Marathon lecture fetches Mangalore lecturer entry into Guinness

A lecturer in Mangalore University’s Department of Applied Botany has made it to the Guinness Book of World Records for delivering a non-stop lecture for 98 hours and 32 minutes.

Lecturer Annaiah Ramesh received an official communication confirming the entry of his feat in the Guinness Book of World Records.

Annaiah Ramesh had delivered a marathon lecture on “Molecular Logic of Life” at the Department of Applied Botany in Mangalore University campus during March 2006. By lecturing continuously for 98 hours and 32 minutes, Annaiah Ramesh had bettered the previous record held by Errol E T Muzawazi for 88 hours and four minutes.

Thirty-five-year-ol Annaiah Ramesh’s lecture, which was video recorded in the presence of academicians and expert Botanists, began on March 22 and ended on March 26 earlier this year. Before he embarked upon the challenging feat, Annaiah Ramesh had held three trial lectures stretching over durations of 12 hours, 36 hours and 45 hours.

Three months after the feat was recorded, Annaiah Ramesh received an e-mail from the official website of Guinness Book of World Records stating that a certificate endorsing his entry under the marathon lecture category will be handed over to him by an appropriate authority from the organization in the next four days.