Math teacher received Kelkar Yuva Puraskar in Bangalore helps students scale class barrier to IITs

At the valedictory function of the Akhila Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), Patna-based, Anand Kumar has been felicitated, recognising his efforts in training students from economically backward families, to help them enter the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT).

Anand has received the Prof Yashwant Rao Kelkar Yuva Puraskar, Rs50,000 cash prize, and a memento. “We selected Anand because we were impressed with his ‘Super 30’ mission through which he has been training students from economically backward classes, without charging them any fee,” said N Ravi Kumar, national secretary of the ABVP.

Anand himself hails from an economically backward family. The Mathematics graduate, despite an offer from Cambridge University to do his master’s in 1994, was not able to do so because of financial barriers.

“I decided to do something for the poor, and this led to the setting up of Ramanujam School of Mathematics (RSM). I did my master’s in Mathematics and along with that started training students. In the next five years, I wanted to increase the number of students who attempt IIT entrance through our school to 500,” asserted a confident Anand.

In 2003, he started training meritorious students from economically backward families. Since then, 152 students cracked the IIT entrance and got placed in various IITs across the country. In 2008, 30 students succeeded in cracking the IIT entrance exams.

Anand generates funds for his ‘Super 30’ by tutoring other school students. Now he plans to attract students from across the nation as well. “We are chalking out a plan for that,” he said. Besides the training, Anand also provides food and accommodation to poor students.

Fight against corruption tops Akhila Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad plan

The four-day 56th national conference of the Akhila Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) concluded on Tuesday, after passing several resolutions, political and apolitical.

The ABVP passed four resolutions, including one calling for creating awareness among students about environment and another espousing agitation against the corrupt UPA government at the Centre.

The meet also resolved to protest against the commercialisation of education and to celebrate the 151st birth anniversary of Sir M Visvesvaraya across the country.

“Being a national student organisation, it is our responsibility to create awareness among students about environment. We will soon frame an action plan on this issue,” said Umesh Datta Sharma, national secretary (Himachal), ABVP.

“We have decided to celebrate Sir M Visvesvaraya’s 151st birth anniversary across the nation, as there is a need to make students aware of him and his contributions,” said N Ravi Kumar, national secretary (Karnataka) ABVP.

The ABVP will hold anagitation against corruption in the UPA government across the nation from January 6, 2011.

“We will organise public discussions, conduct protests against the recent scams like 2G spectrum and Commonwealth Games. We will stage a mass agitation against the UPA government,” said Sharma.

He also said that the agitation was not just against the scams, but also against the three important personalities in the UPA dispensation.

“All the recent scams have happened despite the prime minister being in the know of them. AICC president Sonia Gandhi and general secretary Rahul Gandhi are running the central government by remote control. We would like to ask them how these scams took place without coming to their notice. The purpose behind our agitation is to find answers to these questions,” said Sharma.

“There is no bias. If the member of parliament from Bangalore South, HN Ananth Kumar, is involved in the scam, let them conduct an inquiry. Let them take action as per the law if he is proved guilty,” he said.

“In the past few years, education has become a difficult thing to acquire for many poor meritorious students. We have decided to focus on this and will stage an agitation against the commercialisation of education at all the levels,” he said.

The ABVP leaders said that education should be made compulsory till the college-level by extending the scope of the Right to Education Act.“There is a need for quality education and both the Centre and state governments should give equal importance to it,” Sharma said.

(DNA)
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Poor quality of higher education tops agenda at ABVP meet

Education topped the theme at the 56th national conference of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), held on Sunday at the Central College cricket grounds, as debates ensued between dignitaries regarding the poor quality of Indian higher education which has miles to go to reach international standards, and the incomparable fee structure which takes education to the classes, rather than the masses.

“The increased enrolment of students is eroding the quality of education. No Indian university figures among the top one hundred universities,” said N Prabhu Dev, vice chancellor of Bangalore University.

“We are producing a large number of mere pass-outs, not anywhere near the world standards,” he added.

