Delhi looks to emulate top cop's coaching model

Students vouch for Abhayanand's passion to teach, Centre plans tie- up with Rahmani 30 in states

The Union human resource development ministry is planning to replicate the free coaching model of the Patnabased Rahmani 30 for training talented minority students to crack entrance tests for the IITs and IIMs.

Rahmani 30 was started in 2009 under the guidance of Bihar's director- general of police Abhayanand to train students aspiring to join the IITs.

He collaborated with Mohammad Wali Rahmani, the secretary of all India Muslim Personal Law Board, to launch the initiative. The minister of state for HRD, Jitin Prasada, recently said the training centres mulled by the Centre could be started later this year in many of the state capitals.

The top cop has been helping students from underprivileged families since 2002 though, to clear IIT- JEE. Apart from Patna, seven centres are run in Gaya, Delhi, Kanpur, Guwahati, Jorhat, Mumbai and Jaipur under Abhayanand's guidance.

Recently, a 128- page coffeetable book, Tales of Transformation , was released chronicling the success stories of Abhayanand Super 30 students.

Shivangi, a girl from Kotla Mubarakpur in New Delhi, is one such student. In the coffeetable book, which has self- narrated stories of the students, she wrote: " One man who could teach physics over phone is only Abhayanand Sir." Daughter of a vegetable vendor, Shivangi went from a dingy one- room flat to IITDelhi in 2011.

For the IITs, students have to clear two- tier entrance tests — joint entrance examination ( main) and JEE ( advanced).

Over 12 lakh candidates have appeared JEE ( main) this year and the top 1.5 lakh would be able to appear for the JEE ( advanced).

Those who qualify will be able to get admission in the IITs. For IIMs, candidates have to clear the Common Admission Test ( CAT).

The Union HRD ministry will take help of Rahmani 30 to teach the students. The organisation, which helps Muslim students, will provide the resource persons while the ministry will provide funding and other logistic support.

Prasada, the junior HRD minister, said: " We are talking to Rahmani 30. We want to start the centres in many state capitals this year." The Bihar police boss trains his students at Abhayanand Super 30 in the eight cities in collaboration with Centre for Social Responsibility & Leadership. Rahmani Foundation, Patna, centre manager Shabbir- Ul- Hoda said: " Despite his busy schedule, Abhayanand Sir regularly visits centre on Saturdays, Sundays and other holidays to teach the students. He is always ready to clear the students' doubts through video- conferencing or over the telephone too." Abhayanand said it is passion to teach physics that keeps him going. He said: " Different persons have different ways of relaxation. I relax while teaching students as it gives me peace of mind." Muaz Haider, a student of Rahmani Foundation who cleared this year's IIT- JEE ( main) with 229 marks, said: " Unlike other physics teachers, Abhayanand Sir never solves any problem but makes us think differently to solve it."

The Telegraph (Patna Edition) Report - 22-05-2013

Kasmir Super 30 Entrance Test and Interview (2013)

CSRL substitutes books and career to the gloomy future of Kashmir.. , supporting the underprivileged and helping them make a career. With the wholehearted help of Indian Army, who have joined hands with CSRL to give a better living for the civilians of Kashmir, Open test was conducted on 1st May 2013 at 10 different locations of the valley. where 600 students appeared for the test.

79% of Abhayanand Super30 students qualify for JEE Advanced 2013

Out of 262 candidates studying at the six centres of Abhayanand Super30 in Delhi / Kanpur / Guwahati / Jorhat / Mumbai / Jaipur, a handsome  number of 206 students have qualified for the JEE Advanced 2013 to be conducted on 2nd June 2013. These students appear among the top 1,50,000 scorers of JEE Mains 2013.

These students are part of a free residential coaching programme initiated by Centre for Social Responsibility & Leadership under the academic mentoring of IPS Abhayanand. These students belong to the economically weaker sections but extra-ordinary talent and high aspirations. The students are provided with hostel, mess and regular faculty for 11 months without any fees. The funds are provided by companies or foundations like OIL India, GAIL, IGL, Power Grid, PAF etc. under their CSR policy.

These students will now prepare for JEE Advanced. 

Rahmani 30 now in Mumbai, Academic mentor : IPS Abhayanand

Senior Muslim cleric Maulana Wali Rahmani doesn't confine himself to just running madrassas or preaching about religion. He also nurtures the IIT dreams of Muslim youths. The maulvi runs the Patna-based Rahmani 30, which gives free coaching to Muslims who want to crack the IIT entrance exam, much along the lines of the famed Patna-based Super 30 programme, which helps underprivileged youths make it to the IITs.

