Subedar Major K Paramasivam (Retd), a 62-year-old ex-serviceman has taken admission at a polytechnic college in Puducherry to pursue technical education. He has joined the Motilal Nehru Government Polytechnic College, Puducherry as he was unable to finish his education post-school due to his family’s financial condition.

“I could not pursue studies due to family’s financial conditions and joined the Army after completing my school education. I left the Army after 30 years of service. I gradually started studying again. I want to pursue Technical education,” he told news agency ANI.

Major Paramasivam said that he has been trying to get admission to the polytechnic college for several years but was unable to. Hence, this year, he got admission after insisting on the college management. “I spoke with the Principal that I want to take admission here. I could not get in two years back. I applied again this year and they considered me,” he said.

Earlier, a 67-year-old retired Maths teacher from Tamil Nadu, Sankaranarayanan Sankarapandian became the oldest candidate to pass the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) 2021. He took two papers out of the 27 papers and scored 338 in mathematics and 482 in computer science. He now aims to pursue research in the field of augmented reality (AR). To crack the exam, he took only 30 days to brush up on the concepts and exam pattern, he had told News.18.com.

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