Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Wednesday praised Neelakantha Bhanu Prakash for winning the 'World's Fastest Human Calculator' title. Prakash clinched the first-ever gold for India in the Mental Calculation World Championship at Mind Sports Olympiad held in London recently, the vice president noted. Prakash (20), is from Hyderabad.

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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."

Here is everything you need to know about World's Fastest Human Calculator Neelakantha Bhanu Prakash:-

-Hyderabad's 20-year-old math prodigy Neelakantha Bhanu Prakash Jonnalagadda holds the fastest human calculator in the world record

-He won the gold medal at the Mind Sports Olympiad (MSO) in London.

-He is pursuing Mathematics (Hons.) at St. Stephens College in New Delhi, beat 29 competitors, up to 57 years of age, from 13 countries, to emerge the winner in the Mental Calculation World Championship20 at London on August 15.

-The MSO is the most prestigious international competition for games of mental skill and mind sports held annually and equivalent to any other Olympic event in the realm of physical sports and he was the first Indian to bag the gold medal in the event.

-According to the MSO website, it is an international event with over 60 different board game competitions ranging from classics like Chess, Scrabble and unique events including over a dozen world championships such as Memory, Mental Calculations and Creative Thinking.

-Known as Bhanu, the maths prodigy said he holds four records for being the "fastest human calculator in the world", having eclipsed records which were once held by highly acclaimed mathematicians.
-According to him, the judges, who were fascinated by his speed, asked him to perform more calculations to confirm his accuracy, which he proved with elan. Bhanu, who did his schooling here, said the Olympic Gold medal win in Mental Math and Mind Sports should be recognised by the Central government.

-On his future plans, the youth, whose parents own a small scale food manufacturing enterprise, said he wanted to eradicate maths phobia prevalent among students, mainly in the rural and underprivileged communities.