Arvind Mishra

Arvind Mishra
Arvind Mishra, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering of Graphic Era University, Dehradun
Born	28 August 1988
Alma mater	IIT Kanpur
Occupation	Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering of Graphic Era University, Dehradun
Years active	1988–present
Known for	Breaking the longest MARATHON LECTURE
Awards	LONGEST MARATHON LECTURE

Arvind Mishra claimed the longest marathon lecture^[1] 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.

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 Arvind Mishra superseded his record on 6 March at 07:01:00 AM.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,^[2] JakBak.Com,^[3] graphic era news,^[4] aaj tak,^[5] zee news,^[6] new Indian express,^[7] the Hindu^[8] daily pioneer,^[9] UPI,^[10] Daily Bhaskar^[11] and many more. Other websites such as article.wn.com,^[12] softpedia,^[13] ibnlive,^[14] huffingtonpost,^[15] webindia.^[16] 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.^[17]

References

1. "An uninterrupted lecture lasting for multiple hours or even days."
2. "Professor eyes world record with non-stop 130-hour lecture - Hindustan Times". hindustantimes.com. Retrieved 2014-05-05.
3. "Finally Indian Professor Sets World Record of 139 Hours - JakBak.com". jakbak.com. Retrieved 2014-03-07.
4. "Graphic Era Faculty sets new record for world’s longest lecture; doesn’t stop before 140 hours". geu.ac.in. Retrieved 2014-05-05.
5. "uttarakhand non stop lecturer arvind mishra in guinness book: राज्यवार खबरें: आज तक". aajtak.intoday.in. Retrieved 2014-05-05.
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8. "Setting a record in non-stop lecturing - The Hindu". thehindu.com. Retrieved 2014-05-05.
9. "Doon’s Arvind Mishra claims giving longest lecture". dailypioneer.com. Retrieved 2014-05-05.
10. "Arvind Mishra sets Guinness World Record for longest academic lecture - UPI.com". upi.com. Retrieved 2014-05-05.
11. "Will you attend his class? Dehradun Professor creates world record, holds 130-hrs-long lecture - daily.bhaskar.com". daily.bhaskar.com. Retrieved 2014-05-05.
12. "Indian takes long ‘talk’ to victory OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT Arvind Mishra March 6: Arvind Kejriwal ... - Worldnews.com". article.wn.com. Retrieved 2014-05-05.
13. "Arvind Mishra delivered a 130-hour talk on Scientific Computations - Indian Professor Sets New World Record with Continuous 130-Hour Academic Lecture - Softpedia". news.softpedia.com. Retrieved 2014-05-05.
14. "Dehradun professor sets world record, delivers non-stop lecture for more than 130 hours - IBNLive". ibnlive.in.com. Retrieved 2014-05-05.
15. "World's Longest Lecture Ever Is FIVE Days Long - And It Hasn't Finished Yet". huffingtonpost.co.uk. Retrieved 2014-05-05.
16. "Guinness confirms Doon professor's record of marathon lecture". news.webindia123.com. Retrieved 2014-05-05.
17. "Longest marathon lecture". guinnessworldrecords.com. Retrieved 2014-05-05.