Ganesh Sittampalam was the youngest person to pass an A-level in 1988 when he was nine years and four months old. However this feat has since been surpassed by a number of other children.
(The A-level is a British examination typically taken at age 18.)
He graduated in July 1992 when he was aged 13.[1]
He is the son of Dr. Arjuna Sittampalam and grandson of Mr. Cathiravelu Sittampalam who was the first Cabinet Minister of Posts and Telecommunications in independent Ceylon (now Sri Lanka).
