Author: ABR Team

Aswin B. Surendran (October 28, 2004) of Kerala, India, is titled as ‘Grand Master’ for organising a roller-skating marathon on May 2, 2024, wherein 10 roller skaters (of different age groups) participated and covered a distance of 5.5 kilometres in 30 minutes with a mission to create awareness against drugs, as confirmed on June 13, 2024.

JOM Band of Malaysia set the record for being the youngest team to form a music band. A group of 13 young musicians, both instrumentalists and vocalists, aged 11 to 17 years, constitutes the youngest music band. The band performed at Taman Haji Ahmad Jamil, Tasek Gelugor, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia, as confirmed on August 25, 2024.

Hitendra Ghosh (born on October 26, 1950) of Maharashtra, India, set a record for achieving the maximum number of awards for sound recording. Being a sound recorder, he won 20 awards for sound recording in several Bollywood films, including Junoon, Kalyug, Ek Pal, Rang de Basanti and many others; the Lifetime Achievement Award from IRAA (Indian Recording Arts Academy), National film Awards, Zee Cine Awards, IFFA Awards, Kodak Award for excellence in sound and others from the years 1979 to 2012, as confirmed on July 15, 2024.

Dr. Anup Sharma (born on September 6, 1975) of Telangana, India, set a record for having the maximum domestic and overseas teaching experience. He has a domestic and overseas teaching experience of 25 years in Chemistry while holding leadership positions in schools in India and across 4 countries (Uganda, Tanzania, Ethiopia and Kazakhstan) from July 1999 to March 2024, as confirmed on June 7, 2024.

K. Dev Yojith (born on April 24, 2019) of Karnataka, India, is titled as ‘Grand Master’ for reciting the names of all 28 Indian states and 8 union territories, while simultaneously solving two expression-matching puzzles (with 4 cubes) in 52 seconds and 29 milliseconds, at the age of 5 years and 2 months, as confirmed on July 11, 2024.

Aadhish Lal (born on June 6, 2016) of Kerala, India, set a record for being the fastest to identify the flags of 50 countries. He identified the flags and recalled the names of 50 countries in 20 seconds and 62 milliseconds, by viewing the pictures of the flags on the laptop, at the age of 8 years, 1 month and 9 days, as confirmed on July 19, 2024.

Tushar Mohanty (born on February 6, 1988) of Odisha, India, is titled as ‘Grand Master’ for making a small idol of Lord Jagannath (measuring 0.8 mm) in 15 minutes and 51 seconds, using Neem wood and watercolours, as confirmed on July 16, 2024.

Darshi Baid (born on June 3, 2021) of Gujarat, India, is titled as ‘Grand Master’ for translating 20 English words (names of 17 animals and 3 birds) to Swahili (African language) in one minute, at the age of 3 years, as confirmed on July 16, 2024.

Aneesh P.K. (born on February 17, 1996) of Kerala, India, is titled as ‘Grand Master’ for writing Psalm verses of 117 chapters of the holy Bible (from chapters 1 to 117) in Syriac language using Serto Syriac font on a single A4 size sheet, as confirmed on July 4, 2024.

Arsalan Ali Ahsan (born on June 12, 2011) of Jharkhand, India, set a record for performing the maximum number of one-leg-raised push-ups in 30 seconds. He performed 70 one leg raised push-ups in 30 seconds (with only the right leg touching the ground), at the age of 12 years, 11 months and 23 days, as confirmed on June 4, 2024.