Neelakantha Bhanu Prakash
Neelakantha Bhanu Prakash (born 13 October 1999) is a human calculator from India, and is titled as the "World's Fastest Human Calculator". BBC said "Neelakantha Bhanu Prakash is to math what Usain Bolt is to running".[1] He won gold in the 2020 Mental Calculation World Championship at Mind Sports Olympiad 2020. He also holds 50 Limca records for his mathematical calculations.[2][3][4] He graduated from St. Stephen's College, Delhi in 2020 with a BSc Honours degree in Mathematics. He is an alumnus of Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan's Public School (Vidyashram) Hyderabad.
Neelakantha Bhanu Prakash | |
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| Born | October 13, 1999 |
| Pen name | Fastest Human Calculator |
| Language | English |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Notable awards | Gold Medalist, Mental Calculation World Championship, Mind Sports Olympiad, Limca Book of Records 2015, 2016 and India's Youth Icon 2020 |
| Website | |
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He is the founder of 'Exploring Infinities', a math education start up that is on its way to make brain training a popular culture and eradicate math phobia globally.
References
- "Aged 20 and the fastest human calculator in the world". BBC. 2020-08-24. Retrieved 2020-08-24.
- "20-year old Hyderabad boy breaks Shakuntala Devi's record; becomes fastest human calculator". The Financial Express. 2020-08-25. Retrieved 2020-08-25.
- Pandey, Manish (2020-08-24). "Meet the world's fastest human calculator". BBC News. Retrieved 2020-08-25.
- Pandey, Ashish (25 August 2020). "Indian Maths prodigy Neelakantha Bhanu becomes the fastest human calculator in world". India Today. Retrieved 2020-08-25.
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