The Guinness Book of World Records accepted Arvind Mishra’s 139 hours 42 minutes and 56 seconds long haul after examination of the complete video recording and testimonials of his lecture on “Scientific Computations” delivered at Graphic Era University, Dehradun held from March 1 to 7, 2014.
Mishra, a faculty member in the department of Mechanical Engineering, was awarded Rs 1 lakh and two out-of-turn salary increments by the University for this magnificent achievement.
Mishra’s ‘marathon lecture’ bettered Polish Prof Errol Muzawazi’s record of 121 hours by 18 hours. The team from Guinness Book of World Records informed Mishra of their ratification via e-mail and also telephonically. Mishra had sent for verification to Guinness’ london office supporting documents, recorded camera footage, web streaming data, computer hard drives, cuttings of press reports and testimonials from witnesses’ present during the lecture that lasted an overwhelming seven days and seven nights.Experts from Guinness had also monitored the lecture online through a live web stream that was “viewed in 65 countries”.