PROFILE OF
Prof. Dr. S. RAMESH BABUB.Sc., B.E. (IISc.), Ph.D. (IISc.), MIE, MIIM, MISTAM
Founder Director
“TOP OF THE WORLD” CENTER FOR EXCELLENCE
# 201, ‘SADHANE’, 6th Main, 6th Cross, Tatanagar, Kodigehalli, Bangalore 560 092, India
E-Mail: recordrameshbabu@yahoo.com; Phone: 080-2351 8788; Mob: 9449013887
AIMS SET IN LIFE:
1. To make a mark as a Scientist by working in unexplored areas to generate new knowledge, develop novel experimental techniques and economize Steel making processes;
2. To be the Indian with the highest number of WORLD RECORDS.
Mathematical modeling of Metallurgical processes, Numerical techniques,. Developing software, Designing novel experimental techniques, Developing need based educational workshop modules, etc.
· Visiting Scientist (NEUT, China, 1986),
· Visiting Scientist (TOHOKU Univ, Japan, 1986),
· Monbusho Fellow (Tohoku Univ, Japan, 1987),
· Post Doctoral Research Fellow (UBC, Canada, 1988),
· Associate Head (TCRDC, Patiala, 1989),
· Assistant Director (NML, Jamshedpur, 1990),
· R&D Manager (JSL, Hissar, 1991),
· Dy. General Manager (NSL Ltd., Hyderabad, 1994),
· General Manager, R&D (IPIL, Pune, 1994),
· Professor (MSRIT, Bangalore, 1995),
· Professor (PESIT, Bangalore, 1997),
· Senior Research Scientist (AFTC, Bangalore, 1999),
· Founder Director, “Top of the World” Center for Excellence, Bangalore, since July, 1999
EDUCATION:
1. B.Sc. (PCM), College Topper, Bangalore University XI Rank – 1977
2. B.E. – Metallurgy (IISc), Distinction & V Rank – 1980
3. Ph.D. – Metallurgy (IISc), Distinction (in course work) – 1985
4 Patents, 7 Journal Publications, 30 Conference Papers, 24 Research Reports, 4 Unpublished works and 18 Invited Technical Talks.
Gold Medal in Physics (B.Sc.), College Topper in Physics, Chemistry and PCM, President of India Best Research Paper Award, 1985, IIM Best Research Paper Award, 1993, Refereed for the International Journal of Surfaces & Colloids, USA, 150 Reprint requests from 16 countries for the Ph.D. work published, First Indian Scientist invited by the Govt. of China, etc. In addition recently recognized with over 3 dozen National and International Awards and Honours.
MAJOR NON-ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS:
Set 23 World Records including two Guinness Records and 7 National Records in Table Tennis, Shuttle Badminton, Kite Making & Flying, Cycling, Scooter Driving, Lawn Tennis, Carroms, Oratory, Vegetable Cutting, Paper Plane Flying, Sanskrit Recitation, Cooking, Gift Packing, etc. IISc Carroms Champion 1980-1984. Over 100 individual prizes during the schooling period.
PRESENT WORK:
Founded the “ Top of the World ” Center for Excellence in July, 1999 and in the first 7 years alone, conducted about 590 workshops in Karnataka, Maharashtra, Delhi and U.P., benefited by nearly 72,000 people.
ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS:
1. Dr. T.D.V. Krishnan Memorial “Gold Medal” for Physics, 1977.*
2. Shri S.G. Shastry Memorial Endowment “Cash Award” for Chemistry 1977.*
3. Shri K. Garduachar Memorial Endowment “Cash Award” for highest aggregate in ‘PCM’, 1977.*
4. Smt. Sarojamma Dyavanna Memorial Endowment “Cash Award” for Physics, 1977.*
5. “The President of India Best Research Paper Award” of the Indian Society of Theoretical & Applied Mechanics, 1985.
6. “Best Research Paper Award” of the Indian Institute of Metals, Calcutta, 1993.
