From a Guinness World Record to national record books — meet the Achievers Mind Academy students who took their training to the world stage, with their minds doing what others said could not be done.
On the world stage
World-record performances by our students.
These are our students. Every one of them was trained at Achievers Mind Academy — under Master Alagan Govindan — to identify objects, colours, images and surroundings while blindfolded. The records they set are the result of that training.
Guinness World Record
Guinness World RecordsOur Student
Punithamalar Rajashekar
Ipoh, Perak · 10 years old at the time of the record
“Fastest time to arrange a chess set blindfolded — 45.72 seconds.”
Punithamalar is our student — a young Malaysian prodigy who arranged a complete chess set while blindfolded in 45.72 seconds, officially recognised by Guinness World Records and breaking the previous world record of 1 minute 2 seconds.
A student of SJK(T) Menglembu, Ipoh, she is a former Kids Got Talent Malaysia contestant, a recipient of Asia's Outstanding Child Award, and an active FIDE-registered chess player who aims to become a space scientist.
Certified by
Guinness World Records
Record time
45.72 seconds
Year
2023
School
SJK(T) Menglembu, Ipoh, Perak
Also holds
Asia's Outstanding Child Award
Chess
FIDE-registered player
Trained by us. Punithamalar was trained by Master Alagan Govindan and the Achievers Mind Academy team to identify and recognise objects, colours, images and her surroundings while blindfolded — the ability behind her world-record performance.
World Book of Records
World Book of RecordsAMBR National RecordOur Student
Oviya Sargunan
Rawang, Selangor · The blindfolded rollerblading slalom record
“Blindfolded rollerblading slalom across 10 zigzag cones — in 10 seconds flat.”
Oviya is our student from Rawang, Selangor. Wearing a blindfold, she rollerbladed a slalom through 10 randomly placed cones in an astonishing 10 seconds flat — an extraordinary feat certified by the World Book of Records on 15 June 2026.
She is also an AMBR national record holder — recognised as the first female with the fastest time to slalom across 10 obstacles on rollerblades while blindfolded (Under 16).
Certified by
World Book of Records
Time
10 seconds flat
Date
15 June 2026
Course
10 zigzag cones · slalom on rollerblades
Programme
Memory Mastery Programme
Ability achieved
Level 6 · Double Blindfolded
Trained by us. Oviya was trained at Achievers Mind Academy to recognise things, colours, images and her surroundings without sight — trained by Master Alagan Govindan's team, the same blindfold method behind all of our students' records.
Amazing Malaysian Book of Records
27 national records — set by our own students.
On 10 and 24 March 2024, thirteen of our students stood up at a single national AMBR event and set thirteen national records between them. Every one of them came through our Super Memory or Memory Mastery programmes — trained to see without their eyes.
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AMBR national records held by our students
13
Records set at one national event — March 2024
45.72s
Guinness World Record — fastest blindfolded chess-set arrangement
2
World-level record bodies — Guinness WR & World Book of Records
The March 2024 record breakers
Thirteen students. Thirteen national records. One academy.
Each record below is verified and published by the Amazing Malaysian Book of Records (AMBR). These are our students — every achievement performed live, blindfolded, after completing an AMA programme.
01
Sharviny a/p Lakshumanan
“The first person with the fastest time to sketch an image while blindfolded”
SMK Sultan Aziz Shah, Shah Alam, Selangor · Form 4Super Memory Programme (Nov 2022 – Apr 2023)Level 6 · Double Blindfolded
02
Shrry Lavanesh a/p Intheran
“The first person with the fastest time to draw a Kollam while blindfolded”
SJKT Batu Caves, Selangor · Standard 4Memory Mastery Programme (Oct 2023 – Feb 2024)Level 4 · Blindfolded
03
Aresh a/l Kalaimany
“The first person with the fastest time to deposit 20 coins into a piggy bank while blindfolded”
SJKT Sentul, Kuala Lumpur · Standard 6Super Memory Programme (Jul – Oct 2023)Level 3 · Blindfolded
04
Deeviyaa a/p T. Krishnan
“The first person with the fastest time to recognise 50 countries' bank notes while blindfolded”
SMK Haji Talib Karim, Melaka · Form 1Super Memory Programme (Apr – Aug 2023)Level 6 · Double Blindfolded
05
Dhanan a/l T. Krishnan
“The first and youngest person with the fastest time to assemble a 204-piece jigsaw puzzle while blindfolded”
SMK Haji Talib Karim, Melaka · Form 2Super Memory Programme (Apr – Aug 2023)Level 4 · Blindfolded
06
Elakkian a/l Vijaydaran
“The first person with the most number of skipping”
SJKT Segambut, Kuala Lumpur · Standard 4Super Memory Programme (Jul – Oct 2023)Level 4 · Blindfolded
07
Haamsanessan a/l Perumal
“The first person with the fastest time to achieve most flips of a plastic bottle in one minute while blindfolded”
SJKT Ladang Kuala Selangor · Standard 6Memory Mastery Programme (Oct 2023 – Feb 2024)Level 4 · Blindfolded
08
