An Indian who holds 20 Post Graduate University Degrees

Ever wondered of doing a double degree..or may be three...its highly impossible now a days because of various reasons. Here is one guy who holds TWENTY PG University Degrees to his name. I wonder what he would call himself. Nevertheless, a great achievement.

Shrikant Jichkar has had 20 post-graduate University Degrees. Beginning as a Medical Doctor (MBBS and MD ) he did his Law (LL.B.) with Post-graduation in International Law (LL.M.) and his Masters in Business Administration (DBM and MBA) and in Journalism (B.Journ).

He did his Masters in ten subjects:
M.A. (Public Administration) ; M.A. (Sociology) ; M.A. (Economics); M.A. (Sanskrit); M.A. (History); M.A.(English Literature); M.A. (Philosophy); M.A. (Political Science) ; M.A. (Ancient Indian History, Culture and Archaeology); M.A (Psychology).

He got his D. Litt (Doctor of Letters) in Sanskrit. Most of his Degrees are with First Merit and he has obtained 28 Gold Medals. Between 1972 and 1990 he has written 42 university examinations.

Limca Book of Records lists him as the "most qualified" person in India. In 1978 he wrote the UPSC exam, and got into the Indian Police Service; resigned, took the exam again in 1980, got into the Indian Administrative Service only to resign in four months to contest his first general election.

Out of his 42 University exams,he got gold medals in 26 degree exams.He completed most of his degrees from the Shivaji University,Kolhapur.

In 1977, he was elected President of the Nagpur University Student's Council. In 1980 he was elected to Maharashtra Legislative Assembly becoming the youngest MLA in the country at 25 and subsequently became a very powerful government minister holding 14 portfolios at a time. After 12 years in the Maharashtra Legislature he was elected to the Indian Parliament in 1992 where he was MP till 1998. In 1999 he lost the election to the Lok Sabha by a slender margin of 3000 votes in an electorate of 1.4 million voters.