Youngest Microsoft Professional in the World

At the tender age of 6 years, Shruti Pandey has became youngest yoga trainer in the World.

The flexible youngster has been teaching adults at an ashram, in northern India, for the last two years.Hari Chetan, Her trainer, 67, set up the ashram 35 years ago and as soon as little Shruti became one of his students, as a tiny four-year old, he spotted her talents.

Her class is being started at 5.30am every morning, at Brahmanand Saraswati Dham, in the Jhunsi town, dressed in white leggings and a red t-shirt surrounded by 30 eager pupils ranging from businessmen, teachers, housewives to pensioners.

Shruti said that It feels good when people follow my instructions, I feel like a real teacher.

'I got interested in yoga after seeing my brother do it. I tried picking it up myself but it was too hard. So I asked my parents to send me to yoga classes.'

Harsh Kumar, Her brother, now 11-years-old, made the Limca Book of Records at the tender age of five by learning all 84 yoga positions - but he's never been interested in being a teacher like his sister.

Hari, who Shruti also calls her grandfather, think she's a miracle.

'She's a fast learner and a perfectionist. She grasps techniques quickly unlike kids her own age, who get bored with something as patience consuming as yoga.

'Within just six months of her training, she surprised everyone by doing the toughest positions with ease and perfection. She's a natural.'

Shruti can manage some of yoga's most challenging positions. She can easily hold her entire body on the strength of her little arms and hang her legs right over her head backwards.

One of Shruti's fans, 90-year-old Swami Bhanu, a retired teacher, said: 'The best thing about Shruti is she tries to provide an alternative position for the complicated ones that are difficult for an older person like me to do. She's very patient.'

Businessman Lokendra Pal Singh, 48, has been attending Shruti's classes for three months and said, 'I have noticed a positive change in my life. I used to be short-tempered, but now I'm able to control my anger to quite an extent and it's all thanks to a little six-year old.'

M. Lavinashree, Youngest Microsoft Professional in the World - Guinness World Record set by M. Lavinashree

With the score of 842 marks out of 1000 M. Lavinashree has became the youngest Microsoft professional in the world, which has smashed the previous world record of Arfa Karim, who had passed MCP exam at the age of 10.

She stated that MCP exams measure the ability to perform specific, real world job functions or set of tasks. They also deal with installing, configuring and administering Windows XP.

She innocently said that I broke the world record set by a 10-year-old Pakistani girl, Arfa Karim Randhawa, as the world’s youngest MCP professional, as I am only eight years old.

She joined a one-year multi-media course that made her well-versed in animation, Corel Draw, Photoshop, Illustrator, Flash, Dream Weaver and Web Designing, while she was studying in Std. II

Her father, K. Muniyasamy sent her for MCP coaching classes, after seeing her interest, where she got special attention.

She got encouragement from Kannan, her cousin, living in U.S.

Muniyasamy wants to see her as the youngest Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer and Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator.

He said, “It comes naturally to her. She is playful and we don’t compel her into anything.” “she begins her day at 6.30 a.m. and spends about two hours learning computers,” he added.

Lavinashree is studying at VMJ Higher Secondary School, Madurai as a student of Std. IV.

At the cute age of 3 years she was entered into Limca Book of World Records.

Her inspiration is Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, and she wants to be a scientist like him.

Few of her Awards & Achievements are as follow:

She is a Limca Book of World Record Holder, which is equivalent to Guinness Book of World Records, at the tender age of 3 for her photographic memory.

She holds National Child Award for Exceptional Achievement in 2006.

Dr.A.P.J.Abdul Kalam, the former President of India had appreciated her for having outstanding memory capacity.

2800 Kuchipudi Dancers set Largest Kuchipudi Dance Guinness World Record

2,800 dancers performed Kuchipudi dance to set Guinness World Record, Honorable President of India, Pratibha Patil was present to be witness of Kuchipudi dance of 2,800 dancers.

The Guinness Book of World Records official, who was present at the venue declared that it was the new Guinness World record for the largest Kuchipudi dance.

At the GMC Balayogi Stadium, Gachibowli, Artists who were hailing from 15 countries and different parts of Andhra Pradesh performed the dance, Hindola Thillana' at the concluding programme of the three-day 2nd International Kuchipudi Dance Convention.

The dancers, mostly girls who were dressed in colorful costumes had given performance of 11-minute, Vempati Chinna Satyam, eminent exponent of the classical art form had scripted and choreographed the Kuchipudi dance.

After watching the record breaking Kuchipudi dance, despite not having scheduled to speak, Ms. Patil could not resist congratulating the participants for their Guinness accomplishment. She gave compliments to participants from 15 countries. She stated, “the figure of 2,800 was not correct and the name of Union Minister of State for Human Resources Development, D. Purandeswari, must be added, in an indirect reference to her performance on Saturday”, “You have brought laurels to India”

E.S.L. Narasimhan, Governor stated, “it was a matter of pride that Kuchipudi was known all over the world and stressed the need for protecting the country's culture and traditions.”

The organizers were appreciated by Chief Minister, N. Kiran Kumar Reddy for making the dance form known internationally.