"SUPER 30" students of BIHAR can now study in University of Tokyo

Mathematician and Super-30 founder Anand Kumar with Hiroshi Yoshino,
 Director, University of Tokyo, during a meeting in Patna



University of Tokyo

PATNA :-

The novel initiative of Super 30, a pioneering coaching institute that grooms poor children from Bihar for admission into the prestigious Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) every year, has inspired the Japanese universities to launch a similar programme for underprivileged students from across the world. 

Christened Global 30, the programme will be launched by the University of Tokyo and 12 other universities in collaboration with the Japanese government and the Cooperative Grocer Chain Japan, a network of supermarket chain, from the next academic year. 

At least one student of Super 30 will also be enrolled and provided full scholarship under the programme.

 The highly acclaimed 'Super 30' educational programme which trains students from economically backward sections for the IIT-JEE, today entered into an agreement with University of Tokyo which would sponsor study of its students in Japan.

The pact was reached here during a meeting between Anand Kumar, the founder of Super 30, and Yoshino Hiroshi, Director, The University of Tokyo.

The sponsorship will start with admission of Indian students from October 2013, Yoshino told .

"University of Tokyo is reaching an understanding with the Patna-based mathematical group (Super 30) because of its remarkable performance of training economically poor students to qualify in top institutions like IIT," he said.

Yoshino said the Japanese government broadcast corporation (NHK) ran a programme on Super 30 under the heading "Indian shock" to highlight the success of the mathematical club.

The Tokyo University director said the engagement with Super 30 was part of Japanese government programme "Global 30" to increase flow of Indian students there.

"Presently, out of 1.4 lakh foreign students annually coming to Japan, India's contribution is only 600. Japan wishes to increase (its) number of foreign students to three lakh by 2020 which can be achieved by raising flow of students from India, particularly in the field of science and technology," he said.

Kumar said the offer from Tokyo university was encouraging.

"This will open avenues for our students in the foreign country," he said.

'Super 30' is an initiative of mathematician Anand Kumar in Bihar which trains 30 poor students every year for IIT-JEE out of which a majority have so far succeeded in the test.

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Location

Unit No.603 Prestige Meridian-1, No.29, M.G.Road, Bangalore, 560001 India
Tel: ＋91-80-4150-8509
Email: yoshino.hiroshi[at]mail.u-tokyo.ac.jp

Staff

Director: Mr. Hiroshi Yoshino
Secretary to the Director: Ms. Shivani Gopalkrishna

Purpose of Activities

1. Promote university-level exchange and cooperation with top-class universities and research institutions in India
2. Assist excellent Indian students in studying at the University of Tokyo and other universities in Japan.
3. Promote cooperation with Academia, Industry and Government in India.
4. Support the activities of the University of Tokyo alumni organisation in India.

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Tel: 03-5841-1062
E-mail: g30-ut[at]ml.adm.u-tokyo.ac.jp