Anand Kumar: A Champion for Underprivileged Students
IntroductionAnand Kumar is a mathematician and educator from India who is best known for his Super 30 program, which provides free coaching to underprivileged students for the Indian Institutes of Technology Joint Entrance Examination (IIT-JEE). Since its inception in 2002, the programme has helped hundreds of students from economically disadvantaged backgrounds achieve their dream of studying at one of India’s premier engineering institutions. Early life and careerAnand Kumar was born in 1973 in Patna, the capital of the Indian state of Bihar. He completed his undergraduate studies in mathematics at the University of Patna and later earned a master’s degree in…