Youngest Indian MTech from IIT Madras

S Chandrasekar has won a gold medal in Computer Science at IIT Madras. At 17, he is the youngest Indian to have  Masters in Technology with a CGPA (Cumulative Grade Point Average) of 9.85 on a scale of 10.

Just see his curriculum vitae and you will surely acknowledge that this guy was born for it , his other feats include

At 9 he became the world’s youngest Microsoft Certified Professional, MCP. At 10, he was the world’s youngest Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer, MCSE. The very next year he had the distinction of becoming a Cisco Certified Network Associate, CCNA.

Now dont you think this needs an applause for this Rockstar , who proved once again that India is land of  devout students and a education hub , I do feel  very proud to be born in India because I have seen several instances where Indians have shown exemplary performance and this is one of these .

Currently he is doing some research work in cryptography . You can read more of him at rediff