A nine-year-old boy of Indian origin, whose father hails from Tamil Nadu, has become the youngest Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS). Until recently, the record was held by Dubai-based Babar Iqbal, who earned the credential when he was 12. Pranav Kalyan, a 4th grade student of Willow Elementary School, California, cleared the MCTS exam in ASP.NET Framework 3.5 on January 12.
"As a toddler, Pranav was more fascinated by computers than toys. He started writing small software programs at the age of six," said his father Kalyan, who was born in Madurai and is settled in California. "He is capable of solving problems in differential calculus and integral calculus. His efficiency in mathematics helped him write programs," said Kalyan.