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]
- He joined the Stanford University,[7] California, USA in Fall 2009. He provided consultancy services to eInfochips, a reputed IT company in Ahmedabad, India.[8]
- He now works full-time at Google as a Software Engineer. He launched an app called Motion Stills for Google Research which sports a number of computational video features such as Image Stabilization and Augmented Reality.[1][9]
RecognitionEdit
- Suril has been felicitated by several organizations including Computer Society of India, Ahmedabad Education Society, Gujarat Law Society.
- Sun Microsystems, Oracle Corp., SAP AG whose applications' certifications he took, have recognized his achievements at young age and acknowledged him as being youngest in the world to do so.[2][3][5]
- Suril has received considerable coverage highlighting his achievements, both in print and electronic media, especially in his home nation.[2][3][4][5][6][8]
- Suril frequently delivers lectures at universities in India on Artificial Intelligence, Computer Vision to inspire research.[10]
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
- ↑ 1.0 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.
- ↑ 2.0 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.
- ↑ 3.0 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.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "He's 11 and an expert software programmer". The Mumbai Newsline. Retrieved 2003-02-19.[permanent dead link]
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 6.0 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.
- ↑ "Get with the Program". Stanford Daily. Retrieved 2010-01-25.[dead link]
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Suril Shah" (PDF). Ahmedabad Mirror. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-02-15. Retrieved 2008-07-20.
- ↑ Shah, Suril. "Motion Stills". Google Research Blog. Google Research. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
- ↑ "Suril Shah from Google Research, USA visits Charusat". Connect Gujarat. Dec 29, 2017. Retrieved 7 May 2018.