Shafi Vikraman, a resident of Kerala's Thiruvananthapuram, obtained over 145 certificates from Princeton, Yale, Columbia, Stanford and other universities virtually, all during the Covid-19 pandemic. The certificates he received are from 16 different countries.

Shafi started enrolling for courses during the first Covid-induced lockdown in the country. He has never looked back since. The certificate hunt began by doing a small course but soon extended to courses offered by prominent universities across the world.