Super 30 founder Anan Kumar figures in People magazine

PATNA: Yet another recognition to Super 30 founder Anand Kumar, the People magazine of Time magazine group has done a feature on him as people's Hero in its Indian edition. This is a rare occasion when the magazine has profiled a teacher for this column. Usually, celebrities from films and other fields are in focus.
People magazine has mentioned how Super 30, an institute that provides free residential coaching to talented students from underprivileged families for IIT-JEE, has been able to help them crack India's most competitive examination year after year for over a decade.
It has described Anand as a teacher, who without getting cowed down by circumstances, has been able to held nearly 300 students realize the IIT dream without any external financial support. "Anand has done it on his own, which is remarkable," says the magazine.
"It feels great to find a place in People. It will inspire me work even harder. I am not a celebrity. I am just an ordinary man, but it is a great gesture from the magazine to find me good enough for this honour. This is a recognition of the students, my teachers and family members, as without them it would not have been possible," he added.
Earlier, Anand and his innovative school was featured in several international magazines and channels. Time magazine described Super 30s the 'best of Asia', while Newsweek put it in the category of world's four innovative schools. Europe's 'Focus' magazine termed him as a teacher, who could discover extraordinary talent even, while London's 'Monocle' put Anand among the 20 top teachers of the world.
Discovery Channel, which made an hour-long documentary on Anand and Super 30, described it as a "revolutionary experiment to bring about social change", while Yoichi Itoh, chief economist of STB Research Institute, Japan, which also made a film on Super 30 for the famous channel NHK, dubbed it as a "secret weapon of India".
Actress and ex-Miss Japan Norika Fujiwara visited Patna to make a documentary on Anand's initiatives. French 24 also made a short documentary film on the Anand's life. He had his name included in the Limca Book of World Records for his amazing teaching capabilities.