Author: ABR Team

Ardra S. Raj (born on September 3, 2000) of Kerala, India, is titled as ‘Grand Master’ for painting 8 symbols of Kerala on her face, including state bird, state animal and state tree among other symbols, using paints, as confirmed on March 18, 2024.

Anika Kalva (born on April 12, 2019) of Telangana, India, is titled as ‘Grand Master’ for identifying and recalling the names of 195 (UN recognised) countries on a coloured political world map in 3 minutes and 43 seconds, at the age of 4 years and 11 months, as confirmed on March 27, 2024.

Bhavi Sharma (born on October 20, 2012) of Rajasthan, India, set a record for performing the maximum number of hula hoop spins while singing a Hindi song on Karaoke. She performed 723 hula hoop spins in 6 minutes and 12 seconds, while singing a Hindi song on Karaoke, at the age of 11 years, 4 months and 6 days, as confirmed on April 1, 2024.

Niyati Chetransh (born on March 13, 2012) of Delhi, India, set a record for being the youngest to sing and play Shiv Tandav Stotram on piano blindfolded. She sang and played the Shiv Tandav Stotram on Piano in 13 minutes and 28 seconds while being blindfolded, at the age of 12 years and 30 days, as confirmed on April 12, 2024.

Aadishree Avinash Pagar (born on July 30, 2011) of Maharashtra, India, is titled as ‘Grand Master’ for starting a multilingual campaign and website to save food. She started a multilingual campaign and a website in Marathi and English to save food, wherein 107 people have made pledges to save food at the Rotary Youth Leadership Award function on March 2, 2024, at the age of 12 years and 7 months, as confirmed on March 23, 2024.

Elina Behera (born on June 6, 1996) of Odisha, India, is titled as ‘Grand Master’ for making a small size idol of Lord Jagannath (measuring 0.3 mm x 0.3 mm), using clay and acrylic paint, as confirmed on February 20, 2024.

Gopalakrishnan Potty (born on November 4, 1959) of Kerala, India, is titled as ‘Grand Master’ for reaching Umling La Pass (19,024 ft), the world’s highest motorable pass, by his Harley Davidson motorcycle on September 4, 2023, at the age of 63 years and 10 months, as confirmed on March 19, 2024.

Rinkoo Singh (born on March 10, 1996) of Uttar Pradesh, India, is titled as ‘Grand Master’ for completing a round trip bicycle expedition from Guwahati to Bum La Pass. He started cycling from Kamakhya temple (Guwahati) at 9.16 am on October 7, 2023, reached Bum La Pass (at an altitude of 15, 200 feet) on October 14, 2023, and completed it at Guwahati at 9 am on October 18, 2023, covering a distance of 968.91 km in 12 days, as confirmed on March 23, 2024.

Nikith Chathakudath Vinod (born on March 19, 2015) of Maharashtra, India, set a record for penning the maximum number of poems with illustrations in a single book. He penned 101 poems with illustrations in a book titled ‘Unlock My Imagination: Collection of 101 Poems’ (ISBN: 979-88-91869-89-9), published by Notion Press on January 10, 2024, at the age of 8 years, 9 months and 22 days, as confirmed on March 13, 2024.

Rajesh Nilkantha Joshi (born on October 31, 1964) of Maharashtra, India, set a record for making the lightest rubber powered indoor flying aero model. He made a light weight indoor flying aero model (weighing 0.77 gm; height 4.5 cm), using balsa wood strips, thin metal wires, small plastic leads, mylar film and imported rubber band, as confirmed on April 8, 2024.