7. Served as a Referee to the International Journal: The Journal of Surfaces and Colloids, American Chemical Society, Washington, USA.
8. Adjudged as the “Most Impressive Speaker” of the 3 days Symposium on “Recent Developments in Manufacturing Techniques”, Thapar Corporate R & D Centre, Patiala, 1990.
9. Ph.D. Thesis requested by the National Council of Scientific Research, Japan and of Canada, CECRI Karaikudi, Prof. Martin Shanahan, France, NEUT, China and Universities in Britain.
10. Received nearly 150 reprint requests for the work published based on the Ph.D. work, from 16 different countries.
11. First Indian Scientist invited by the Government of China, for long term research in Metallurgy.
12. Chaired Conference Sessions.
13. Delivered Invited talks in several places of excellence.
14. I.I.Sc., M.E. Entrance Test Topper in Metallurgy, 1980.
15. I.I.Sc., Research Entrance Test Topper in Metallurgy, 1980.
16. I.I.T - Madras, M.E. Entrance Test Topper in Metallurgy, 1980.
17. Silver Medal in All the 4 Sanskrit Examinations conducted by Sura Saraswathi Sabha, Sringeri. 1969-72.
18. Rated Outstanding for the research done at Jindal Strips Limited, 1992.
* FOR BEST PERFORMANCE IN B.Sc. EXAMINATION
WORLD RECORDS
1. 2005 INAUGURAL WORLD RECORD in Fastest Kite Making Manually prepared 169 kites of size 12” x 12” in 59 Min. 50 Sec., without anybody’s assistance, at Seshadripuram High School, Bangalore on 5 Sept, 2005. (Received certificate from the Limca Book of Records; Published with photograph in the 2006 Limca Book of Records, Paper back edition, page 34).
2. 2005 INAUGURAL WORLD RECORD in fastest Gift Wrapping Manually Gift wrapped and taped 216 standard saree boxes in 59 Min. 53 Sec., without anybody’s assistance, at Stella Maris High School, Bangalore on 9 July, 2005. (Received certificate from the Limca Book of Records; Published with photograph in the 2006 Limca Book of Records, Paper back edition, page 34).
3. 2002 INAUGURAL WORLD RECORD in Fastest Poori Making. Prepared 132 Poories in 59 Min, 50 Sec., starting from manual preparation of the dough, kneading, rolling and frying one by one, without any assistance, at the Green Country Public School, Bangalore, on 14 April, 2002. (Published with photograph in the 2003 Limca Book of Records, Paper back edition, page 26 )
4. 2001 INAUGURAL WORLD RECORD in Fastest Sanskrit Recitation. Recited the 234 worded 36 lines of “Venkateshwara Sthotra” in 39.73 Seconds, in just 2 breaths, at the St. Philomena High School, Hassan, on 16 Jan, 2001; (Published in the 2002 Limca Book of Records, Hard bound edition, page 24 ).
5. 1999 INAUGURAL GUINNESS WORLD RECORD in Lightning Carroms Pocketed all the 19 carrom pawns (9 Black + 9 White + Red), in 39.613 Seconds, at The Karnataka Contractors Club, Palace Grounds, Bangalore on 21 Nov, 1999; (Received the certificate by the Guinness Book of Records ; Published in the 2002 Limca Book of Records, Hard bound edition, page 26 ).
6. 1999 INAUGURAL WORLD RECORD in the Longest Uninterrupted Lawn Tennis Rally with Mr. M. SURESH, Marker of IISc Gymkhana) 3129 Rallies in 1 Hr. 36 Min. 50 Sec, at the I.I.Sc. Gymkhana, on 1 Nov, 1999.
7. INAUGURAL WORLD RECORD in Making and Flying Maximum Number of Paper Planes in 1 Hour. 264 Paper Planes in 1 Hr using 14.5 cm x 18.5 cm papers at Stella Maris High School, Bangalore, on 9 July, 1999.
