Summary:
A product of the welfare hostel himself, Dr.
Kumar wants the power of opportunity that he got to be given to lakhs of poor children. This led to the ushering in of concepts like ‘Summer Samurai’ where children were given opportunity to participate in summer camps and ‘Quest’ where teachers reach out to parents during holidays. Students hailing from underprivileged and discriminated backgrounds, specifically girls, have been doing spectacularly well in not only sports, adventure sports and other areas, but also in academics. Starting 52 exclusive degree colleges for girls too has taken 10,000 students off the ‘marriage’ rigmarole. “Our students’ performance is even changing the ecosystem among government schools in the vicinity with they too emulating our practices and activities..