And Rahmani is now bringing his dream project to Mumbai. He agreed to do this during a recent meeting in the city. "My dream is that prototypes of Rahmani 30 should be opened in different parts of the country," said the maulana, who is also the secretary of the All India Muslim Personal Law Board.

As per the plan, around 30 students would be chosen from across Maharashtra , and accommodated and coached for two years at a soon-to-be-decided location in the city. "Money should not be a problem if we get good results," said businessman Ateeq Agboatwala, who is leading the initiative in Mumbai.

Maulvi's effort shifts focus to IITs from ITIs

Last week, after the inauguration of Mumbai's first Darul Qaza-Shariah court-at Anjuman-i-Islam near CST, Maulana Wali Rahmani was almost mobbed. As other speakers, including Muslim politicians, left the stage almost unnoticed, a crowd of Muslim intellectuals, senior clerics and lay persons surrounded the tall, frail Rahmani, shaking his hands and seeking his blessings. Rahmani, considered a pir sahib (saint), obviously commands respect in the community.

His Patna-based coaching centre, Rahmani 30, has succeeded in helping several Muslim students crack the IIT entrance exam and gain admission to institutes across the country.

Rahmani 30 is run along the lines of the well-known Patnabased Super 30 programme, which gives free coaching to underprivileged students and sends around 30 of them every year for the IIT entrance exam. In the Rahmani 30 scheme, Muslim youths who have completed Std X take a written test to qualify for a free, two-year course on how to tackle the IIT exam.

Educationists are heartened by Rahmani's vision. "If we have at least 10 maulvis like Rahmani sahib, Indian Muslims would not need government doles," says Anjuman-i-Islam's President Dr Zahir Kazi. Sources said that businessmen and philanthropists would help fund the project in Mumbai.

Rahmani's journey would not have been possible without the unreserved cooperation he has received from Bihar director-general of police Abhayanand , who was associated with the Super 30 programme till 2008 but has since left to nurture his own initiatives. In 2008, Rahmani approached Abhayanand with a request that an institute similar to Super 30 be started for Muslim students. Abhayanand accepted, but also wondered whether Rahmani would "interfere" in candidate selection . Rahmani reportedly said that he didn't know much about "physics, chemistry and mathematics", so Abhayanand had a free hand in choosing students.

The first Rahmani 30 batch began classes in July 2008 with 10 students on board. In the very first exam, in 2009, they struck gold: all 10 made it to the IIT-JEE exam merit list. Since then, the success rate has been impressive . Those who couldn't clear the IIT exam, joined other engineering colleges. Some joined statistical study institutes.

"The success rate of Muslim students in competitive exams is good. The problem is getting them to be candidates. Rahmani 30 has succeeded in conveying that this is also possible," explained Rahmani.

Before Rahmani plunged into the difficult world of preparing aspirants for the IIT entrance test, Muslim youths mainly confined themselves to joining the Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) to become plumbers, technicians and mechanics. "The IITs have been almost beyond our boys' reach," said Kazi. "They were satisfied to be trained at ITIs and get small jobs in India and the Gulf. Even the government was happy to sell them the ITI dream. Rahmani sahib has changed the game. Now the buzzword is IIT, not ITI."

News Source: http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-05-05/mumbai/39042300_1_iit-entrance-exam-indian-muslims-free-coaching

Kashmir Super 30 Project 700 aspirants appear in screening test: Army

Army conducted the screening test for the famous Kashmir Super 30 Project on May 1, 2013 (wednesday) in 11 districts across Kashmir. Army’s Srinagar based spokesman said the program was a huge success as more than 700 engineering aspirants appeared in the screening test. “The successful candidates will be called for personal interview at Srinagar on May 4 and 6. The selected students from the poor and unprivileged sections of the society would finally be enrolled in the prestigious 10 month long training program to prepare them for entrance exams of IITJEE/ AIEEE/NIT,” he said, adding that training expenses would be borne by the authorities. “This program will give the financially challenged students a chance to prove their worth and fulfill their dreams of becoming top engineers of the country,” the spokesman said. “Abhayanand Super 30 (An initiative of CSRL) has the reputation of excellent track record with maximum of their students clearing the coveted Joint Entrance Examination for admission in IITs, the premier engineering institution of our country.” The screening test was conducted at Kupwara, Bandipore, Baramulla, Srinagar, Ganderbal, Kulgam, Pulwama, Shopian, Islamabad (Anantnag) Badgam (A) and Budgam (B).

The Greater Kashmir report: http://epaper.greaterkashmir.com/Details.aspx?id=6573&boxid=1325862