Pointing out to the accreditation of universities he said, “It is disappointing to see that of the universities who got accredited by the NAAC, only 32% could get an A grade, while another 52% of them managed a B grade. The remaining 16 per cent fall in the C grade. Further assessment by the NAAC indicates that 68% of colleges are rated as B while another 23% colleges are rated as C, and only nine per centhave an A grade rating. The immediate need of the hour is quality education.”

“The high fee structure at the college level is responsible for the loss of talent. At the current cost for education, even middle-class families are finding it difficult to fund the education of their children,” said Milind Marathe, national president of ABVP, Mumbai.

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ABVP will get a new State Office soon in Kolkata

Vidyarthi Parishad, Paschim Banga has decided to acquire a flat in Maniktala area of Kolkata for Prant Karyalay. Total super built area of the flat will be approx. 2500 sq. ft.
So we are requested to all our members, supporters and well wishers to participate and build up proposed Paschim Banga Prant Karyalay of ABVP in Kolkata.
Payment can be made in cash/cheque (all Cheques should be made in favour of “AKHIL BHARATIYA VIDYARTHI PARISHAD”)

56th National Conference of ABVP in Bangalore

56th National Conference- Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad has been organizing its National Conference every year at different parts of our country.This year the 56th National Confernce is being conducted in the Graden City of India-Bengaluru on 25, 26, 27,28th Dec. 2010 at Bengaluru University’s National College Cricket Pavilion Ground. Students gathering of almost 10,000 along with teachers,educationists from Kashmir to Kanyakumari will be participating in this conference. The venue of the conference is named after Sir M.Vishveshwaraiah and the Dias is named after Shri. Nanaji Deshmukh.

Inauguration – The conference will be inaugurated at 11am on 26th December 2010. Thousand of old ABVP activists who have been serving the organization and the society from last many years will also be participating in the conference.

Conference Poster Release – ABVP’s 56th National Conference posters will be released at the press meet by our National Gen. Sec Shri. Vishnudutt Sharma and National Sec. Shri. N Ravikumar.

Exhibition – An exhibition with photos depicting the different programs, agitations, rallies, movements of ABVP done all over the country will be inaugurated on 25th Dec.2010 at the conference venue. The exhibition will also include photos depicting various curruent problems of Kashmir separatist movement, commercialization of education barbaric naxalism, and inhuman terrorism etc which our country is facing. The exhibition venue is named after Pt.Madanmohan Malviya.

Students Meet at Conference- Thousands of students from various national institutions like IITs, IIMs, IIScs and from various courses like management, engineering, medical, para-medical, fine arts, journalism, MSW etc will be participating in the conference. Prominent personalities already serving the society from years will be guiding the participating students in a special session about their role in National Reconstruction and the need for social responsibility at this very age. Two separate sessions are also arranged for the 2,000 girl students participating.

Public Meeting and Procession – A grand procession is arranged on 27th Dec wherein the 10,000  participating students of different states in their traditional dresses will be exhibiting the diversity of our culture. The procession will start from the conference venue and end at the National College, Basavangudi with a public meeting where the student leaders from different parts of country will address the huge gathering on various topics like terrorism, naxalism, commercialization of education.

Yeshwant Rao Kelkar Youth Award Presentation- ABVP from 1990 has been awarding different youth personalities serving the society across the  barriers of poverty for the upliftment of the downtrodden to make Bharat a super power in the name of Prof.Yashwant Rao Kelkar who played vital role in the development of ABVP from its initial days.

This year this award will be presented on 28th Dec to Anandkumar of Patna, Bihar, who from last 3 years has been helping the poor students who are deprived of education, food shelter by providing them the same free of cost. He chooses 30  such deserving students and trains them for IIT.Most of his students have made it to IIT and are working in different prominent business organizations. He is known as Super 30 and has been an idol for the youth of our country.

Resolution – Resolutions regarding various topics like naxalism, terrorism, corruption in Universities, commercialization of education, extreme corruption going on in the country, foreign universities, Kashmir issue, present educational problems etc will be passed in this 56th National Conference.