By Tarique Anwar, TwoCircles.net,
Patna: The Rahmani Foundation of Munger organised a function in Patna on 10th June to felicitate successful Muslim students of Super 30, a premier institute which prepares 30 meritorious students every year for IIT JEE (Indian Institute of Technology Joint Entrance Examination).
Seven Muslim students have cracked IIT JEE 2008 entrance exams. At the function the Rahmani Foundation announced to open a new Super-30 for Muslim students only.
Mr Abhyanand, in the middle, and successful students of IIT JEE
It was in 2003 that Anand Kumar, a local Math wizard, along with state Additional Director General of Police (ADG) Abhayanand, floated the concept of ‘Super 30’. Thirty promising, albeit poor, IIT aspirants were selected and coached rigorously for eight months ahead of the IIT JEE in 2003. Eighteen of them cracked the test that year. In 2004, 22 of the 30 came out with flying colours. The number of successful candidates increased to 26 in 2005, 28 in 2006, 30 in 2007 and again 30 in 2008.
Abhyanand is said to be the man behind several reforms in the police department, which improved the law and order situation in the state under the Nitish Kumar Government. The speedy trial drive and the idea of constituting a Special Auxiliary Police (SAP) Force by recruiting retired Army jawans on contract were also his brainchild.
The Rahmani Foundation has decided to open the institute under the guidance of Abhyanand, who teaches Physics in Super-30.
Speaking at the function ADG Abhyanand admitted that Muslims are educationally backward. “I am ready to serve new Super-30 specially meant for Muslims. The management can use me as a teacher, administrator or motivator,” said the ADG. He further said that Maulana Wali Rahmani contacted him and proposed this idea. I promised Maulana to give my full support to it but the condition is that there should be no compromise with the merit of students,” said Abhyanad while addressing the function. He stressed to keep the students at one place in groups so that they can discuss their problems of subjects in group and can find out their solution themselves.
Mr Abhyanand talking to the media persons
Elaborating on what motivated him to accept Maulana Rahmani’s offer to serve the Muslim community, he said that when he used to go to remote places of Gaya to raid some places, he saw Muslims in very pathetic condition. Their social, economic and educational backwardness compelled him to do so, he said.
“We will discuss the methodology of teaching among those who have promised to teach at this institute. We are trying to increase Muslim participation in the field of education especially in technical fields,” Abhyanand said.
When in a brief press conference TwoCircles.net asked him how he will manage the students of different socio-economic background, he said that on the basis of experience of 6 years he thinks there will be no problem to handle those students. Social diversity hardly leaves any influence on the students. They have only one aim: to compete.
He also requested the Muslim students of Super 30 who have got selected this year to contribute for the proposed institute in their vacations. Abhyanad, who is also a Physics teacher at Super 30, added that if this institute runs honestly on the pattern of Super 30 then we will see 30 Muslim IIT JEE qualified students next year on this stage instead of 4 today.
Addressing the function Professor Ashfaque Karim, Managing director of Katihar Medical College and Hospital, said Abhyanad is not an individual, rather he is an organisation. It is the result of his devotion that we are seeing students in bulk qualifying IIT JEE.