Author: Asia Book of Records Team

Akhil Bhartiya Marwari Mahila Sammelan Rastriya Bal Vikas, Kolkata, India, set a record for organising the largest online Garba dance competition. The institution organised the Garba dance competition on October 10, 2021 and a total number of 1,112 participants took part in the competition, as confirmed on October 19, 2021.

NileshKumar Pravin Chauhan (born on April 5, 1980) of Maharashtra, India, set a record for carving out the maximum number of feathers. He made 38 different carvings including Sachin Tendulkar, Sai Baba and Lord Buddha on feathers using a carving knife, as confirmed on April 6, 2022.

Govind Ramachandran (born on July 31,1995) of Kerala, India set the record for achieving the maximum Certifications taken by an individual. He has achieved 90 certifications in IT and related fields including Microsoft & Azure Certified Expert, ITIL Certified, IBM & Design Thinking Certified, Google Certified and AWS as well as 3000 certification courses on various platforms such as LinkedIn, Pluralsight, Udemy and Skillsoft. He has also received 1800 badges in IT related courses. In total he has achieved 4890 certifications and badges as confirmed on April 18, 2022.

Rajesh Kahar Insan (born on October 16, 1997) of Rajasthan, India, is titled as ‘Grand Master’ for planting 15 saplings of different trees in one minute, as confirmed on November 6, 2021.

Jona Francis (born on March 17, 2010) of Kerala, India, set a record for recalling the maximum number of mobile phone numbers with owners’ names while being blindfolded. She recalled 150 mobile phone numbers along with owners’ names in 14 minutes while being blindfolded, as confirmed on April 15, 2022.

Naavya Ninad Desai (born on May 27, 2010) of Gujarat, India, set a record for performing the maximum number of full contact alternate knee strikes in one minute. She performed 117 full knee contact alternate knee strikes (against a punching pad) in one minute at the age of 11 years, 10 months and 16 days, as confirmed on April 12, 2022.

Ajay Sharma (born on December 24, 1977) of Rajasthan, India, set a record for making the largest blue whale with scraps. He is the Director of Home Designers and made the largest blue whale (measuring 86 feet in length and 1200 kg in weight) using scrap material, as confirmed on April 19, 2022.

Komal Patil (born on June 20, 2002) of Karnataka, India, set a record for being the youngest to complete a round trip motorcycle ride from south to north. She started her ride from Ranebennur at 5:22 am on March 8, 2022, travelled through Mumbai-Vadodara-Udaipur-Jaipur-Amritsar-Srinagar-Ludhiana-Delhi-Agra-Indore-Aurangabad-Solapur-Bijapur-Bagalkot and completed it at Ranebennur at 11:07 am on March 28, 2022. She travelled 6,039 km in 20 days at the age of 19 years, 9 months and 8 days, as confirmed on April 30, 2022.

Pranav MS (born on March 16, 1999) of Kerala, India, set a record for creating the maximum number of models of musical instruments using glass bottles. He aesthetically created six models of musical instruments including Guitar, Veena, Violin, Harmonium, Piano and Tabla using six waste glass bottles, spray paint, acrylic colours, cardboard, chart paper, thermocol and strings, as confirmed on February 21, 2022.

Arijeet Banerjee (born on July 9, 2010) of West Bengal, India set a record for playing the Mridang for the longest duration. He played the Mridang non- stop for 23 minutes and 19 seconds at the age of 11 years, 9 months and 24 days, as confirmed on April 15, 2022.