Afrah Shafquat

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Afrah Shafquat (b. August 25 1990) of Karachi, Pakistan, has achieved success as a very young computer programmer. She has received many certifications and awards and it considered to be an inspirational hero in Pakistan in its efforts to develop an Information Technology industrial base. Informally, she holds the titles of

• World's youngest Sun Certified Java Programmer (SCJP) on February 14 2002 at the age of 11 years 5 months and 19 days.
• World's youngest Microsoft Certified VB .NET Framework Programmer (date: TBD)

In recognition of her achievement, Shafquat was given ITCN-Asia 2002 Commemoration Plaque along with her elder sister Afsah Shafquat on August 12 2002 at Expo Centre by the CEO of Commerce Net Singapore. Her parents and her sisters, Afsah(b. February, 26, 1989) and Isbah (b. December 31 1986) assisted in her preparation and they are highly accomplished IT Youth in their own right.

Listed are some of Afsah's certifications, all of which are believed to be age records that still stand:

21 November 2001	Sun Certified Web Component Developer
26 February 2002	IBM Exam 486, the IBM Certified OOAD(Object Oriented Ananlyst and Designer)
15 March 2003	IBM Exam 141, the IBM Certified XML Developer
4 July 2003	Sun Certified Business Component Developer
9 July 2003	IBM Exam 484, the IBM Certified J2EE Developer

Listed are some of Isbah's certifications, which are believed to be age records:

date ?	Microsoft Certified ASP.Net Developer
date ?	Microsoft Certified VB.Net Developer
date ?	Microsoft Certified C # Programmer.

Each of the three sisters have also be recognizd by the NCR National IT Execellence Awards in the I.T. Youth category successively in the years 2003, 2004 and 2005 and their parents, who are physicians, were also recognized with a special award in 2005.

External links

• [Afrah Shafquat, Pakistan and Gulf Economist, 2002]
• [Interview of Afrah Shafquat]
• [Teradata Hosts Fifth National IT Excellence Awards]
• [Jang newspaper article, in Urdu, about the three famous sisters]
• [Geeknewz article: World's Youngest IBM Certified J2EE Developer, Afsah Shafquat]
• ["'Head First EJB" includes a quote from Afsah Shafquat] ISBN 0596005717
• http://www.itexcellenceawards.com/

 

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