Hyderabad’s 76-year-old scholar earns PhD

At an age where people prefer to sit back and spend time with grandkids, here is a 76-year old person who successfully earned himself a PhD degree.

For successfully completing his PhD course work, Mohammed Ismail has been awarded a PhD degree in Hindi by Dr. BR Ambedkar Open University (BRAOU) during its 25th convocation here on Thursday.

Speaking to



‘Telangana Today’, Ismail, a resident of Miryalaguda, said he wanted to set an example to present generation students, who were not keen on pursuing higher education.

“I wanted to show that age is just a number. I joined the PhD Hindi in 2018 and successfully completed it. It helped me acquire a lot of knowledge,” said Ismail, adding that he pursued MPhil and PG in Hindi in 1984.