15-year-old
Tanishq Abraham, graduated from the University of California, Davis with the
highest honours of summa cum laude.
HIGHLIGHTS
- Tanishq Abraham graduated from the University of California
- He made device that measures heart rate of burn patients without touching
- Tanishq Abraham's parents are from Kerala
A 15-year-old
Indian-American child prodigy has reached a milestone in his academic journey
and is all set to start his doctorate after completing his graduation in
biomedical engineering, according to a media report.
Tanishq Abraham,
graduated from the University of California, Davis with the highest honours of
summa cum laude.
"Of course
I feel very happy, very excited, and I'm very proud of my
accomplishments," Tanishq was quoted as saying by FOX40.
"He's got a
lot of passion and we have to keep up with him, pretty much," said his
parents, Taji and Bijou Abraham, hailing from Kerala.
Tanishq has also
designed a device that could measure the heart rate of burn patients without
touching them.
As for the
future, it's back into the lab at Davis for a Ph.D. and eventually medical
school. Tanishq has big dreams of finding solutions to problems, the report
said.
"Yeah, of
course, what everybody likes to say and what I am also interested in is, of
course, cancer and developing new treatments for cancer, more effective
treatments for cancer," he said.
Tanishq has
already been accepted into the University of California, Davis graduate
programme where he plans to get his MD in the next four to five years.
