Inspiring story of a Dr. Gattem Venkatesh: A Man of Creativity!

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Gattem Venkatesh

• A Guinness World Record holder Artist

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• Venkatesh was born on 28th May 1996 in
  Chinadoddigallu village, Vishakhapatnam, Andhra
  Pradesh.
• He used to ask new questions every day to the
  artists near his place and developed an interest
  in Micro Art. These artists used to carve on wood.

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• Venkatesh was already an enthusiastic painter and
  he also started working for his passion in the
  artistic field but his relatives questioned his
  parents to let him follow such a path.
• His parents didnt listen to what others were
  saying and they kept supporting his talented kid
  for whatever he was doing.

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• Venkatesh received a lot of appreciations and set
  some records already. Everyone started praising
  him, which gave him moral support to do something
  big as the next step.
• He applied for Guinness Book of World Record, but
  his application got rejected. He tried for two
  continuous years, faced nothing but failure.

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• He didnt give up and found something unique, he
  created the smallest miniature of The Empire
  State Building on an 18mm toothpick that too in
  just 23 minutes.
• He applied for Guinness Book of World Record once
  again and kept waiting till the time officials
  were checking it for each and every aspect.

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• In July 2017, Venkatesh received the confirmation
  that his application was approved this time and
  his name was there in Guinness Book of World
  Records.
• After reaching to the new heights, he completed
  his graduation in B.Arch from GITAM School of
  Architecture, and then completed a doctorate in
  Arts and Crafts from Peace University, Germany.

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• In 2018, he also received the Ugadi Puruskar from
  Andhra Pradesh Government. He got the chance to
  meet ministers and received honor and recognition
  for his talent.
• He has already reached the count of more than 400
  masterpieces of his artwork.

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• He also started his own venture as he wanted to
  help everyone like him who had an interest in art
  and crafts.
• Venky Arts is famous for helping students of
  every age group who wish to find their motivation
  and do something in the artistic field.

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• He was also nominated for the Padma Shri award
  and there he met former Indian President Pranab
  Mukherjee who encouraged him to follow his
  dreams.
• Apart from this he has already been honored with
  the prestigious, Bharat Gaurav Award in 2015, and
  has been mentioned in the Indian Book of Records
  five times already.

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• Venkatesh has proved that it doesnt matter what
  path you choose, its just you need to keep up
  your spirit and continuing your hard work for the
  same, sooner or later you are going to get your
  reward.
• His works are showcased in many exhibits, he is
  already spreading so much happiness and joy to
  all over the world through his artistic creations.

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