Mangalore, March 27 (UNI): Mangalore University Applied Botany Professor Annaiah Ramesh is all set to enter the Guinness Book of World Records as he successfully completed a marathon lecture, running to 96 hours and 40 minutes, here on Sunday.

Dr Ramesh who started his lecture on the subject, "Molecular Logic of Life," on March 22, completed it at 03:45 hrs on Sunday, surpassing the record set by South African Moosawazi (88 hours and 4 seconds).

Dr Ramesh, who delivered the non-stop lecture at the jampacked Old Senate Hall in the varsity without any teaching aids on the subject, had originally wanted to complete 101 hours.

He was encouraged by students and teachers not only from the Mangalore University, but also Kuvempu, Mysore and Bangalore Universities in his effort. He was greeted with a huge round of applause when he completed his feat.

He had broken the record set by Narayana Shivashankar of Andhra Pradesh (77 hours and 9 minutes) when he crossed 80 hours on the fourth day on Saturday.

Varsity Vice-Chancellor K M Kaveriappa congratulated Dr Ramesh for his achievement.

Dr Ramesh during his marathon lecture was given a 15-minute break every eight hours to attend to his food and other needs. A team of doctors also checked his health condition in regular intervals. In order to avoid fatigue, he had taken a two-minute shower and was also helped with a neck massage.