8. 1998 INAUGURAL WORLD RECORD in Marathon Solo Carroms 24 Hr. 1 Min. 40 Sec; 309Boards ; 5360 Pawns Pocketed at an average clearance rate of 3 Min. 3.3 Sec. Per Board, played at Canara Union, 10 October, 1998.
9. 1998 INAUGURAL WORLD RECORD in longest Uninterrupted Solo Lawn Tennis Rally 3174 Strokes on 40 Min, 29 Sec, at IISc, on 6 September, 1998.
10. 1998 INAUGURAL WORLD RECORD in Solo Marathon Highway Scooter Drive.
Bangalore to Pune: 855 Km in 20 Hr. 09 Min, (1 May, 1998)
Pune to Bangalore: 855 Km in 18 Hr. 33 Min, (6 May, 1998)
Thus broke the previous Limca Book of Record - 1998 LBR, Hard bound Ed. Page
(Congratulated by the Guinness Book of Records).
11. 1998 INAUGURAL WORLD RECORD in Vegetable Cutting: A Single Cucumber Weighing 1070 g and 28 cm in length was manually cut into 1,20,060 pieces in 2 Hr. 52 Min. 21 Sec. at Bangalore, on 5 April, 1998. (Congratulated by the Guinness Book of Records ; Published with photograph in the 1999 Limca Book of Records, Hard bound edition, page 222).
12. 1997 INAUGURAL WORLD RECORD in Longest Uninterrupted Solo Table Tennis Rally, Played over the net using a vertically placed T.T. table half as the partner 18,737 strokes in 1 Hr. 33 Min. 53 Sec; at Bangalore, on 9 August, 1997. (Position of the feet unchanged till completing 17,568 strokes in 1 Hr.28 Min.20 Sec.) (Congratulated by the Guinness Book of Records)
13. 1997 INAUGURAL WORLD RECORD in Fastest Uninterrupted Solo Table Tennis Rally, Played over the net using a vertically placed T.T. table half as the partner. 260 strokes in 1 Min. at Bangalore, on 21 February, 1997. ( Personal Best: 278 strokes Guinness Record of fastest T.T. rally between 2 Partners: 173 strokes in 1 Min. (Congratulated by the Guinness Book of Records)
14. 1996 INAUGURAL WORLD RECORD in Flying the Largest Kite single handedly without using any flying aids:
15 ft x15 ft synthetic kite (using aluminum, steel and PVC pipe frames) with
15 ft x1.33 ft. Tail, totaling a surface area of 245 sq. ft. and weighing 3.262 kg.
Flown at Bangalore, on 2 March, 1996.
(Congratulated by the Guinness Book of Records, Accepted by the Limca Book of Records but has
published a smaller achievement by oversight, 1999 LBR, Hard bound Ed., page 227 )
15. 1996 WORLD RECORD in Longest Absolute Non-Stop Scientific Lecturing:
Topic: Computer Aided Numerical Techniques.
2 successive long sessions of 8 Hr. 11 Min. and 9 Hr.11 Min. duration with only
15 Min. rest gap in between, at Bangalore, on 6 January, 1996.
(Thus broke the previous Limca Book of Record - 1995 LBR, Hard bound Ed. Page 188 )
16. 1995 WORLD RECORD in Longest Uninterrupted Solo Table Tennis Rally. Played over the net using 2 bats, one in each hand.
6670 strokes in 54 Min. 54 Sec. At Pune, on 14 April, 1995
Thus set a new Guinness Record of 5000 strokes in 41 Min. 27 Sec.
(Published in the 1997 Guinness Book of Records, Paperback edition, page 584, and in the
1996 Limca Book of Records, Paperback edition, page 11)
17. 1995 INAUGURAL WORLD RECORD in Flying Kite with the Longest Thread:
14 K.M. 186 meter Long thread at Sanaswadi, Pune, on 26 February, 1995.
Also, scientifically proved to have flown at a minimum altitude of 6 KM above the ground
level, surpassing the century old Guinness Record of 3.81 km, but not recognized by the Guinness
Book, for want of a directly measured altitude proof.
