While people are struggling in lockdown because of corona pandemic, with work from home and household tasks from cooking, dancing, singing, to graphic designing, blogging, art and craft, this time people are trying to invest more time in those things they’ve always wanted to do.
A Kerala woman has set a world record. Aarthi Reghunath, from Elamakkara in Kohi, spent her free time in studying via online courses. She completed 350 online courses in just 90 days.
Aarthi is a second-year MSc Biochemistry student of MES College, she completed the 350 of courses listed on ‘Coursera’ platform. Thus she made a world record at the Universal Record Forum.
“It was my faculty at college who introduced me into the world of online courses. There are a range of courses online. All of them vary in duration and curriculum. With the support of my college principal Ajims P Muhammed, Coursera coordinator Haneefa K G, and class tutor Neelima T K, I managed to finish the courses I signed up for within a few weeks,” she said.
The courses were proposed by several world-renowned universities including John Hawkins University, Technical University of Denmark (DTU), University of Virginia, State University of New York, University of Colorado Boulder, University of Copenhagen, University of Rochester and Emory University.
