Recognition

A documentary archive.

Each honour is shown with the evidence we have for it. Where only a profile or a report exists, it is labelled as such.

Early recognition

Two different honours, kept apart.

1981 · Reported

Appreciation award, Mumbai Police Commissioner

Madhusudan Kasbekar, then Commissioner of Police, Mumbai

For his work as a young investigative journalist; described as one of the youngest recognised by the department.

1983 (reported) · Reported

National youth award, presented by President Giani Zail Singh

Government of India (as reported)

Kept separate from the 1981 police appreciation. Listed as reported in his profile; the certificate is being sourced for this archive.

1981. Credit: Family archive.

Honours listed in public profiles

Named, with details to follow.

Listed in a profile

Police Mitra recognition

As listed in the ICSI faculty profile

Listed in a faculty profile; issuing body and date to be added with the certificate.

Listed in a profile

Non Align Movement Act Award

As listed in a speaker profile

Listed in a public speaker profile; details to be added.

Listed in a profile

Navnirman Gaurav Puraskar

As listed in a speaker profile

Listed in a public speaker profile; details to be added.

Being confirmed

Merlin Medal

Listed in the ICSI faculty profile

The issuing organisation, title and year are being confirmed before this is described as an award.

Certifications

Real certificates only.

No certificates are published yet. When original scans are supplied they will appear here with issuer and date.

An older speaker profile describes an ISO accreditation. That standard is no longer valid, so it is intentionally not presented as a current credential.

Where something cannot be shown with evidence, this page says so rather than rounding it up.

Profile statements

Stated in his profile.

  • ISO 9001:2008India's first & only ISO 9001:2008 accredited mentalistAs stated in his profileCertificate to be shown. ISO 9001:2008 has since been superseded by later editions of the standard.
  • Merlin MedalInternational Merlin Medal, described in his profile as the highest global award in mentalismAs stated in his profileIssuing organisation and year being confirmed.

A magic moment · 11

A Country, a Creature, a Colour

A chain of thoughts that ends in one place.

How to play

  1. Follow each instruction and press “Done” when you have it.
  2. Do not say anything aloud.
  3. Keep your final answer in mind for the reveal.
How does it work?

Multiplying any 1 to 10 by 9 and adding the digits always gives 9, and 9 minus 5 is 4. The fourth letter is D, and Denmark is the most natural country, with its second letter E for elephant and elephants being grey. It does not work on everyone, and that is part of the lesson about suggestion.

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