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{{infobox | {{Short description|Indian mathematician and human calculator (born 2023)}} | ||
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| awards = Gold Medalist, Mental Calculation World Championship, [[Mind Sports Olympiad]], [[Limca Book of Records]] 2015, 2016 and India's Youth Icon 2020 | | awards = Gold Medalist, Mental Calculation World Championship, [[Mind Sports Olympiad]], [[Limca Book of Records]] 2015, 2016 and India's Youth Icon 2020 | ||
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'''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".<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-08-24|title=Aged 20 and the fastest human calculator in the world|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/amp/newsbeat-53894352|access-date=2020-08-24|website=BBC|language=en-US}}</ref> He won gold in the 2020 Mental Calculation World Championship at [[Mind Sports Olympiad]] 2020. He also holds 50 [[Limca Book of Records|Limca records]] for his mathematical calculations.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-08-25|title=20-year old Hyderabad boy breaks Shakuntala Devi’s record; becomes fastest human calculator|url=https://www.financialexpress.com/lifestyle/20-year-old-hyderabad-boy-breaks-shakuntala-devis-record-becomes-fastest-human-calculator/2064585/|access-date=2020-08-25|website=The Financial Express|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Pandey|first=Manish|date=2020-08-24|title=Meet the world's fastest human calculator|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-53894352|access-date=2020-08-25}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Pandey|first=Ashish|date=25 August 2020|title=Indian Maths prodigy Neelakantha Bhanu becomes the fastest human calculator in world|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/education-today/news/story/indian-maths-prodigy-neelakantha-bhanu-becomes-the-fastest-human-calculator-in-world-1714803-2020-08-25|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-08-25|website=India Today|language=en}}</ref> | |||
'''Neelakantha Bhanu Prakash''' (born 13 October 1999 | |||
He is the founder of 'Exploring Infinities', a math education | He is the founder of 'Exploring Infinities', a math education startup that is on its way to make brain training a popular culture and eradicate math phobia globally. | ||
== Early life == | |||
Neelakantha Bhanu was born to Srinivas Jonnalagadda and Hema Siva Parvathi in Eluru. In 2005, at the age of five, he met with a head injury that rendered him bedridden for an entire year when he picked up math and calculations.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-09-02|title=How a child with a fractured skull grew up to become the 'world's fastest human calculator'|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2020/09/01/world/fastest-human-calculator-intl-scil-hnk/index.html|access-date=2020-09-02|website=CNN World|language=en-US}}</ref> A mathematical whiz kid from early childhood, since 5 years of age when he enrolled started competing in several competitions. Neelakantha Bhanu Prakash, a mathematics graduate has bagged many gold medals and has world records for fast arithmetic calculations. He has also won the International Abacus Champion'13 and National Abacus Champion '11 & '12, and Math Genius Award in 2015. He completed his schooling at Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan's Public School (Vidyashram) Hyderabad. He graduated from [[St. Stephen's College, Delhi]] in 2020 with a BSc Honours degree in Mathematics.{{Citation needed|date=June 2021}} He has also been a speaker at several TED talks. | |||
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Neelakantha Bhanu Prakash | |
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| File:Picture of Neelakantha Bhanu Prakash breaking the World Records.jpg | |
| Born | October 13, 1999 India |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Other names | Fastest Human Calculator |
| Education | St. Stephen's College, Delhi (BSc Honours, Mathematics, 2020) |
| Awards | Gold Medalist, Mental Calculation World Championship, Mind Sports Olympiad, Limca Book of Records 2015, 2016 and India's Youth Icon 2020 |
| Website | neelakanthabhanu |
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 is the founder of 'Exploring Infinities', a math education startup that is on its way to make brain training a popular culture and eradicate math phobia globally.
Early life[edit | edit source]
Neelakantha Bhanu was born to Srinivas Jonnalagadda and Hema Siva Parvathi in Eluru. In 2005, at the age of five, he met with a head injury that rendered him bedridden for an entire year when he picked up math and calculations.[5] A mathematical whiz kid from early childhood, since 5 years of age when he enrolled started competing in several competitions. Neelakantha Bhanu Prakash, a mathematics graduate has bagged many gold medals and has world records for fast arithmetic calculations. He has also won the International Abacus Champion'13 and National Abacus Champion '11 & '12, and Math Genius Award in 2015. He completed his schooling at Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan's Public School (Vidyashram) Hyderabad. He graduated from St. Stephen's College, Delhi in 2020 with a BSc Honours degree in Mathematics.[citation needed] He has also been a speaker at several TED talks.
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "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.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "How a child with a fractured skull grew up to become the 'world's fastest human calculator'". CNN World. 2020-09-02. Retrieved 2020-09-02.
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