30, an initiative of mathematician Anand Kumar under which poor students are coached free of cost to crack IIT-JEE, has now attracted a Japanese channel to make a documentary on the institute.
A team from Japan's leading channel, Tokyo TV, has arrived in Patna to shoot the documentary which would focus on how students from underprivileged sections of the society aspire to be at India's premier IITs and study hard under the guidance of Kumar for the purpose.
Masaki Hojo of Tokyo TV, who is in the city, said, “We want to focus on the economic condition in the eastern India and how students from poor families strive for success using education as a tool. ‘Super 30’ is a place which helps them realise their dreams with so many students reaching IITs and also Japan. Some of them may also go to the US, the UK and other countries for higher education,” he said.
He said the Tokyo TV team would talk to the families of some of the students to capture their background, the hardships they go through, the passion they have and the way they strive for success through constant mentoring and hard work.
Earlier also, Japanese channels visited Super 30. Japanese channel NHK and former Miss Japan Norika Fujiwara have already made documentaries on the noble initiative.
Last year, a team of senior officials from Tokyo University visited Super 30 and held discussions with Kumar for admission of some of the students to the university. Two Super 30 students are now pursuing higher education in Tokyo University on full scholarship.