Media Release

Puttur, Oct 24: Deviprakash Bhandary from Puttur has added a new feather to his cap by being a part of the team which has found a place in The Guinness Book of World Records.

This feat of the largest 3G Mobile gaming party was attempted and achieved successfully by the Mangalore zone of Bharti Airtel ltd with 343 People playing an online game on their mobile phones under one roof with network reception from a single tower.

For this record attempt, Airtel had partnered with students from the National Institute of technology (NITK) Suratkal and were successful in breaking the previous record held by a London-based team who had achieved this with 157 members.

This record attempt was initiated by Sri Ram Murthy, the Mangalore zonal branch manager and his team with assistance and initiative from Deviprakash who works as a sales manager with Airtel.

Deviprakash who has also been practicing karate from the last 14 years had attended the World Karate Championships held at Bucharest, Romania in June this year and also The Continental WUKF Championships at Delhi in November 2012.

His recent successes have been in the national-level competitions in Vishakhapatnam and Gujarat as well. He is now preparing for the upcoming South Asia Continental WUKF Karate Championships at Malaysia in August 2014

“Devi” as he is popularly known is the son of popular Yakshagana Sridhar Bhandary and Usha from Puttur.