Super 30 stood out amid a gloom in the eastern region after the IIT results were declared on Wednesday.

Considered a huge success for the free coaching school, 25 out of 30 students from Super 30, cracked the highly competitive Indian Institute of Technology-Joint Entrance Examination (IIT-JEE) this year.

Though the number of students clearing the IIT-JEE has come down from the previous year, the students and the institute director, Anand Kumar, are highly satisfied with the results this year.

Happy with the results, Anand has planned to increase the number of students in his institute so that more students coming from the economically weaker section of the society get the opportunity to study at Super 30.

Anand said: "In the coming few years, the number of students studying in Super 30 will double or even cross 60 depending on the situation."

The students, who have cleared the JEE Advanced, come from economically weaker section of the society and have battled several odds in clearing the test. Dhananjay Kumar, the son of a small trader hailing from a nondescript Jalalpur village in Samastipur, is on cloud nine after securing 497 (OBC) rank.

His family - with one brother and three sisters - sustains on their father's income from a grocery shop. Dhananjay cleared the Super 30 entrance test around two years back with an aim to clear IIT-JEE.

"I have seen my father struggle with a paltry income. Many a time he did not even have money to buy books and stationery for me and my siblings," said Dhananjay.

Though he joined the Super 30 around two years back, last year his result was not worth boasting. In 2014, his rank was around 5,000 in the OBC category.

With that rank there was little chance for Dhananjay to get into any good engineering cradle. So, his family members and his mentor Anand, asked him to go for the kill again.

It hit the bullseye and this year he secured 497. "With this rank, Dhananjay would get into any of the 20 IITs in the country," Anand said.?

Dhananjay's story of struggle is not an isolated one. Son of a driver, Niraj Kumar Jha's tale is similar to that of his batchmate. His father, Bhagwan Jha, runs the car of a Calcutta-based trader and according to Niraj, his father's monthly income is around Rs 8,000. Niraj, after completing his Class XII examination from Shree Jain Vidyalaya, Calcutta, had joined the Super 30 around two years ago.

In his first attempt last year, Niraj's rank in IIT-JEE was 10,500. On the advice of his seniors, Niraj, too, prepared for a second time improving his rank. Niraj's rank in Advanced this year is 1,217 (general). He is also the Super 30's brightest this year. "After completing my studies, I would focus on research for the betterment of the society," he said.

Sujit Kumar, another Super 30 student and the son of a marginal labour based in Madhepura, has secured 1,324 (OBC) rank. He was all praise for his mentor Anand. "For me, Anand Kumar is more than a teacher. My father, with his puny income, wasn't able to support my studies. After joining the Super 30, not only did I get guidance but also free food and accommodation in Patna, which was not possible for my father to provide," he said.