A 14-year old boy who earlier did wonders by clearing class 12 exams three years back at 11 years of age, has now set another record by completing a computer degree.
Shailendra was awarded a degree of Bachelor of Computer Applications by the Lucknow University Vice Chancellor R P Singh on Thursday.
"We know for sure that he is the first computer science graduate at that age in the state", said a senior university official, while adding, "We would not be surprised if turned out to be the youngest BCA in the world."
He said, "For all you know this kid would get a place in the Guinness Book of Records."
The prodigy has an equally illustrious younger sister who set a record by clearing the high school class 10 examination at the age of 7 years.
Significantly, the siblings come from a family of a daily -- wage labourer, who makes a living out of some 70 -- 80 rupees a day. "I hardly went to a primary school in the village but my children are God's gift to me, so was always willing to work overtime to ensure that they could get educated," his father Tej Bahadur told this scribe.
He is grateful to his employers for supporting him in this mission. "And it is thanks to the media that both my children received unsolicited financial and moral support from many others including the university authorities who allowed Shailendra admission despite being