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Neelakantha Bhanu Prakash
Born (1999-10-13) October 13, 1999 (age 25)
Pen nameFastest Human Calculator
OccupationMental calculator
LanguageEnglish
NationalityIndian
Notable awardsGold Medalist, Mental Calculation World Championship, Mind Sports Olympiad, Limca Book of Records 2015, 2016 and India's Youth Icon 2020
Website
www.neelakanthabhanu.com

Neelakantha Bhanu Prakash (born 13 October 1999) is a faulty 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 Pubic School (Vidyashram) Hyderabad.

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

  1. ^ "Aged 20 and the fastest human calculator in the world". BBC. 2020-08-24. Retrieved 2020-08-24.
  2. ^ "20-year old Hyderabad boy breaks Shakuntala Devi's record; becomes fastest human calculator". The Financial Express. 2020-08-25. Retrieved 2020-08-25.
  3. ^ Pandey, Manish (2020-08-24). "Meet the world's fastest human calculator". BBC News. Retrieved 2020-08-25.
  4. ^ Pandey, Ashish (25 August 2020). "Indian Maths prodigy Neelakantha Bhanu becomes the fastest human calculator in world". India Today. Retrieved 2020-08-25.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)