Ganesh Sittampalam
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Ganesh Sittampalam was the youngest person to pass an A-level in 1988 when he was nine years and four months old. However this feat has since been surpassed by a number of other children.
(The A-level is a British examination typically taken at age 18.)
He graduated
in July 1992 when he was aged 13.
He is the son of Dr. Arjuna Sittampalam
and grandson of Mr. Cathiravelu Sittampalam who was the first Cabinet Minister of Posts and Telecommunications in independent Ceylon (now Sri Lanka
).
(The A-level is a British examination typically taken at age 18.)
He graduated
Graduation
Graduation is the action of receiving or conferring an academic degree or the ceremony that is sometimes associated, where students become Graduates. Before the graduation, candidates are referred to as Graduands. The date of graduation is often called degree day. The graduation itself is also...
in July 1992 when he was aged 13.
He is the son of Dr. Arjuna Sittampalam
Arjuna Sittampalam
Arjuna Sittampalam is a financier in the United Kingdom. He is recently appointed as Research Associate at the EDHEC Risk and Asset Management Research Centre....
and grandson of Mr. Cathiravelu Sittampalam who was the first Cabinet Minister of Posts and Telecommunications in independent Ceylon (now Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Known until 1972 as Ceylon , Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the...
).