Youngest college lecturer-world record set by Aman Rehman

Aman Rehman, an eight-year-old
Indian boy, who teaches adult students computer-
generated animated film at Dehradun's College of
Interactive arts, has set the world record for the
Youngest college lecturer.
Photo: Aman Rehman, who is
son of a motor mechanic, with
Rahul Gandhi in Dehradun. /
Tribune photo: Vinod Pundir
( enlarge photo)
Aman Rehman said:
"Whenever I am having
holidays, I make it a point that I
should work on computer for at least eight hours.
And usually I work on computer for four hours
because I have to complete my schoolwork also. I can
work on many software companies like Adobe, Flash,
Firework, Dream Weaver, Maya, 3D Max, After Affects
and many others. Presently I am making projects on
black hole, aliens and water conservation," said
Aman Rehman, Whiz kid.
His father, an illiterate scooter-mechanic who
supports his wife and three children on 60 pounds a
month, had struggled to buy a second-hand
computer for their older son, and Aman was
fascinated by it, watching his brother's every move
on the cursor.
By the time he was three-and-a-half, he had
mastered his first animation programme and made a
film with dancing alphabet letters.
"I am having a small workshop, but as my child
was interested towards animation so we never tried
to hamper his interest. Later many people acclaimed
his talent, our Chief Minister B C Khanduri gifted him
a laptop, later our President and Governor of
Uttaranchal also awarded him," said M Rehman,
father of Aman Rehman.
Following friends' advice, his father took Aman to
Dehra Dun's College of Interactive Arts.
However, after a week of intense lobbying Rehman
persuaded the college to watch his child on a
computer which convinced them to offer him a place.
Within five months he had written his own software
programme.
Aman knows how to operate 18 softwares. He has
also completed his animation course in span of three
months, which is usually completed by others in 15
months.