Arfa Karim

Arfa Karim
ارفع کریم
Photograph of Arfa Karim standing next to a golden Microsoft company logo on the wall of Microsoft's headquarters in Redmond, Washington, United States
Karim c. 2005
Born
Arfa Abdul Karim Randhawa

(1995-02-02)2 February 1995
Faisalabad, Pakistan
Died14 January 2012(2012-01-14) (aged 16)
Combined Military Hospital Lahore, Pakistan
Cause of deathCardiac arrest due to epileptic seizure
Resting placeRam Diwali, Faisalabad
Alma materLahore Grammar School
Known forWorld's youngest Microsoft Certified Professional, 2004–2008[1][2]
Awards

Arfa Abdul Karim Randhawa (Urdu: ارفع کریم رندھاوا‎, Punjabi: ارفع کریم رندھاوا‎; 2 February 1995 – 14 January 2012) was a Pakistani student and computer prodigy who became the youngest Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) in 2004. She was submitted to the Guinness Book of World Records for her achievement.[3] Arfa kept the title until 2008 and went on to represent Pakistan on various international forums, including the TechEd Developers Conference. She received Pakistan's highest literary award, the Presidential Pride of Performance from General Pervez Musharraf in 2005. A science park in Lahore, the Arfa Software Technology Park, is named in her honour.[4][5][6][7] At the age of 10, Arfa was invited by Bill Gates to visit Microsoft's headquarters in the United States.[8] She died in 2012, aged 16, from a cardiac arrest.

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