iit entrance

As many as 28 of 30 students have cracked the IIT entrance test from Bihar,s Ramanujan School of Mathematics, 11 of them from the other backward classes (OBCs) who appeared in the general category and said reservation wasn,t necessary. The students are part of the Super 30 scheme offered by the coaching institute under which it trains meritorious boys and girls from the economically weaker sections cutting across gender, caste and religion. The 30 students accepted for the scheme are offered tuition, lodging and meals free of cost. The school, run by Anand Kumar, himself an OBC who has an MSc degree in mathematics, made its presence felt in its very first year (2003), with 18 students getting through to the IITs. It improved its tally to 22 in 2004 and 26 in 2005. The star of 2006 is Divyanshu Mishra of Darbhanga, who secured 10th rank and has been picked along with four others to represent India at the International Physics Olympiad to be held in Singapore shortly.Abhayanand, an IPS officer who teaches physics at Super-30, was elated at the success of the students.