Mangalore : 

Students from Puttur taluk in Dakshina Kannada district have won international awards for their essays.

Rashmiparvathi K. of Vivekananda College in Puttur was awarded gold medal for her essay on the use of coconut palm petiole.

Addressing the media here on Friday, Badanaje Shankar Bhat, her guide for the essay, said Rashmiparvathi’s essay on ‘Coconut palm petiole – its uses for enriching the soil nutrients and its antimicrobial properties,’ has been awarded the gold medal at the International Sustainable World (Energy, Engineering, and Environment) Project Olympiad 2013 at Houston. The Olympiad was conducted from May 8-13.

Sindhura Shankar, another student from Ramakrishna High School in Puttur, was awarded the gold medal for her essay on ‘A herbal substitute for hazardous chemical pesticides’ at the International Environment and Sustainability Olympiad at Middelburg in the Netherlands. The Olympiad was conducted from June 2-7. Bhat guided both the students to prepare the essays.

source: http://www.thehindubusinessline.com / Business Line / By The Hindu Bureau  ..vinayak.ajk@thehindu.co.in /  Mangalore – June 14th, 2013