A Pakistani girl has qualified as a Microsoft Certified Professional at the age of 9.
Arfa Karim of Multan has officially become the youngest MCP in Pakistan, and one of the youngest in the world. Karim, now 10, met with Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates last week–an experience she later described as second only to visiting Disneyland.
To attain the credential–at any age–a person has to display technical proficiency in areas such as .Net, Visual Studio 6.0 and Windows Server 2003.
What she wants to do as she grows up–she would love to study at Harvard, work in a company like Microsoft and go back to Pakistan to do technology innovations in the field of satellite engineering.
WOW…
She must have Microsoft Barbie hidden somewhere in her room 😉
[Source: CNet News]
I can remember this sinerio happening this past Summer in China. The precursor to this promising young girl was certain to have a career in developing software. A follow through story of each childs Microsoft Certification achievments, even as single contributors, is warranted here. Best of tommorows to these children.
Young and genious Pakistani kid broke the world record by passing the Microsofts exam and becoming worlds most youngest MCP – Microsoft Certified Professional – at the age of 9years and 27 days only.
The Worlds Youngest Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP), passed the exam on 29th March 2006 through Prometric testing center. (Examinee ID=SR2274105 Registration No – n2asyd5345)
Name: Babar Iqbal
Fathers Name: Engineer Mr. Abdul Shahid Sadiq
Date of Birth: 02 March 1997
Place of Birth: Dera Ismail Khan
Province: NWFP
Country: Pakistan
Class: 5th
Key Skills: Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional, Web Development, Microsoft FrontPage XP, Flash MX, Director MX.
Family distinction: 5 brother and sisters are Microsoft Certified .Babar Iqbal being the Youngest. His sister Asifa Khan studying in the 7th , who is elder to him, aged 11 Years 4 months and 17 days is also a Microsoft Certified Professional. Others are following :
Asif Iqbal
MCP, MCAD.NET , MCSD.NET , MCDBA , MCSA , CIW Security Analyst, Brainbench Certified
E-mail: ai.itprofessional@gmail.com
Kashif Khan
MCP, MCSA, MCSE, CCNA, CWNA,Brainbench Certified
IT Manager
Taj Al Mulook General Trading LLC,Dubai
http://www.tajchem.com
Mobile No: +971502753725
Saima Khan
MCP
The status of Babar Iqbal can be checked on the following link of Microsoft Website.
http://www.microsoft.com/learning/mcp/transcripts
Transcript id :725359
Access Code:youngestmcp
http://www.babariqbal.com