Standing ovation for wheelchair wonder
By Bonnie James
ONLY one graduate received a standing ovation yesterday at the inaugural graduation of Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar.
The student honoured was Anirban Lahiri, an Indian who fulfilled his ambition to study computer science at a Western university despite being confined to a wheelchair due to spinal muscular atrophy (Kugelberg disease) for several years.
Led by HH the Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, the entire audience stood up applauding when CMUQ dean Charles E Thorpe came down from the stage to present the Bachelor of Science diploma to Anirban.
By Bonnie James
ONLY one graduate received a standing ovation yesterday at the inaugural graduation of Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar.
The student honoured was Anirban Lahiri, an Indian who fulfilled his ambition to study computer science at a Western university despite being confined to a wheelchair due to spinal muscular atrophy (Kugelberg disease) for several years.
Led by HH the Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, the entire audience stood up applauding when CMUQ dean Charles E Thorpe came down from the stage to present the Bachelor of Science diploma to Anirban.
No comments:
Post a Comment