Anand Kumar, the founder of Super 30 coaching centre and one of the three Padma Shri award winners from Bihar this year, thanked the people for their support in tough times.
While Kumar has been selected for the award in the field of literature and education, two others from the state – Subhadra Devi and Kapil Dev Prasad – were selected for their contributions to the field of art.
Super 30 was founded by Kumar, a mathematics teacher, in 2002.
The programme selects 30 talented candidates each year from economically underprivileged sections of the society and trains them for the JEE-Main & JEE-Advanced, the entrance examination for the India Institute of Technology (IIT).
Kumar, while speaking to PTI, said, “I am overwhelmed with this honour. I am grateful to the Centre and the people”.