Ahmedabad: City lad Anmol Bhow is a wiz in calculating complex arithmetic problems.
At 12, Bhow has earned the title of math wizard'. He is the youngest person from Gujarat to be featured in human skills section of 25th edition of Limca Book of Records, 2009.
The record book is one-of-its-kind in the country, featuring unbelievable feats, astonishing records and achievers flung far and wide in different fields sports, government, business, science, communication, arts and others.
Anmol loves to play with numbers. He says, "It is exciting to solve complex arithmetic problems in seconds. I enjoy doing mental mathematics." He has also represented the country in international competitions has won numerous trophies at international platforms, two years in a row.
Son of city-based businessman Setu and homemaker Priti Bhow, Anmol is a student of Delhi Public School, Bopal. He has represented India in Aloha International Mental Arithmetic at competitions held in China and Malaysia.
His mother Priti says, "He has shown inclination for mathematics at a young age and is getting better in solving the problems with time."
Like many children, Anmol Bhow had a phobia of maths. But today, numbers are his best friends. Anmol also participated in a television reality show, where he created the record of doing 50 additions in three minutes. He can solve complex maths problems orally, like the square root of 20 three-digit numbers, addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.
Anmol says, "It is nice feeling to find a place in the Limca Book of Records but it also gives a responsibility that I have to continuously raise the bar for myself."
However, his favourite subject remains English and wants to pursue a career in field of pure sciences.