Author: ABR Team

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.

Rihan Ranjith (born on February 26, 2015) of Kerala, India (now residing in Dubai, UAE) set a record for identifying the maximum number of species of chameleon. He identified 39 species of chameleon in 1 minute and 24 seconds, at the age of 9 years and 15 days, as confirmed on March 12, 2024.

Rayat Shikshan Sanstha Satara’s Shri Nagesh Vidyalaya (Jamkhed) of Maharashtra, India, set a record for organising the largest replica of human formation of Indian map. A team of 2,500 students and NCC cadets formed a replica of human formation of the Indian map (measuring 240 feet x 225 feet) at the school campus on January 26, 2024 (organised by the Art teacher and NCC officer Shri Mayur Krushnaji Bhosale), as confirmed on March 19, 2024.

K Ramakrishnan College of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India set the record for filing the maximum number of intellectual property protection applications online. A total of 111 students and faculty members participated in this endeavor, filing applications for the protection of intellectual property they had developed. The filing took place at the K Ramakrishnan College of Technology Campus in Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu. The process commenced at 12:01 am on April 26, 2024, and concluded at 9:38 am, spanning a remarkable 9 hours and 37 minutes. This accomplishment was officially confirmed on April 26, 2024.

Nicola Educational and Research Foundation located in Chennai, Tamil Nadu set the record for the fastest time to dismantle and reassemble 10 Petrol Powered Functional Motorbikes by a team. A total of 10 teams, having 2 students in each team worked collaboratively to dismantle and subsequently reassemble a functional petrol-powered motorbike in the 11 minutes 55 seconds and 19 milliseconds at Vinayakapuram, Chennai on April 26, 2024.

Ajay Kumar Goyal (born on April 26, 1966) of Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India set the record for the maximum uncirculated and circulated coins and paper money.  He collected 3266 unique coins minted under categories ranging from Birth Centenaries, Anniversaries, Temple Coins, International forums and souvenirs in which 2152 circulated and 142 uncirculated coins were collected. Apart from that, 972 paper money were also in the collection; as confirmed on April 25, 2024.

Central Nakhon Pathom of Nakhon Pathom, Thailand set the record for the maximum people participated in a swing dance activity. A total of 250 people from the age group of 10-75 years old participated and danced together in swing style for 7 minutes to celebrate the grand opening of Central Nakhon Pathom located in Nakhon Pathom, Thailand on March 30, 2024.