15-year-old, Nirbhay Thacker, was among the candidates who were awarded degrees during the Gujarat Technological University’s seventh convocation at Mahatma Mandir in Gandhinagar on Friday.
In the convocation, 4363 students received the degrees out of total 5,405 students. The candidates were awarded the undergraduate, post-graduate and doctorate degrees and Nirbhay Thacker (15) was the youngest to receive the degree in electrical engineering (BTech).
He was the student of SAL Institute of Technology and Engineering Research and completed the special course of Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical) in just one year. He was born on October 10, 2002, and after completing his class VII in March 2015 at the age of 12 from Jamnagar in March 2015, he completed his secondary education from the Cambridge Board in 2015. He cleared his class XII from the same board within a year in 2016. “In October 2017, I appeared for a special final year B Tech exams with a total of 52 subjects where unique question papers were prepared,” said Nirbhay.
The GTU authorities said, “Because of his ability to complete the higher secondary education from Class VIII to Class XII in a span of one year, he was admitted in Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical) after approval from the Academic Council of GTU. Special examination schedule was prepared exclusively for him in which he passed with a CGPA of 8.23.”
Nirbhaya is aiming at 10 B.Tech degrees and is aiming to open the research center in India. “To create a product, for instance, a plane, you need to have knowledge of multiple skills. So, my goal is to get 10 B Tech degrees over the course of three to four years,” he said.
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