Accepted by the Limca Book of Records, but omitted publishing.
18. 1994 INAUGURAL WORLD RECORD in Fastest Uninterrupted Shuttle Badminton Rally:
130 strokes in 1 Min. (with Anil Sharma, Hissar) at a calculated speed of 60 KMPH, at Hissar,
on 23 April, 1994.
(Congratulated by the Guinness Book of Records)
19. 1994 INAUGURAL WORLD RECORD in Longest Uninterrupted Solo Shuttle Badminton Rally:
3977 strokes in 1 Hr. 3 Min. 20 Sec. at Hissar, on 19 April, 1994
(Congratulated by the Guinness Book of Records)
20. 1994 INAUGURAL WORLD RECORD in Longest Uninterrupted shuttle Tossings, Alternatively on Both Sides of the Racket:
5011 Tossings in 1 Hr. 30 Min. 8 Sec. at Hissar, on 14 April, 1994.
(Congratulated by the Guinness Book of Records)
21. 1994 INAUGURAL WORLD RECORD in Longest Uninterrupted Table Tennis Tossings, alternatively on both sides of the bat (without changing the position of the feet):
9900 Tossings in 1 Hr. 5 Min. 40 Sec. at Hissar, on 12 February, 1994.
(Congratulated by the Guinness Book of Records)
22. 22. 1993 INAUGURAL WORLD RECORD in Longest Uninterrupted Table Tennis Rally:
3000 Strokes in 26 Min. 48 Sec. (with Harish Sharma, Hissar), at Hissar, on 13 November, 1993.
(Personal Best: 4072 strokes in 32 Min.)
(Congratulated by the Guinness Book of Records; Accepted by the Limca Book of Records, but
omitted publishing )
23. 1993 INAUGURAL WORLD RECORD in Longest Uninterrupted shuttle Badminton Rally:
3060 Strokes in 54 Min. (with H. Gopal, Hissar), at Hissar, on 26 August, 1993
(Congratulated by the Guinness Book of Records; Published in 1994 Limca Book of Records, Hard
bound edition, page 15)
NATIONAL RECORDS
1. 1996 NATIONAL RECORD in Flying a Kite with the Longest Tail:
622.8 m long, 15 cm wide Synthetic Tail, Weighing 1.1 Kg. At Jakkur Airport, on 14 July, 1996.
(Published in the 1997, Limca Book of Records, Paperback edition, Page 311).
2. 1996 NATIONAL RECORD in Marathon Lecturing:
26 Hrs. of lecturing on Computer Aided Numerical Techniques, with only 3 rest gaps totaling 51 Min.
Also, 1 Hr. 14 Min. eligible rest time was not utilized, at Bangalore on 6 Jan, 1996. (Thus broke the
1995 Limca Book Record of 24 Hrs. Lecturing, Ref : LBR, 1995, page 188)
3. 1994 INAUGURAL NATIONAL RECORD in Longest Solo Table Tennis Rally:
(Played over the net using 2 bats, one in each hand) 3185 strokes in 30 Min. 19 Sec. at Hissar,
on 14 Mar, 1994. (LBR acceptance letter: LBR/HS-END/170/95 Dt: 17 March, 1994).
4. 1994 NATIONAL RECORD in Flying a Kite with the Longest Tail:
224 m long, 10 cm Wide Synthetic Tail, Weighing 417 g, flown at Hissar Airport, on 13 Mar, 1994.
(Published by the 1995 Limca Book of Records, Hardbound edition, Pages : 195 - 196).
