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Friday 7 February 2014

The World's youngest Microsoft Certified Professional

Arfa Karim Randhawa 

                                   Arfa Karim Randhawa (2nd February 1995 – 14th January 2012) was a brilliant Pakistani student and computer genius, who in 2004 at the age of nine years turned into Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP), the youngest in the world until 2008. She was called by Bill Gates to visit the Microsoft Headquarters in the USA.


 A science park in Lahore was named after her, the Arfa Software Technology Park by the government of Punjab, Lahore.


 In 2011, at the age of 16, Arfa Karim was studying at the Lahore Grammar School Paragon Campus in her second year of A-levels. On 22 December 2011 she suffered a cardiac arrest after an epileptic seizure that damaged her brain.


On 13 January 2012, Arfa Karim started to improve and some parts of her brain showed signs of improvement but On 14 January 2012, 16-year-old Arfa Karim died at Combined Military Hospital (CMH) Lahore.

Arfa is known for World's youngest Microsoft Certified Professional from 2004–2008.

 She also received the awards on account of her brilliance in education including Fatimah Jinnah Gold Medal, Salaam Pakistan Youth Award and President's Pride of Performance.

 

 

 

 

I think God needed Arfa more than us...!!!!


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