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Venkaiah Naidu lauds Neelakantha Bhanu Prakash who won ‘world’s fastest human calculator’ title

Neelakantha Bhanu Prakash. (Source: Special arrangement)

Vice-President M. Venkaiah Naidu on August 26 praised Neelakantha Bhanu Prakash for winning the “world’s fastest human calculator” title.

Mr. 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.

Mr. Prakash (20), is from Hyderabad.

“He has done India proud. My best wishes to him for all future endeavours,” the Vice-President Secretariat tweeted quoting Mr. Naidu.

The tweet was posted with the hashtag ‘Human Calculator’.

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