Iron will made them defy hurdles put up by fate

NEW DELHI: Living in a dingy one-room flat in Kotla Mubarakpur, 18-year-old Shivangi only dreamt about making ends meet with her mother's meagre income. After her father, who sold vegetables in Kidwai Nagar, passed away last year it became even more challenging for Shivangi to focus on studies. On Wednesday, her life completely changed. Much to the delight of her mother, Shivangi had cracked the IIT JEE under the reserved category.

"I owe everything to my mother and her efforts. She has always supported me and encouraged me to study further," said Shivangi while Sheela Devi planned to cook her daughter's favourite matar-paneer to celebrate her success. After scoring 90% in CBSE class XII exams last year, Shivangi decided to drop a year and prepare for engineering entrance exams. She was then selected by a PSU, Indraprastha Gas Limited, that sponsored her IIT coaching in collaboration with the co-founder of Super-30 Patna, Abhyanand. Shivangi ranked 600 in her category.

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PATNA: Patna students have come out with flying colours in the IITJEE results which were declared on Wednesday. 

Kumar Shivam, son of former Congress ministerVijay Shankar Dubey, secured all-India rank (AIR) 1062. "Hard work pays," said the 19-year-old, who has also cleared ISRO and BITS-Pilani exams sans coaching. Shivam will try his luck at the Union civil services exam after passing out of IIT. 

Mohd Kamran Ashraf, whose father is a watch mechanic and also runs a stall near the Patna railway station, has fetched AIR 704 in OBC category in his first attempt. He also cleared the national round of physics Olympiad last year. "I want to become a scientist," Ashraf said. Aquib Jawed, son of an Araria lawyer, has secured AIR 660 in OBC category. Sadab Naseem, son of a bookbinder, has ranked 797 in OBC category. 

They and several others from underprivileged sections were coached free of cost at six centres under the guidance of physics teacher and IPS officer Abhayanand. The officer, who was earlier associated with Anand Kumar's famous Super-30, played an "academic mentor" for the aspirants at these centres, including 'GAIL-Utkarsh Superb 60' at Kanpur, 'Utkarsh Superb 30' at Guwahati, 'Utkarsh Superb 30' at Delhi, 'Magadh Super 30' at Gaya and 'Triveni Super 30' and 'Rahmani Super 30' at Patna. 

"The numbers in the names do not denote the number of the students we coached," Abhayanand told newsmen and said 34 of his 91 students have made it to IITs this year.

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अभ्यानंद की टीम ने लहराया परचम पटना, हमारे प्रतिनिधि: इण्डियन इंस्टीट्यूट आफ टेक्नोलाजी आइआइटी) की परीक्षा में एक बार फिर सुपर थर्टी (अभ्यानंद) ने बाजी मारी। अभ्यानंद द्वारा देश भर में चलाये जा रहे कुल छह सुपर थर्टी में से 91 छात्र आइआइटी की परीक्षा में शामिल हुए, जिसमें से 34 ने सफलता हासिल की। इनमें से दिल्ली सुपर थर्टी से 12, कानपुर सुपर थर्टी से 8, गोहाटी सुपर थर्टी से 1, रहमानी सुपर थर्टी से 3, त्रिवेणी सुपर थर्टी से 8 एवं मगध सुपर थर्टी से 2 छात्र सफलता प्राप्त की। सभी छात्र आर्थिक रूप से पिछड़े समाज के हैं। इस अवसर पर सभी छात्रों को मार्गदर्शन करने वाले गुरु अभ्यानंद ने कहा कि समाजिक दायित्व के तहत इन बच्चों का मार्गदर्शन किया गया है। समाज का यह ईमानदार पहल है। अभ्यानंद ने कहा कि बच्चों में प्रतिभा की कमी नहीं है बल्कि जरूरत है उन्हें सही दिशा में मार्गदर्शन करने की। पिछले साल से सुपर थर्टी का बेहतर रिजल्ट हुआ है। आगे से इसमें और सुधार होगा। पिछले चार साल से सुपर थर्टी का तेजी विस्तार हो रहा है और इसके साथ ही रिजल्ट में सुधार होता जा रहा है। सुपर थर्टी के माध्यम से उन बच्चों का सामने लाने का प्रयास किया जा रहा है, जो अब तक कोचिंग से वंचित है। उन्होंने कहा कि पढ़ाना मेरा शौक है, जीविका का साधन नहीं !