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Guy Has Either 33 or 108 Doctorate Degrees (Allegedly) - RbxFunRocks - 10-21-2022
Out of curiosity, I did a Google search about who has the most PhDs. The highest answer I found from a news article was 33:
https://www.thehansindia.com/telangana/with-33-doctorates-hyderabad-man-sets-a-new-guinness-record-573415
I've never heard of Satyanarayana. The article says that he has a Guinness World Record, so I tried looking for it. Nothing. Couldn't even find anything archived. Next, I found his website. There, he claims to have 108 doctorates (a huge jump from 33):
https://www.sagisatya.com/doctorates
Archived version - https://web.archive.org/web/20221022010613/https://www.sagisatya.com/doctorates
He actually lists each school, degree, and year awarded in the link above. Trying to give him the benefit of the doubt, at first glance, I thought about the possibility that he's just bragging about earning a bunch of online degrees (in similar subjects) from a mix of accredited and unaccredited schools. Some schools I recognized. Others, I had to search up. One of the universities he says he went to (Yoga-Samskrutham University) is an unaccredited religious school, for instance.
At this point, I didn't believe Satyanarayana was being truthful. It's pretty obvious he lied about his Guinness World Record after all. I also just don't see how all of this could've been pulled off logistically. I figured that at the very least, the lie would be somewhat thought-out. There's no way he'd claim to have degrees that these schools don't actually offer. Right?
No silly, not at all.
One school that caught my attention was the University of Central Florida. This is mainly because I have a ton of irl friends who go there and I have a good understanding of what degrees they offer. Something was off about this guy saying he had a PhD in Yoga from UCF. One Google search later, low and behold, they don't have a Yoga program. How surprising... (not). Closest I could find was the resume of some UCF alumnus who has a PhD (from a different school) and likes yoga.
Looking at the actual dates, there's no way he got all those PhDs from Ivies in such a short span of time. Princeton doesn't even have any online degrees so he would've had to go in-person. I doubt Yale would even make it possible for him to get so many PhDs in a short span of time in the same subject. He got PhDs in Yoga at both Columbia and Yale within 1 year? I smell bologna.
Then, there's the obvious: how is he paying for everything? Some of these programs could not have been taken online, implying a ton of irl travel. The tuition at some of these schools is pretty expensive (especially when attending so many good schools at the same time). What kind of job would give him enough time and money to pay for all this? Even if we ignore the fact some of these degrees don't exist, it just doesn't add up.
Funniest part of all this: the photos of his "world record". They can be found in the below. I've also attached some of them to this thread.
https://www.sagisatya.com/in-the-news
Good thing he isn't claiming to have a PhD in Graphic Design (yet).
RE: Guy Has Either 33 or 108 Doctorate Degrees (Allegedly) - jsd - 10-21-2022
I have 109. But they're from very exclusive schools, you've probably never heard of them.
RE: Guy Has Either 33 or 108 Doctorate Degrees (Allegedly) - novadar - 10-21-2022
(10-21-2022, 09:10 PM)RbxFunRocks Wrote: Good thing he isn't claiming to have a PhD in Graphic Design (yet).
Lol. This is the funniest thing I read on the internet today!
RE: Guy Has Either 33 or 108 Doctorate Degrees (Allegedly) - MichaelGates - 10-21-2022
He has how many? One Hundred and Fight? Fight?
RE: Guy Has Either 33 or 108 Doctorate Degrees (Allegedly) - collegecareerstudent - 10-22-2022
I don't believe it either. There are two men from Michigan who hold the US record. I believe one has 15 degrees and one has 33 but don't quote me on that. But of course, I want to beat that record. I'm sure many of us on this forum do.
RE: Guy Has Either 33 or 108 Doctorate Degrees (Allegedly) - ss20ts - 10-22-2022
What a crock! He should spend more time working on his PhotosShop skills. PhD in Yoga from Yale? I mean if your'e going to lie, at least make it look like something that is actually possible. What's on his plate for 2023? A PhD in Goat Herding from Cornell? A PhD in Pumpkin Carving from Princeton? A PhD in Candy Crush from MIT?
RE: Guy Has Either 33 or 108 Doctorate Degrees (Allegedly) - MichaelGates - 10-22-2022
Meet VN Parthiban - The 55-YO Chennai Professor Who Has A Whopping 145 Academic Degrees To His Credit
https://www.indiatimes.com/news/india/meet-vn-parthiban-the-55-yo-chennai-professor-who-has-a-whopping-145-academic-degrees-to-his-credit-261328.html
RE: Guy Has Either 33 or 108 Doctorate Degrees (Allegedly) - ss20ts - 10-22-2022
(10-22-2022, 09:45 AM)MichaelGates Wrote: Meet VN Parthiban - The 55-YO Chennai Professor Who Has A Whopping 145 Academic Degrees To His Credit
https://www.indiatimes.com/news/india/meet-vn-parthiban-the-55-yo-chennai-professor-who-has-a-whopping-145-academic-degrees-to-his-credit-261328.html
Another one who's full of it. He has degrees in Criminal Law and Environmental Law? Multiple MBA's? He probably took a class - if that - or did the diploma mill thing. How would anyone have the time to be a professor and complete 145 degrees? How would one afford it? Master's degrees typically take 2 years to complete and magically he has dozens of them? Not buying it.
RE: Guy Has Either 33 or 108 Doctorate Degrees (Allegedly) - bjcheung77 - 10-22-2022
Hmm, interesting, why they are going for so many "degrees" when it's the experience/knowledge gained in the journey that counts, the number of credentials is secondary if that even... I usually take courses for learning/retaining information and that I want to know more about the subject matter or work towards a certificate, etc. I bet many people can "beat" them by paying a small nominal fee to get "honorary" doctorates or even those degree mill ones, but why bother?
RE: Guy Has Either 33 or 108 Doctorate Degrees (Allegedly) - RbxFunRocks - 10-22-2022
(10-22-2022, 01:43 PM)bjcheung77 Wrote: Hmm, interesting, why they are going for so many "degrees" when it's the experience/knowledge gained in the journey that counts, the number of credentials is secondary if that even... I usually take courses for learning/retaining information and that I want to know more about the subject matter or work towards a certificate, etc. I bet many people can "beat" them by paying a small nominal fee to get "honorary" doctorates or even those degree mill ones, but why bother?
Couldn't agree more. The journey is way more important than the destination. It's what makes a degree feel earned and not just a piece of paper.
It seems he's the vice-chancellor of an online university in India (some websites say 2, only one of those schools lists him atm). I sense some dishonesty in the job application process. Earning a vice-chancellorship at that school was probably no problem for someone with such an extensive educational history
Okay, but yea. I reckon there's a good chance his motive is to use these "degrees" to get hired at jobs he isn't qualified for.