Arun 795 Report post Posted December 9, 2004 Afsah Shafqat is the 14 year old girl who made the entire nation proud by breaking so many records in the field of IT, doing professional IT courses at a very young age. Afsah, in 10th grade, has been called the "Princess of Operation Badar." She recently passed her sixth major international certification, becoming the world's youngest IBM Certified J2EE Developer. Now she has six international certifications. Each time when she passed any of these certifications she created a world record but her SCJP World Record was broken by her younger sister, Afrah Shafquat who achieved this feat at the age of 11 years 5 months and 19 days. Details of her certifications are as under: 1. Sun Certified Java Programmer (SCJP) on 28th of June 2001 at the age of 12 years, 4 months and 2 days. 2. World's Youngest Sun Certified Web Component Developer (SCWCD) on 21st of November 2001 at the age of 12 years, 8 months and 25 days. 3. World's Youngest IBM Certified Object-Oriented Analyst and Designer (Test 486 - Object-Oriented Analysis and Design with UML) on 26th of February 2002 at the age of exact 13 years. 4. World's Youngest IBM Certified XML Developer (Test 141 - XML and Related Technologies) on 15th of March 2003 at the age of 14 years and 17 days. 5. World's Youngest Sun Certified Business Component Developer (SCBCD) on 4th of July 2002 at the age of 14 years, 4 months and 4 days. 6. World's Youngest IBM Certified J2EE Developer (Test 484 - Enterpr ise Connectivity with J2EE V1.3) on 9th of July 2003 at the age of 14 years, 4 months and 13 days. She also excels in her studies at school. An interview with the little genuis is show below : Interview with Afsah Shafquat KalPoint: Please give a brief introduction of yourself and also tell us about your achievements. Afsah Shafqat: My name is Afsah Shafqat and I am 14 years old. Currently I am a student of White House Grammar School and I am a student of O levels. I took admission in Operation Badar's Java program at Sir Syed University of Engineering & Technology about 2 and half years ago. Now I am the teaching assistant of XML and Java there. KalPoint: How many records have you broken? Afsah Shafqat: Six; interestingly one of my records was further broken by my youngest sister Afrah. This was Youngest SCJP's record which was previously held by a 14-year old Indian boy. I passed SCJP at the age of 12 years 4 months and 2 days and broke his record. Later Afrah broke my record by passing this exam at the age of 11 years 5 months and 19 days. KalPoint: Who has been your motivational force? Afsah Shafqat: My father. He was and he will always be. My sisters have also been a motivational force because I was always scared that they would break my records. Sir Zia U Khan, Doctor Atta-ur-Rehman and Mr. Salman Ansari have also been motivational forces because every time I break a record, they encourage me a lot. KalPoint: Have you always been a brilliant student? Afsah Shafqat: I have always gotten first position except in Grade VIII when I got second position and that too by a margin of one mark, but before that I always topped. Actually during those days, I was preparing for IBM Exam 486 (OOAD). Just 2 days after passing that international certification my school's exams commenced. KalPoint: How did your family members react? Afsah Shafqat: Family members were very happy but my schoolmates were surprised greatly. KalPoint: Hobbies? Afsah Shafqat: Cartoons! I have about a hundred CDs and I love to watch them. KalPoint: Future plans? Afsah Shafqat: I am planning to go to J2ME (Java 2 Micro Edition) side. Besides that, I want to go to the genetic Engineering side. KalPoint: We at KalPoint wish you all the very best for your future. Afsah Shafqat:. Thanks. Additonal Info Afsah Shafqat is from Pakistan. Source : KalPoint News & GO4i.NET Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
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