JEE
(Mains) 2013: Super-30 hits bullseye, again |
PATNA: They have once again proven
why they are called "super". Yes, all 30 students of the famed
Super-30 have aced the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Mains 2013 and are
already preparing for taking the advance level examination scheduled on June
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The Super-30 initiative under which
30 poor IIT aspirants are coached free of cost by state's math wizard Anand
Kumar and his team every year, shone again as its candidates moved a step
further towards realization of their dream. |
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An elated Kumar told TOI,
"This is just the preliminary screening test and I'm happy that all
students have performed well." Kumar, however, added that the students
were already preparing for the advance level and that would be the crucial
examination, though he sounded hopeful that his students would have no
problems clearing it too. |
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The "achievers", all
hailing from deprived sections of the society, had been rigorously preparing
for the examination. "We had advised them to brush up their basics. They
should be well versed with the how and why of every topic," said Kumar. |
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The math wizard said some teachers
while counselling suggest their students to cover selected portions that are
considered important by them. "But ... students should go through every
topic as they never know some easy questions might be pitched from those
sections that they have left," said Kumar, adding that his students took
revision tests almost every alternate day to monitor their progress. |
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The students who have made the cut
include Alok Ranjan with 296 marks, Ankit Ranjan, Mehboob Ahmad, Hanjela,
Shivangi Gupta, Aman Kumar and Pranav Kumar. "These students have
performed excellently in the first round," said Kumar. |
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Last year, 27 of the 30 students
were selected for IITs and Super-30 has contributed over 260 students to the
premier engineering institute of the country. In 2003, 18 of the 30 students
came out with flying colours while the number of successful candidates went
up to 22 the next year. In 2005, 26 of the Super-30 students made it to IITs
while 28 each got through the exam in 2006 and 2007. Kumar and his team saw a
high from 2008 to 2010 with all their 30 students making it to the list of
successful candidates every year. |
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Not far behind are the students of
another group - Rahmani-30. Altogether 24 students have cleared the first
round of the engineering entrance test, said Shabbirul Hoda of the institute.
Rahmani-30 is mentored by Maulana Wali Rahmani with its academic adviser
being Bihar DGP Abhayanand. |
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Source
: Times of India |
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