Surat’s First Child ‘Umar Faruk Patel’ Represents India at ‘International Junior Mental Calculation World Championship’ in Germany

Umar Faruk Patel, the first child of Surat who went to Germany to represent India in the International Junior Mental Calculation World Championship. There he scored 1300 points and made Surat proud.

This competition was held in Germany with a total of 86 kids from 22 different countries were selected. Japan, Algeria, Bulgaria, South Africa, Mexico, Germany, Hungary, Canada to name a few of them.

Total 3 children from Mumbai were selected to participate in the Junior Mental Calculation World Championship 2024, to showcase their exceptional mental calculation skills in the topics including fractions, prime numbers, square roots, cube roots, calendar dates.

Mohmmad Umar, an 8th-grade student of DSB International School, who basically belongs to Adajan Patiya, Surat, but has recently shifted to Lower Parel for studies, has been practicing various tricks of maths sans pen and paper for the last 7 years. Notably, Mohammad Umar is also titled as ‘IBR Achiever’ for completing a trek, along with his mother, to Mount Everest Base camp. To his accolades he has already scaled the heights of well-known Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, Africa. He is the son of Dr. Faruk G. Patel, CMD, KP Group.