15-Yr-Old Indian American Graduates As Engineer, Set to Pursue PhD

Tanishq Abraham graduated from the University of California, Davis, with the highest honours.

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A 15-year-old Indian-American child prodigy achieved 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 summa cum laude (the highest honours).

Of course I feel very happy, very excited, and I’m very proud of my accomplishments.

Tanishq was quoted as saying by the 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 to 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.

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.