Suril Shah

Suril Rakesh Shah (Gujarati: સુરિલ રાકેશ શાહ; born February 29, 1992 in Ahmedabad, India), is notable for having cleared many renowned computer software certifications at a young age. Suril Shah attended Stanford University to obtain his Bachelors and Masters in Computer Science, specializing in Systems and Artificial Intelligence.[1]

Age recordsEdit

Suril is known to be the youngest to have obtained many IT Industry Certifications.

Certification Date Age
Sun Certified Java Programmer(SCJP) [2] July 31, 2002 10 years, 5 months, 3 days
Oracle Database 9i Certified Professional - Database Administrator (OCP-DBA) [3] July 8, 2003 11 years, 4 months, 10 days
Oracle 9i Forms Developer Certified Professional OCP - Developer[4] March 31, 2004 12 years, 1 month, 3 days
Technology Consultant SAP Netweaver '04 - SAP Web AS for Oracle[5] May 19, 2007 15 years, 2 months, 21 days

Notable factsEdit

  • When Suril passed the (SCJP) examination, he bettered the previous record of Afrah Shafquat from Pakistan, who passed that exam at the age of 11 years, 5 months.[2]
  • Oracle officials conducted a special technical interview with Suril, confirmed that he actually understood what it means to be an OCA and only then, let him sit for the exam.[3]
  • Suril worked for 2 years as an SAP Basis Consultant at Meghmani Organics Ltd., which qualified him for the SAP certification eligibility criteria (minimum 1 to 3 years of experience), and then successfully undertook the examination on May 19, 2007, achieving the distinction of being youngest in the world to do so.[5][6]

RecognitionEdit

Cricketing careerEdit

Suril is also an avid cricketer, bowling leg spin for Stanford XI in the tennis ball cricket league Cricbay. He made history in the league, obtaining figures of 6/7 in the Champions Trophy Silver Semifinal 2016.

ReferencesEdit

  1. 1.0 1.1 Shastri, Parth (Oct 4, 2017). "VR now passe, augmented reality getting its day in the sun". Times of India. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "A 10-year-old youngest to pass Sun Java exam". The Times of India. 2002-08-05. Archived from the original on 2012-11-05. Retrieved 2002-08-05.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "11-year-old passes tough Oracle exam in very first attempt". The Times of India. 2003-03-29. Archived from the original on 2012-11-05. Retrieved 2003-03-29.
  4. 4.0 4.1 "He's 11 and an expert software programmer". The Mumbai Newsline. Retrieved 2003-02-19.[permanent dead link]
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 "Making it big at a young age". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 2007-05-22. Archived from the original on 2008-06-28. Retrieved 2007-05-22.
  6. 6.0 6.1 "Ahmedabad's Suril clears SAP exam at the youngest age in the world". Gujarat Samachar. Archived from the original on 2007-07-11. Retrieved 2007-05-28.
  7. "Get with the Program". Stanford Daily. Retrieved 2010-01-25.[dead link]
  8. 8.0 8.1 "Suril Shah" (PDF). Ahmedabad Mirror. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-02-15. Retrieved 2008-07-20.
  9. Shah, Suril. "Motion Stills". Google Research Blog. Google Research. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
  10. "Suril Shah from Google Research, USA visits Charusat". Connect Gujarat. Dec 29, 2017. Retrieved 7 May 2018.