Amit Garg

Dr Amit Garg
Born Amit Garg
India
Nationality India
Title World Record March 2012 (Mental Division)
Mind Sports Olympiad 2012 (Mental Calculation World Championship,Silver Medal)
Mental Calculation World Cup 2012 (6th place Most Versatile Calculator)

Dr Amit Garg is an Indian mathematician and mental calculator working as Chief Scientist in Bengaluru, India.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10] He is founder and Chief Scientist of ORMAE, a small scale company focusing on developing cutting edge algorithms for Operations Research, Machine learning and Analytics. [11]

On 15 March 2012, he broke the mental calculation world record of completing ten tasks to "divide a 10-digit number by a 5-digit number" in a record time of 5:45 minutes without any errors.[12][13][14][15][16][17] These tasks were constructed by a program provided by Dr Ralf Laue[18] such that there are no remainders. The previous record holder was Willem Bouman from the Netherlands with a time of 6:07 minutes.[12][17][19] This world record was accepted by Guinness World Records 2014, Ripley's Believe It or Not! 2014, The book of Alternative records, UK,[13][17] Recordholder organisation,[12] Limca Book of World Records,[2] India book of Records, Unique World Records[9] and RecordSetter.[20] As a world record holder in mental calculation, Ralf Laue confirmed him as participant in the 5th Mental Calculation World Cup 2012 to be conducted at Germany.[1]

On 22 August 2012, he won the silver medal in the Mental Calculation competition at the annually conducted Mind Sports Olympiad in London (UK). He was the first Indian to receive any of the medals in this category since the inception of this event in 1997. [21][22][23][24] Mental Calculation World Cup has standard and surprise category. On 1 October 2012, he received a sixth rank in the "most versatile calculator" category based on his performance in surprise tasks at the fifth Mental Calculation World Cup in Germany.[25][26] He secured a 10th place in the overall ranking based on combination of standard and surprise tasks.

References

  1. 1 2 "Haryana boy creates world record in mental division". The Tribune. 24 April 2012.
  2. 1 2 "A genius who divides and rules". The Hindu. 15 May 2012.
  3. ↑ "Haryana is proud of them" (PDF). Haryana samvad. 30 June 2012. Retrieved 11 October 2012.
  4. ↑ "IIT topper breaks world record in mathematics". Andhrawishesh.com. 15 May 2012.
  5. ↑ "New record in maths calculation set". IBN Live. 16 May 2012.
  6. ↑ "Haryana's son breaks record". Times of India plus. 8 June 2012.
  7. ↑ "India's great thinkers". earth sharing, new york. Feb 2015.
  8. ↑ "Fastest Mental Divisions". Unique world records. 16 May 2012.
  9. 1 2 "State genius breaks math world record in US". Daily Post. 1 June 2012.
  10. ↑ "'करिश्माई' गणितज्ञ हैं हरियाणा के डा. अमित गर्ग". दैनिक ट्रिब्यून (in Hindi). 23 April 2012.
  11. ↑ "Founder and Chief Scientist of ORMAE". 5 June 2016.
  12. 1 2 3 Laue, Ralf. "Memory and Mental Calculation World Records – Mental Calculation : Division". http://www.memoriad.com/committee.asp. Retrieved 31 March 2012. External link in |publisher= (help)
  13. 1 2 Laue, Ralf. "Mental Calculation : Division". The Book of Alternative Records. Retrieved 7 April 2012.
  14. ↑ "अमेरिका में लहराया नोएडा का परचम". नवभारत टाइम्स. http://navbharattimes.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 23 April 2012. External link in |publisher= (help)
  15. ↑ "नोएडा के लाल ने तोड़ा कैलकुलेशन का रिकॉर्ड". Dainik Jagran. Retrieved 23 April 2012.
  16. ↑ "दिमाग से दी गणित को मात और किया देश का नाम". Dainik Jagran (in Hindi). Retrieved 23 April 2012.
  17. 1 2 3 Laue, Ralf (31 March 2012). "New Division World Record Announcement". http://www.memoriad.com/committee.asp. Retrieved 31 March 2012. External link in |publisher= (help)
  18. ↑ Laue, Dr Ralf (31 March 2012). "The Book of Alternative Records Author, Mental Calculation world cup organizer and Memoriad Co-Chairman". Retrieved 31 March 2012.
  19. ↑ "कैलकुलेटर से भी तेज गुना भाग करते हैं अमित". Dainik Hindustan. 24 April 2012.
  20. ↑ "Mental Calculation World Record Video at RecordSetter". RecordSetter. 19 March 2012. Retrieved 19 March 2012.
  21. ↑ "Dr Amit Garg To Compete in Mental Calculation World Championship". Theindiapost. 20 August 2012. Retrieved 20 August 2012.
  22. ↑ "Set to take on the mental mettle". Time of India Haryana plus. 24 August 2012.
  23. ↑ "Rohtak maths wizard wins silver medal in UK". The tribune. 3 September 2012. Retrieved 3 September 2012.
  24. ↑ "Haryana's Maths Wizard gets Silver Medal in World Championship". United News India. 30 August 2012. Retrieved 30 August 2012.
  25. ↑ "Rohtak Man to Calculate for Glory". Hindustan Times. 28 September 2012.
  26. ↑ "अमित गर्ग बने विश्व के छठे सबसे प्रतिभाशाली केल्कुलेटर". Dainik Tribune (in Hindi). 11 October 2012. Retrieved 11 October 2012.


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