Seventeen-year-old Algote Devender is a speed typist and wishes to be enlisted in the India Book of Records and also Guinness Book of World Records for his capabilities . Nurturing the dream, he has been very focussed ever since he was in high school.
Belonging to a backward fishermen community with poor financial background, Devender struggled a lot to get a seat in the IIIT Basar. Since he had passed with distinction in SSC with 8.7 points from the ZP High School, Vannel (B) in Balkonda mandal, he could get a free seat in the premier technical institution.
Being in B.Tech I year, Devender practices typing on his laptop whenever he gets leisure time at the institution. He types the English alphabet within just 2.05 seconds, which is a record time as per the established records in India Book of Records. He finishes typing A to Z at an amazing speed. He says the minimum time for typing A to Z so far registered in the India Book of Records is 2.14 seconds and he wants to break that record soon.
He is going to apply online for the slot in the prestigious record book in a day or two. Asked about his background, the teenage boy says that his father Devraj had gone to Bahrain a year ago as a construction worker leaving behind his mother Latha and sister Rashmita who is in IV standard in local school.
He also secured distinction in the PUC (pre-university course) in the six-year integrated B.Tech and won laurels from his teachers. After completion of his course and joining a good software company he wants to provide better education to his sister and take care of his parents.
