Blindness is no roadblock to success: visually-impaired human computer at Udayavani

Basavaraj Umrani from Belgaum is a visually-challenged human computer who did not let his visual impairment be a roadblock to success.

Umrani visited the Udayavani Manipal office and shared his journey. He is known for his astounding mathematical calculation skills as well as his enormous memory.

The 28-year-old is MA, B.Ed. graduate and is currently working in Adarsh ​​Group of Institutes, Bengaluru. Umrani discovered his love for mathematics at the age of eight.

He can do complex additions and multiplications of up to 30 numbers each in seconds.  Also, he can remember the calendar of 100 years and accurately tell the time of the day and the weekday of any date between the years 1900 to 2100.

Basavaraj has been recognized by many celebrities and politicians like Prime Minister Narendra Modi, former President of India Dr APJ Abdul Kalam, Dubai Prince and the list goes on.

Umrani says that he wants to meet people like himself, who are differently abled and bring them into the limelight. His main aim is to help students overcome their fear of maths. He also aims to set a Guinness World Record by turning a maximum number of students into human computers.

Everyone has to aspire to accomplish something new in life. The key to success is being prepared each and every day, he added.