For organizing a mass event wherein 392 staff members divided into various sports teams participated in a Sports League and played various games to build a team spirit, coordination, physical and mental strength after the Covid 19 pandemic.

Pune : Tilak Maharashtra Vidyapeeth of Pune (Maharashtra) India has been included  by World Book of Records for organizing a mass event wherein 392 staff members divided into various sports teams participated in a Sports League and played various games to build a team spirit, coordination, physical and mental strength after the Covid 19 pandemic. The Certificate of record was presented to Prof. (Dr.) Rohit Deepak Tilak, Vice President Tilak Maharashtra Vidyapeeth Trust, Pune and Dr. Pranati Rohit Tilak, Dean - Faculty of Management, Tilak Maharashtra Vidyapeeth, Pune by P Chidambaram (Former Union Minister of Finance and Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha) , Shri Santosh Shukla Advocate; Supreme Court (President & CEO, World Book of Records)  and Dr. Suchita Shukla (Editor, Alma Today).Shri Deepak Tilak (Chancellor), Dr. Geetali Tilak (Pro Vice-Chancellor),Prof. (Dr.) Rohit Deepak Tilak, Vice President Tilak Maharashtra Vidyapeeth Trust, Pune and Dr. Pranati Rohit Tilak, Dean - Faculty of Management, Tilak Maharashtra Vidyapeeth, Pune and Dr. Abhijit Joshi (Registrar) were present there. Significantly, the origin of the Vidyapeeth dates back to pre-independence period - 1921 when immediately after the demise of Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak, his follower Mahatma Gandhi mooted the idea of establishing a university in his memory. As we all are aware one of the postulates of the four fold formula conceived by Lokmanya Tilak was National Education, the other three being Swaraj, Swadeshi and Boycott of Foreign Goods. The delegates of the first Maharashtra Provincial Conference on 6th May 1921 under the Presidentship of Shrimat Shankaracharya of Karveer Peeth decided to have a National University in Maharashtra and thus the present day Tilak Maharashtra Vidyapeeth (TMV) was established. Since inception, TMV, the public funded university has had world renowned scholar Shri Shankaracharya Vidyashankar Bharati alias Dr. Kurtakoti as its first Chancellor. On being recognized by World Book of Records, London (UK), Prof. (Dr.) Rohit Deepak Tilak and Dr. Pranati Rohit Tilak were congratulated by Wilhelm Jezler (Head Europe, World Book of Records)