Hyderabad mathematician wins Outstanding Young Person of the year award

HYDERABAD: Hyderabad-based Neelakantha Bhanu Prakash Jonnalagadda, the world's fastest human calculator, was awarded with Junior Chamber International (JCI) India' Outstanding Young Person of the year 2022 under the Personal Improvement and/or accomplishment category. The award was presented by JCI India National President Anshu Saraf on December 27 in JCI's National Convention at The Leela Ambience Convention Centre, New Delhi.

After receiving the award, Neelakantha Bhanu said, "It gives me great pleasure to accept this award. I hope that my journey inspires many young minds to do extraordinary work in their respective fields. I would like to extend my gratitude to JCI Vishaka Valley for nominating me for this category."

Mentor of JCI Vishaka Valley K V Rao, said, "I would like to congratulate Mr. Neelakantha Bhanu for winning Outstanding Young Person 2022. It is a moment of pride for all of us that Bhanu has been recognised at the national level. I wish him much more success and to continue inspiring the youth of our country with his extraordinary achievements."

Neelakantha Bhanu, also known as the "the Usain Bolt of Mathematics," became the first Indian to win a gold medal at the Mind Sports Olympiad in the United Kingdom in 2020. He became the World's Fastest Human Calculator at the age of 17 and broke the records of Shakuntala Devi. Neelakantha Bhanu Prakash is also the founder and CEO of Bhanzu, a Hyderabad-based startup that aims to eradicate global math phobia.