Delhi University's Neelakanta Bhanu Prakash wins 'World's Fastest Human Calculator' title at age 21
21-year-old Neelakanta Bhanu Prakash of Hyderabad has emerged as the fastest human calculator in the world after winning the first-ever gold for India in Mental Calculation World Championship at Mind Sports Olympiad (MSO) held in London recently.
As per reports, this is not the first time Bhanu Prakash has won a title. Neelakanta, a student of Mathematics Honors at Delhi University's St Stephen College holds world records and 50 Limca records for being the "fastest human calculator."
The event was held virtually with 30 participants between the age group of 13 and 50 years, from 13 countries which included the UK, Germany, UAE, France, Greece and Lebanon. According to reports, Prakash had enrolled himself for SIP Abacus program at the at the age of five and completed nine levels of Abacus, a Grand Master program offered by SIP academy. He went on to win the international Abacus Champion '13 National Abacus Champion 2011 and 2012.
“This is the first time India won a gold medal in this event,” exclaims Neelakantha who holds four World Records for being the ‘Fastest Human Calculator in the World’.
He has also broken the records which were once held by famous Scott Flansburg and Shakuntala Devi. During the Mind Sports Olympics (MSO), London 2020, judges were so surprised that they required him to perform a few extra questions to verify that this was done properly, reports The New Indian Express. With a recent tie-up as the official Math Education partner with the T-SAT Network and the Government of Telangana, EI led by Bhanu has launched sessions and classes that are reaching out to lakhs of students through Satellite Broadcast on two cable channels – Nipuna and Vidya at 10:30 am and 4:30 pm everyday.
He had also bagged other world records including 'Power Multiplication Record' and 'The Super Subtraction Record'. Prakash has launched a startup by the name 'Exploring Infinities'. The aim of the startup is to make government school students mathematical geniuses.
