98-Year-Old Man Clears MA Economics Exam In Bihar
98-Year-Old Raj Kumar Vaishya Clears MA In Economics: A 98-year-old man passed the MA (economics) examination from Patna's Nalanda Open University (NOU) with a second division.
Raj Kumar Vaishya graduated in 1938, here’s what he said, "Finally, I have fulfilled my long cherished dream. Now I am a postgraduate. I decided to prove two years ago that even at this age, one can fulfil their dreams and achieve anything. I am an example".
Raj Kumar Vaishya added, defeat should never be accepted the youth of our country must know.
"I want to tell them not to get upset and depressed. 'Mauka aur avsar har wakt rehta hai, kewal khud pe vishwas hona chahiye' (There will be always be opportunities for those who believe in themselves)," he said.
According to NOU officials, Mr Vaishya was so determined to get a postgraduate degree that he sat for a three-hour MA first year examination in 2016 and the final year exam in 2017 along with students younger than his grandchildren.
Raj Kumar Vaishya was recognised earlier this year by the Limca Book of Records as the oldest man to apply for a postgraduate degree. "The idea was not to get a degree but to study economics. There are many PhD students who have superfluous knowledge," he said.
"I failed to pursue a postgraduate programme at that time due to family responsibilities," he recalled.
Raj Kumar Vaishya lives with his son Santosh Kumar in Rajendra Nagar Colony, a posh society in Patna. He has been living here for almost a decade after his wife's death.
He lived with his wife earlier in Bareilly and shifted to Patna because there was no one to look after him.
-PTC News