5. 1990 NATIONAL RECORD in Flying a Kite with the Longest Tail:
50.485 m. long, 10 cm Wide Synthetic Tail, flown at Patiala, 24 Feb, 1990
(Published by the 1993 Limca Book of Records, Paperback edition, page 21).
6. 1986 INAUGURAL NATIONAL RECORD for being the First Indian Scientist Invited by the Government of Peoples Republic of China, for a long term research:
Visiting Scientist at the North-East University of Technology, Shenyang, China, Jan 1986 - Aug, 1986.
(Considered too special a Category for inclusion by the LIMCA Book of Records, Ref : LBR/HS-
END/170/95. Dated: 17 Mar, 1994).
7. 1982 NATIONAL RECORD in Fastest All Karnataka Solo Cycling:
Covered 2700 KM in 26½ days, alone, including 1½ days rest, on an ordinary HERO Cycle without
gears, covering all the 19 districts of Karnataka, 1-27 Jan, 1982.
(Considered too special a Category for inclusion by the LIMCA Book of Records, Ref : LBR/HS-
END/170/95. Dated: 17 Mar, 1994).
8. 1980 NATIONAL RECORD in Winning the Highest Number of Prizes in Kannada Debates in the Shortest Time:
28 Individual Prizes and 12 Rolling Shields during 3 years of High School Career, mostly in Inter
School Competitions, 1969-1972. (Considered too special a Category for inclusion by the LIMCA
Book of Records, Ref : LBR/HS-END/170/95, Dated: 17 Mar, 1994).
A. RECOGNITIONS BY THE AMERICAN BIOGRAPHICAL INSTITUTE, NORTH CAROLINA,
USA.
1. Distinguished Leadership Award and Dedication Honour (1998);
2. Man of the Year 1999 Award;
3. 500 Leaders of Influence Award (1999);
4. Leading Intellectuals of the World (1999);
5. Leaders of Science, Technology and Engineering 2001;
6. Great Minds of the 21st Century (April, 2001.
B. RECOGNITIONS BY THE INTERNATIONAL BIOGRAPHICAL CENTRE, CAMBRIDGE, UK.
1. Who is Who in Asia and the Pacific Nations (1998) ;
2. Outstanding People of the 20th Century Award and Dedication Honor ( 1998);
3. Who is Who in the Dictionary of International Biography (1998);
4. International Man of the Millennium Award (1999);
5. The First 500 at the New Millennium Award ( 1999);
6. 2000 Outstanding Scientists of the 20th Century ( 1999);
7. Outstanding Speaker Award (2000).
1. Distinguished achiever Honour, 2001
(Accorded by Nrupatunga Kannada Sangha, Jakkur)
2. Diamond Jubilee Distinguished Alumnus Honour, 2000
(Given by the Seshadripuram Education Society, Bangalore)
3. 100 Best Citizens of India Award, 1999.
(Given by the International Publishing House, New Delhi)
4. 1998 Outstanding Indian Achiever Award
(Given by the Indian Institute of Talent Search®, Mysore)
5. 1998 Vivekananda Youth Day Honour
(Given by the Seshadripuram Education Society, Bangalore)
6. 1997 Outstanding Young Indian Award
(Given by the Indian Junior Chambers, Hyderabad)
7. 1997 Outstanding Young Person Award
(Given by the Zonal Council of Jaycees, Gangavathi)
8. 1997 Outstanding Young Person Felicitation
(By the Bangalore Chapter of Jaycees)
9. 1997 Eminent Sports Person Felicitation
(By the ITC Sports Club, Bangalore)
10. 1997 Outstanding T.T. Achievement Felicitation
(By the Table Tennis Association, Bangalore)
11. 1996 Outstanding Alumnus Felicitation
(By the Gandhinagar High School)
12. 1996 Outstanding Achiever Felicitation
(By the M.S.R.I.T. Employees Association, Bangalore)
13. 1996 Golden Jubilee Eminent Person Honour
(By the Uluchukamme Brahmana Mahasabha, Bangalore)
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