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{{Infobox person
| name = Dr Amit Garg
| nationality = [[India]]
| birth_name = Amit Garg
| image = VT4B0808.jpg
| caption = Dr Amit Garg
| birth_place = India
| title = [[World Record]] March 2012 (Mental Division) <br>[[Mind Sports Olympiad]] 2012 (Mental Calculation World Championship, Silver Medal) <br>[[Mental Calculation World Cup]] 2012 (6th place Most Versatile Calculator)
}}

Dr '''Amit Garg''' is an Indian [[mathematician]] and [[mental calculator]].<ref name="es">{{cite news
| title = India's great thinkers
| url = http://earthsharing.org/the-global-vacuum-cleaner-how-we-suck-the-wealth-out-of-poor-nations/
| newspaper = earth sharing, new york
| date = February 2015
}}</ref><ref name="tribune">{{cite news
| title = Haryana boy creates world record in mental division
| url = http://www.tribuneindia.com/2012/20120424/main4.htm
| newspaper =The Tribune
| date = 24 April 2012
}}</ref><ref name="hindu">{{cite news
| title = A genius who divides and rules
| url = http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/article3419905.ece
| newspaper =The Hindu
| date = 15 May 2012
}}</ref>
<ref name="HaryanaS">{{cite news
| title = Haryana is proud of them
| url = http://haryanasamvad.gov.in/store/document/HR_Review_June_2012.pdf
| newspaper = Haryana samvad
| date = 30 June 2012
| access-date = 11 October 2012
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141106004207/http://haryanasamvad.gov.in/store/document/HR_Review_June_2012.pdf
| archive-date = 6 November 2014
| url-status = dead
}}</ref> He currently works as founder and Chief Scientist at ORMAE,<ref name="ormae">{{cite news
| title = Founder & Chief Scientist, ORMAE
| url = http://www.ormae.com/about-us/
}}</ref> a firm registered in USA, UAE & India which engages in building innovative products, consulting and training in [[Operations Research]] and [[Data Science]].

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.<ref name="hindu"/> These tasks were constructed by a program provided by Dr Ralf Laue, author of the Book of Alternative Records and Chairman of [[Mental Calculation World Cup]], such that there are no remainders. The previous record holder was Willem Bouman from the Netherlands with a time of 6:07 minutes. This world record was accepted at [[Guinness World Records]], [[Limca Book of World Records]] and UK's Book of Alternative Records. 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.<ref name="tribune"/>

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.<ref name="IPTr">{{cite news
| title = Rohtak maths wizard wins silver medal in UK
| url = http://www.tribuneindia.com/2012/20120904/harplus.htm#5
| newspaper = The tribune
| date = 3 September 2012
| access-date = 3 September 2012
}}</ref> 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. He secured a 10th place in the overall ranking based on combination of standard and surprise tasks.

On 5 December 2017, he astonished students at [[Middlesex University]], Dubai using his mathematical feats and spoke on impact of applied mathematics in different industries.<ref name="gulf">{{cite news
| title = Maths Genius trumps Computers in Dubai
| url = http://gulfnews.com/news/uae/education/maths-genius-trumps-computers-in-dubai-1.2138761
| newspaper = Gulf News
| date = 12 December 2017
| access-date = 12 December 2017
}}</ref><ref name="eda">{{cite news
| title = world renowned math wizard dr amit garg address students at middlesex university
| url =https://www.edarabia.com/world-renowned-math-wizard-dr-amit-garg-address-students-mdx/
| newspaper = edarabia
| date = 12 December 2017
| access-date = 12 December 2017
}}</ref> On 26 February 2018 – 2 March 2018, he exhibited Math Show and business impact of Optimization & Analytics to 500+ students, 100+ educators from 100+ schools as key honored speaker at 5 day science show at Mauritius organized by [[University of Mauritius]] and [[Unesco]].<ref name="maur">{{cite news|url=https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:ugcPost:6377039771935567872|title=Math Genius does math show at University of Mauritius organized by Unesco|date=2 March 2018|newspaper=Mauritius Broadcasting Corporation (MBC)|access-date=2 March 2018}}</ref> On 24 May 2018, he displayed his mathematical feat at [[University of Auckland]], [[Auckland University of Technology]], [[University of Waikato]] and few companies in New Zealand.<ref name="nzh">{{cite news
| title = Maths Genius beats calculator in square root speed test
| url = https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12058604
| newspaper = NZ herald
| date = 29 May 2018
| access-date = 29 May 2018
}}</ref>
<ref name="MZ">{{cite news
| title = Mathematician from Haryana -- Amit Garg
| url = https://mathspearl.blogspot.com/2021/08/mathematician-from-haryana-amit-garg.html
| newspaper = Quiz
| date = 1 Aug 2021
| access-date = 1 Aug 2021
}}</ref>

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