Shafay Thobani – World’s Youngest Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist from Pakistan
Shafay Thobani, an 8 year old child from Pakistan, was officially declared as the world’s youngest Microsoft Certified Technology Specialists (MCTS) at a ceremony organized by Peak Freans Gluco on July 10, 2012 at Marriot Hotel, Karachi.
Shafay Thobani, an 8 year old child from Pakistan, was officially declared as the world’s youngest Microsoft Certified Technology Specialists (MCTS) at a ceremony organized by Peak Freans Gluco on July 10, 2012 at Marriot Hotel, Karachi.
Born on March 13, 2004 in Texas, USA, Shafay Thobani is the youngest IT prodigy from Pakistan who started learning computers at the age of four. On April 9, 2012, Shafay appeared in the Prometric Test, and secured 91% marks, thus becoming the world’s youngest Microsoft Techonology Specialist at the age of 8 years and 24 days only.
Sharing his views at the occasion, Naveed Ahmed Khawaja, Chief Operating Officer, English Biscuits Manufacturers said, “EBM has a strong focus on promoting universal human values and growing as a useful, purposeful corporate citizen and we are excited to be extending this through our sponsorship of Shafay Thobani’s achievement as the youngest IT prodigy in the country. We want to underscore the uniqueness of this milestone and highlight the true potential of Pakistan.”
Shafay is a Microsoft Certified Professional in Microsoft Windows 7 Configuration, Microsoft Windows Serve 2008 R2 and Microsoft Hyper-V virtualization. Bef0re appearing in the exam, he remained under the training of Microsoft certified trainers for 13 months.
Speaking at the event, Dr. Shah Thobani, father of Shafay said, “He is the youngest MCTS today in Pakistan and this is worth celebrating. He performs mental calculation techniques in his head extremely quickly which is truly a gift. Keeping his technological and mathematical interest in mind, we as a family have decided to provide him all support to fuel his interest.
Dr. Shah is also an IT expert with more than 20 years of experience in the IT Industry.
Apart from English Biscuits Manufacturers, Pakistan State Oil and Thobson Technologies were part of the leading sponsors of the event.
