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00:00I'm Ishwari Kataria. Hi, I'm Trupti. Okay, so we are Cotillier parents. So just want
00:15to share a little bit about his journey. To start with, I think when he was around five
00:21and a half, before that, he's a really good reader. His mom taught him, you know, phonics.
00:30Yeah, he started reading quite early. Before he started school, he was reading fluently
00:35and almost everything, any book you give him, he will read. So that's his strength. And
00:41so, you know, so he was keep asking about more and more books. So we used to give him
00:48lots of books. At the age of around five and a half, luckily, I bought some books related
00:53to mathematics, computing, and he liked it so much. He just finished it in, you know,
00:57in one day or two days. He asked about more that kind of books. So I know I purchased,
01:03I keep purchasing more and more books. He got, you know, access of the laptop as well
01:08and COVID happened. Because of the COVID, he got lots of time at the home. So he keep
01:15exploring lots of books, YouTube video about computing, mathematics, and lots of technology
01:21stuff about artificial intelligence and all this thing. That's where actually, that's
01:27where he got lots of knowledge on this because of that COVID free time he get.
01:32Yeah, he used to finish his schoolwork very quickly and he had rest of the day to explore
01:37whatever he likes.
01:38He's on his first year of the pirate training program, which is a bit like prison, but the
01:46boys are armed and the food is truly disgusting. Vikings are terrors of the seas, the scourge
01:53of civilization, great barbarian warriors of the north.
01:59I think within a six or eight month, he finished all the mathematics from year two to year
02:0511, sorry, year 10 or something in six months or something by using all the online free
02:14material available over the internet. So that's where he got all this thing and computing
02:19as well. He got this Guinness World Record for the English computer programmer at the
02:24age of six. That title is discontinued now, but he hold it last when he was around six.
02:31After that, actually he studied about artificially and he took some course from the IBM free
02:38again and he's certified artificially and professionally as well, IBM certified.
02:45Right now, he just finished his GCSE mathematics as well. He got top grade nine in GCSE mathematics
02:55even though he's in year three as well. Actually in school, his school was very supportive in
03:04mathematics. He used to take a mathematics lesson along with year 10, 11 and 12 students.
03:15So that's what it is. In computing, he's exploring by himself. He's taking mentorship from some guy
03:24and who's helping him when he's stuck with some problem, but mostly he's just
03:30exploring by himself in computing. This year, he got an invitation from
03:38Prime Minister of his UAE to speak into World Government Summit Dubai, where he spoke in front
03:46of around five, 600 world leaders, delegates, and he spoke about how we become programmers so young,
03:54government around the world can help and support young talent like himself.
04:00And that was really an amazing experience for him.
04:12Other than computing, he's good. He does a lot. He's like a normal kid.
04:18He likes playing outside, like cycling, swimming. He loves to play football with his friends.
04:27So he's a normal kid. He just loves what he does. When he's doing cycling, he forgets
04:35what is in front of him. Whatever he does, he does. He's fully focused on that.
04:39He broke lots of things at home. He's so mischievous. He broke the door. He broke the TV.
04:45So he broke a laptop. Because he was so focused into playing something,
04:52he doesn't remember that it's going to happen. So he's just normal.