Author: Asia Book of Records Team

Midhun Gupth (born on April 16, 1994) of Kerala, India (now residing in the UAE), is titled as ‘Grand Master’ for making a big realistic upside-down pencil portrait of Mother Teresa. He made an upside-down portrait of Mother Teresa (measuring 42 cm x 27.5 cm) with a charcoal pencil on a white A3 size sheet, as confirmed on April 27, 2021.

Sangeeth K. K. (born on November 25, 1998) of Kerala, India, set a record for making the maximum number of Bonsai art models using wires. He made wire sculptures of ten basic models of Bonsai art including Broom style, Formal and Informal upright styles, Slanting Style, Cascade and Semi-Cascade Styles and Windswept Style using Aluminum and Copper wires, as confirmed on October 26, 2021.

Akhinesh S. (born on September 13, 2001) of Kerala, India, is titled as ‘Grand Master’ for making a big graphite portrait of Dr A.P.J. Abdul Kalam. He made a big graphite portrait measuring 950.4 cm x 714 cm width (29.18 ft x 23.42 ft.) of Dr Abdul Kalam along with a missile and the national flag using 1188 A4 size sheets and graphite pencil, as confirmed on October 25, 2021.

R. S. Amruth Varshan (born on April 12, 2016) of Tamil Nadu, India, is titled as ‘Grand Master’ for recalling the names of 195 UN recognised countries along with their capitals and the respective continent in 15 minutes and 28 seconds by looking at their flags at the age of 5 years and 7 months, as confirmed on December 8, 2021.

Dr MGR Educational Research Institute (Deemed to be University) of Tamil Nadu, India set a record for hosting the maximum number of online events for consecutive days. 33 departments of the institute participated in the web series programme ‘COWIN WEWIN’ for 21 days (June 14- July 4, 2021) using 42 innovative events under the guidance of Er. A.C.S. Arunkumar, President of the institute. The online events are hosted with a view to inculcate social awareness and societal accountability in the war against COVID-19 pandemic, as confirmed on December 15, 2021.

Alvia Lijo Mariyam (born on October 31, 2014) of Kerala, India (currently residing in UAE), set a record for being the youngest multilingual ambidextrous writer. She has written four languages namely English, Hindi (vowels), Arabic, Malayalam (vowels), simultaneously with both hands in 4 minutes and 54 seconds at the age of 6 years, 10 months and 21 days, as confirmed on September 28, 2021.

Nadiya Binoy (born on February 16, 2014) of Kerala, India, set a record for being in the Padmasana yoga pose on water for the longest duration. She held herself in the Padmasana pose on water for one hour at the age of 7 years, 8 months and 29 days, as confirmed on November 12, 2021.

Arooj K. (born on May 20, 1991) of Kerala, India, set a record for performing Nunchaku for the longest duration. He performed 780 Nunchaku (karate stick) single hand end-to-end swap rotations in continuation for 15 minutes, as confirmed on November 12, 2021.

Aadvik Sharma (born on July 29, 2015) of Kerala, India, is titled as ‘Grand Master’ for recalling the 50 number names in ascending order from Ten to Novemquadragintillion (ten raised to the power of 150) in one minute (while being blindfolded) at the age of 6 years and 3 months, as confirmed on October 29, 2021.

Ayaan K. H. (born on November 8, 2017) of Kerala, India, is titled as ‘Grand Master’ for identifying and recalling the names of 175 national and international car models in 5 minutes and 32 seconds at the age of 3 years and 11 months, as confirmed on November 6, 2021.