Student Today / Arfa Karim Randhawa

Happy Birthday Arfa Karim, You live in our hearts ! Feb 2,2012

Arfa Karim Randhawa (2 February 1995 – 14 January 2012) was a Pakistani student and computer prodigy, who in 2004 at the age of nine years became Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP),the youngest in the world until 2008.She was invited by Bill Gates to visit the Microsoft Headquarters in the USA.A science park in Lahore was named after her, the Arfa Software Technology Park.

Arfa Karim has represented Pakistan on various international forums, and was invited by the Pakistan Information Technology Professionals Forum for a stay of two weeks in Dubai. A dinner reception was hosted for her there, which was attended by the dignitaries of Dubai including the Ambassador of Pakistan. During that trip, Arfa was presented with various awards and gifts including a laptop.In November 2006, Arfa attended the Tech-Ed Developers conference themed Get ahead of the game held in Barcelona on an invitation from Microsoft. She was the only Pakistani among over 5000 developers in that conference.

Arfa at the age of 16 from complications following an epileptic seizure and cardiac arrest