Double scholarship for Hamilton student

Hamilton Boys High student Siva Manoharan starts at the University of Waikato next year well ahead financially. He is the recipient of not one but two scholarships from the School of Computing and Mathematical Sciences – one for computer science and one for maths.

The scholarships will take care of his fees for the first two years of his studies towards a four-year Bachelor of Computing and Mathematical Sciences, with a double major in the two subjects.

Mr Manoharan says he’s interested in programming in general, and is aiming for a career as a software developer.

“I decided to study at Waikato because it’s the best for computer science, and I’m particularly interested in artificial intelligence.”

Mr Manoharan isn’t planning on doing too much relaxing over the summer.

“I normally spend my holidays studying programming, either from internet tutorials or books,” he says.