Shyam Prakash Senapati has become the world record holder of India in the collection of badges. Since 1992, he has been collecting badges; and so far, he has collected more than 4,600 of them.
The badges include the ones he got by participating in different functions as guest and organizer and also of those of the others. He has participated in more than 6,000 events as guest and mancha coordinator, which were organized across the State and outside.
Senapati said he was inspired by the father for collection of badge. He has collected solo, ribbon, velvet and jute badges. Recently, he was honoured by the Governor as a successful person in a programme at the Raj Bhavan.
Senapati is also a well-known poet, writer, scribe and social activist. He is the founding editor of magazine ‘Sanskrutira Abhinandanika’. Apart from badges, he has collected foreign coins, notes and over 10,000 news clips of newspapers in which his name has been published. He said that he intends to organise an exhibition in coming days to display his collections. He thanked Pawan Solanki, founder president of World Records India, for recognising his works.