Patna, (Bihar Times): IIT aspirants of Ramanujan School of Mathematics on Saturday had an unusual guest. On Saturday they got an opportunity to rub shoulders with Anita Prasad, a system engineer of Bihari origin at Ames Research Centre of National Aeronautic and Space Association (NASA).

She met the students of what is now generally called the Super-30 and fielded questions on different subjects from them. Anita, whose father went to the US from Nawada in Bihar, was invited by Anand Kumar when the latter went to California to attend the American Mathematical Association Conclave last year. She wanted to have the first hand experience of the students of this famous coaching institutes. She said that she had read a lot about Super 30 and was keen to visit it.

Narrating her roots she said her father experienced extreme poverty, but never lost heart and completed his engineering course before flying to the United States. Associated with SOFIA (Stratospheric Observatory For Infrared Astronomy) project she is also enganged in social work.

(IANS)