Bihar's maths wizard 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 , 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 families to make it to IITs.
"The book is quite popular among the students of management schools in Japan," Takyuki Doi, a student who was recently in Patna, told Kumar. Several other students of management schools in Japan have planned to visit Kumar's Super-30 school in Patna and see how it runs, Doi said.
The story in the book comes after several newspapers and TV channels, including Discovery, have featured Kumar's Super-30 in write-ups and programmes. Recently, Japan's crew shot a documentary on Kumar in Patna. Prior to that, Japan's shot an hourlong film on Super-30 for NHK channel.
Asked about the book, Kumar said he is delighted. "Super-30 was started to help talented students from poor families, who would have otherwise found it difficult to continue studies," Kumar said and added the credit for each and every recognition to Super-30 goes to its successful students who burned midnight oil to realize their dream.
Published by 'Bhushan' publishers, the book 'Indo No Shougeki', or Impact of , 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 families to make it to IITs.
"The book is quite popular among the students of management schools in Japan," Takyuki Doi, a student who was recently in Patna, told Kumar. Several other students of management schools in Japan have planned to visit Kumar's Super-30 school in Patna and see how it runs, Doi said.
The story in the book comes after several newspapers and TV channels, including Discovery, have featured Kumar's Super-30 in write-ups and programmes. Recently, Japan's crew shot a documentary on Kumar in Patna. Prior to that, Japan's shot an hourlong film on Super-30 for NHK channel.
Asked about the book, Kumar said he is delighted. "Super-30 was started to help talented students from poor families, who would have otherwise found it difficult to continue studies," Kumar said and added the credit for each and every recognition to Super-30 goes to its successful students who burned midnight oil to realize their dream.
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