City lad selected for PhD by US varsity

Tribune News Service

Amritsar, December 21

Living his dream of working for Google, the city lad, Archit Sharma, has been selected for a PhD programme on artificial intelligence by Stanford University, USA. Talking about his achievement, Archit said, “It is even a bigger dream which has been fulfilled with the encouragement of my parents and the grace of God.”

Born into a family of doctors, Archit had chosen a diverse path for himself and did his BTech electronics from Kanpur. “I always loved mathematics more than biology. Besides, I had seen my parents woke up at 2 am and rush for hospitals to attend emergency cases,” he quipped.

His father, Dr Rakesh Sharma, a professor of surgery at Government Medical College said, “The prevalent societal norms have led to a fixation that every child should become either a doctor or an engineer. But I would have been equally proud, if had gone for music, photography or anything else.” Dr Rakesh said that parents must recognise the one special superpower that their kids have and help him or her pursue the dream. Archit’s mother Dr Seema Sharma is a renowned gynaecologist.

Apart from being an engineer, Archit is also a guitarist and a backpacker traveller. “I have been into music from early childhood and love playing guitar. I also pack my bag whenever I get time and love to explore new destinations,” he said adding that one need not be a bookworm to find a dream job or excel in life. “One needs to learn to love and enjoy the little things in life. One also needs to discover one’s true calling and then should do everything to pursue the selected path,” he said in a message for the young generation.