Kehsveni a/p Manivannan
“The first person with the most Agal Villakku lit up within one minute while blindfolded”
SMK Dato Haji Talib Karim, Melaka · Form 5Super Memory Programme (Apr – Aug 2023)Level 6 · Double Blindfolded
09
Nivaash a/l Sivaraja
“The first male with the most penalty football goals scored within one minute while blindfolded” (Under 16)
SMK Jalan Bukit Kajang, Selangor · Form 3Super Memory Programme (Aug – Nov 2023)Level 4 · Blindfolded
10
Narsima Charunath a/l Intheran
“The first person with the most arrows shot in target in one minute while blindfolded”
SJKT Batu Caves, Selangor · Standard 6Memory Mastery Programme (Oct 2023 – Feb 2024)Level 4 · Blindfolded
11
Narren Raj a/l Tachana Murthy
“The first male with the most successful badminton serves in one minute while blindfolded” (Under 16)
SJKT Rawang, Selangor · Standard 6Memory Mastery Programme (Oct 2023 – Feb 2024)Level 4 · Blindfolded
12
Akshainie a/p Parthiban
“The first and youngest person with the fastest time to recognise 10 fruits while blindfolded”
SJKT Jalan Yahya Awal, Johor Bahru · Standard 2Super Memory Programme (Sep 2023 – Jan 2024)Level 6 · Double Blindfolded
13
Oviya a/p Sargunan
“The first female with the fastest time to slalom across 10 randomly placed obstacles (cones) on rollerblades while blindfolded” (Under 16)
Straight International School, Rawang, SelangorMemory Mastery Programme (Oct 2023 – Feb 2024)Level 6 · Double Blindfolded
More of our record holders
The next batch kept the records coming.
In June 2024, another group of our students — trained by Master Alagan Govindan to detect objects and numbers while blindfolded — entered the Malaysian Book of Records with blindfolded feats including goal scoring on a grid, identifying vegetables, netball, carom, a taekwondo challenge, recognising the nation's map and cup stacking. As reported by Bernama:
All 27 records are published by AMBR. Profiles of the remaining record holders are being compiled and will be added here soon.
Recognition
Awards & honours.
The records our students set are only half the story. The academy — and the man who built it — have been recognised too.
The founder's honours
Master Alagan Govindan — awards & recognition.
Certificates presented to Master Alagan (Pichyalagan P. Govindan), photographed from the originals on display at the academy. Select any certificate to view it in full.
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Aryavarta Book of World Record
World Record — 33+ years leading memory & motivation training
Presented to
Pichyalagan P. Govindan (Master Alagan), Malaysia
Date
24 March 2024
Certificate ID
ED/2022/6368/67
Accreditation No.
SN./RBWRB/255348
Awarded for leading Achievers Mind Academy for more than 33 years — improving students' and people's motivation and memory skills — and recognised as an excellent leader trainer who produced 13 amazing students with skills in blindfolded activities. The citation also records his Prestige Award of Peace Ambassador from South Korea, his role as Founder, Adviser and Coach of the Marshall Group in Malaysia, President of the Sky Meditation Rawang Centre, Secretary of the Ayushpath Malaysia Association, and his certification as a trainer by the Ministry of Human Resources Malaysia.
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TSA · Rashtriya Samman 2023, India
National Award — Motivation, Consulting & Speaking
Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi
A national award presented for his outstanding, accomplished and remarkable role in the fields of Motivation, Consulting and Speaking — work recognised at various levels. The certificate carries the Make in India and G20 India emblems.
Presented for remarkable and outstanding performances in the fields of Education, Team Building, Motivation, the Super Memory Programme, Meditation and Social Work. Signed by Professor Dato' Er. Dr. Arulsamy Arumugasamy, Founder & Managing Director of the Amazing Malaysian Book of Records.
Also among his honours: the title “Ninaivatral Nayagan” (Memory Skills Champion), awarded in 2012.
The academy's recognition
Awards & affiliations of the academy.
Recognition earned by Achievers Mind Academy itself — including a formal university affiliation.
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Yoga University of the Americas · Florida, USA
Official affiliation — Yoga University of the Americas
Status
Formal affiliation · AMA approved to run recognised programmes
Date of issue
2 November 2025
Place
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Signed by
Dr. M Bala Tharamalingam (Dean – South East Asia) & Mr. Ravi P S (Administrator)
The Yoga University of the Americas — an American religious university in Pembroke Pines, Florida, accredited to the American Association of Drugless Practitioners — formally affiliated Achievers Mind Academy (Master Alagan Govindan, Founder Principal), approving the centre to run its recognised programmes.
The national-record plaque presented to Achievers Mind Academy at the AMBR event where thirteen of our students set thirteen national records — the same records listed at the top of this page.
