Neelakanta Bhanu Prakash, a 21-year-old boy from Hyderabad has been declared the fastest human calculator in the world after winning first-ever gold for India in Mental Calculation World Championship at Mind Sports Olympiad (MSO). He broke the record of Shakuntala Devi.
Taking to Twitter, Vice President of India said, “Compliments to Neelakantha Bhanu Prakash for winning the “world’s fastest human calculator” title & clinching the first-ever gold for India in the Mental Calculation World Championship at Mind Sports Olympiad held in London recently. #HumanCalculator.” Naidu added, “He has done India proud. My best wishes to him for all future endeavours.”
Compliments to Neelakantha Bhanu Prakash for winning the “world’s fastest human calculator” title & clinching the first-ever gold for India in the Mental Calculation World Championship at Mind Sports Olympiad held in London recently. #HumanCalculator pic.twitter.com/pGPgpZlHS6
— Vice President of India (@VPSecretariat) August 26, 2020
Bhanu Prakash is a student of Mathematics (Hons) at Delhi University’s St Stephen College and holds 4 world records along with 50 Limca records for being the fastest human calculator in the world.
“Beating 29 competitors, up to 57 years of age, from 13 countries, I won the gold medal with a clear margin of 65 points. The judges were spellbound by my speed; they required me to perform more calculations to confirm my accuracy,” Bhanu Prakash told ANI.
“I won a gold medal for India at the MSO, London 2020 held on August 15. This is the first time that India has won a gold medal. The MSO is the most prestigious international competition for games of mental skill and mind sports which is held in London every year. This is equivalent to any other Olympic event in the realm of physical sports,” he added.
Bhanu Prakash said he aims to create “VISION Math” labs and reach out to millions of children to make them start loving maths.
“My vision is to create math labs, reach out to millions of children, under what I call to make them start loving math and arithmetic calculations. Three out of every four students who study in the government schools of India have trouble in understanding basic Mathematics. The phobia caused by math and the demotivation is the number two cause for kids opting out of the rural schools in India.” he said.
Notably, MSO, London was held virtually on August 15 and is deemed to the most prestigious international competition for games of mental skill and mind sports. Neelakanta won a gold medal for India at the MSO.
