Bhubaneswar, Jan. 5 -- A seven-year-old boy from Odisha's Balangir district has added to the pride of the state by clearing five Microsoft Technology Associate (MTA) Examinations.

Class 3 homeschooled student Venkat Raman Patnaik, who also holds enrolment in WhiteHat Jr programme, cleared the examinations for Introduction to Programming in Java, JavaScript, Python, HTML and CSS; and for Database Administration Fundamentals, respectively. After a year of joining the programme, the young boy cleared all five exams and is now a receiver of the globally recognized certificate in technology.

"It's a proud moment for any parent to see their child excel at a skill. For Venkat, it was his love for technology that prompted me to look for coding ...