Years active 1988–present Name Arvind Mishra | Role Lecturer | |
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Born 28 August 1988 (age 36) ( 1988-08-28 ) Occupation Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering of Graphic Era University, Dehradun Known for Breaking the longest MARATHON LECTURE Awards LONGEST MARATHON LECTURE Alma mater Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur | ||
The marathon lecture arvind mishra
Arvind Mishra claimed the longest marathon lecture award confirmed by Guinness World Records. The journey to triumph began on 1 March 2014, and lasted for 139 hours 42 minutes and 49 seconds. The next to claim would be P.J. Francis Kunjuman who by 1 June broke the record in Holy Grace Academy, Mala of Thrissur district in Kerala, India. He will extend it more and the GWR has yet to approve it. (details provided by Thomas Alex).
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- The marathon lecture arvind mishra
- Arvind mishra is officially amazing
- Marathon lecture
- Media coverage
- References
Arvind mishra is officially amazing
Marathon lecture
Prof. Kamal Ghanshala, President, Graphic Era University and Vice Chancellor Prof. Awasthi inaugurated this historical effort. A dedicated team of 150 students and 35 professors led by Mr. Tushar Gupta, a colleague friend of Mr.Mishra, were assisting in Marathon lecture. The lecture contents were prepared from MIT's Open Courseware on Computational Science (Semester 1) and Mathematical Methods (Semester 2) for graduate coursework by Prof Gilbert Strang. The prime components of the lecture were Applied Linear Algebra,Sparse Algebra for large systems, Numerical Methods for Differential equations, Computational partial differential equations and Finite Element Methods. Matlab, a numerical computing software, was used throughout for the demonstrations and Algorithmization of numerical techniques. The previous record was held by a Polish law Graduate Mr. Errol Muzzawazi, who lectured on democracy, at Jagiellonian University, Krakow, for 121 hours. Arvind Mishra superseded his record on 6 March at 07:01:00 AM. The entire University and national media celebrated his success and his efforts. He further continued his lecture and embarked on setting a new benchmark. Finally, Marathon lecture lasted for 139 hours, 42 minutes and 56 seconds and was declared concluded by Mr. Tushar on early morning of 7 March 2014.
The whole lecture was webcast live on website.
Media coverage
This historical event was covered by national as well as international media such as the Hindustan Times, JakBak.Com, graphic era news, aaj tak, zee news, new Indian express, the Hindu daily pioneer, UPI, Daily Bhaskar and many more. Other websites such as article.wn.com, softpedia, ibnlive, huffingtonpost, webindia. also published about this event. Guinness world records approved the claim of Mr. Arvind Mishra of delivering world's longest marathon lecture on 30 March 2014, and also published it on their site.