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IIT their goal, Muslim students from state vie for a place in ‘Rahmani 30’
Hamza Momin (17) from Pune is confident of making it to the final list of students and achieve what his father did not
Aspirants for ‘Rahmani 30’ wait for their turn for second round of ‘technical interview’. (Source: Express photo by Aamir Khan)
Written by Aamir Khan | Mumbai | Updated: May 28, 2015 10:08 am
Distance was no hurdle for over 50 Muslim IIT aspirants who travelled from interior Maharashtra to reach Mumbai and become a part of “Anjuman-I-Islam Rahmani 30”, established much along the lines of Bihar’s famous “Super 30”. These students, mostly from the underprivileged sections of society, will gear up for the daunting IIT-JEE after a two-year preparation.
Apart from several other regions, the teenagers undertook train journeys from Amravati, Nanded, Latur, to reach as early 6 am for the two rounds of interview. After the final round, and a behavioural test, 15 students will join the group. “The rest of the 15 students have already been chosen from rest of the country,” says Dr Zahir Kazi, President of Anjuman-I-Islam educational trust. Kazi sees a lot of potential in the students: “Some are orphans. There are others coming from slums.” Maulana Mohammad Wali Rahmani, chairman of the Rahmani Foundation, tied up with former Bihar DGP Abhyanand to flag off the “Rahmani 30” in Patna.
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Collaborating with Rahmani Foundation, Anjuman-I-Islam decided to start a similar preparatory medium last year for Muslim students in the state in addition to other states. This year, around 1,800 students from the state appeared for the written exams of which only 92 qualified for the second phase of the test. Izhar Shaikh (16), finds himself among those who have travelled the farthest. It took him 12 hours by train to reach Mumbai from Amravati.
He will not let go of something he calls “extraordinary”.
“My father has a tiles business – something I do not relate to. It is mechanical engineering that I find more appealing,” says Shaikh, who built a racing car as a part of his school’s exhibition.
A meek looking Hashir Raza from Kalyan stands out of the crowd with his a skull-cap. One of the youngest aspirants, Raza (14), scored full marks in Mathematics in his Class 9 finals. Having studied all his life in a Urdu-medium school, his only obstacle, he says, is conversing in English. “Maths drew me close to engineering, but questions put to me in English are intimidating,” says Raza, whose father is a teacher in a civic-run school.
Hamza Momin (17) from Pune is confident of making it to the final list of students and achieve what his father did not.
He is interested in robotics, which he plans to pursue abroad after he gets through, hopefully, into an IIT and acquiring an engineering degree. “Financial constraints did not let my father study engineering, so he wanted me to pursue it,” says Momin, who secured 89 per cent in his Class 9 exams.
After a couple of rounds of tests which took place in April, the youngsters eagerly wait for their turn to give the technical test followed by the behavioural interview held on Wednesday. The concluding rounds are set to go on till 10 pm, but the aspirants show no sign of tiredness, whatsoever.
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