Rutvik Oza

Rutvik Oza (Gujarati: ઋત્વિક ઓઝા) (born September 27, 1995) is an Indian polymath. He is best known for his work on positional numeral systems and Tower of Hanoi. He is a mathematician, poet and social activist.

Early life
Rutvik Oza was born on September 27, 1995 at Bhavnagar in Gujarat, India, in a middle-class family to Mahesh Oza and Rohini Oza. He was brought up by his parents in Ahmedabad.

Youth
Oza twice won the World Maths Day in India (in 2011 and in 2012) and also became one of the top 20 young mathletes in 2012. His 61st position in the world in March 2011 was the best by any Indian in the 14-18 age group. He, later went on to break his own record to reach the 16th position in March 2012. He also researched on the four-peg Tower of Hanoi problem and proposed a solution to the open problem in mathematics, becoming one of the youngest to do so. He is also one of the five people in the world to solve a problem proposed on Archimedes-lab.org

He is currently the sub-head of World Version 2.0, a non-governmental organization. He was a chief person in the anti-smoking campaign carried out by the organization.

He also raised his voice against the controversial arrest of two Indian women after the death of Bal Thackeray. He was even criticized for comparing political strikes with the act of posing nude for satisfying one's demands, in an article for the same.

He is also known for his disputable essay "Tryst with God" stating that the Britishers during the time of Indian freedom movement were cruel and atrocious. He is also a notable poet in Gujarati. He has also written award-winning poems in English like "Dark Divine" and "Me or You".

Personal life
Oza suffers from mental health issues like dyslexia and autism.