Mangalore :

Six class X and one first PUC students  from Puttur, about 50 km from here, will represent India in International Environment and Sustainability Project Olympiad (INESPO), an international science competition, to be held at Middleburg in Netherland from June 2 to 7.

The selected students are: Shivaprasad B, Aditya SN, Dhimanth S, Sreekumar, Ashish K, Sindhura Shankar (Sri Ramakrishna High School) and Abhiram PS, (PUC student of Vivekananda PU college). They will form four teams to showcase their science project. 

INESPO is a Netherland-based international Olympiad which will be held on a yearly basis. The first Olympiad was held in 2009 for students between 13 and 18 years of age with an aim of spreading awareness about environmental problems among students.

Vasanthi K, science teacher of Sri Ramakrishna High School, told TOI that the students worked hard for over two months to complete their projects. “They submitted their project details online to NESPO and got selected,” she added.

Shivaprasad who has teamed up with Aditya is excited to take part in this competition. Shivaprasad said, “I am extremely happy because I and my friends will be visiting a foreign country for the first time.”

Each participant will need Rs 1 lakh each to take part in this science contest. “We will be happy if someone sponsor us,” he added.

Shivaprasad and Aditya will present a project titled Germicidal Dustbin – a novel way of minimizing clinical pathogens. These students have designed a dustbin equipped with ultra violet lamp. Once the dustbin is closed UV rays emitted from the lamp will kill the pathogens in the dustbin.

Shivaprasad said the dustbin can be used in hospitals to prevent diseases that spread through clinical wastes. This duo has done this project under the guidance of Rekha P D, deputy director of Yenepoya Research Centre and Vasanthi K.

Details of students names and their projects:

Dhimanth S and Sreekumar will present “Development of an effective biocide from Acacia Concinna,” done under the guidance of Vasanthi K.

Ashish K and Abhiram PS will present “Extended applications of pollution free Vitex Nigundo.”

Sindura Shankar will present “A novel product to increase crop production by enriching pollination.”

source: http://www.articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / Home> City> Mangalore / TNN / April 04th, 2013