21/5/2019
PUNE: In a
international competition ‘Elsevier Foundation-ISC3 Green and Sustainable
Chemistry Challenge,’ a project idea by Ankur Patwardhan from Pune has bagged
the second prize of €25,000. His project named ‘Butterfly attractant for
pollination and ecosystem health’ is about the relation between chemistry and
ecosystem.
Patwardhan is currently working as head of the ‘Annasaheb
Kulkarni Biodiversity Department’ at Abasaheb Garware College, Pune.
This competition received 600 applications from around the
world. Out of them, 50 were shortlisted and the final five were selected for
presentation in the 4th Green and Sustainable Chemistry Conference in Germany
recently.
Ankur Patwardhan developed the project idea with the help of Tejaswini Pachpor and Dattatray Naik. Patwardhan serves as a member of the Maharashtra State Biodiversity Board. He is also the president of a high-level committee appointed by the Centre on Mahabaleshwar-Panchgani Eco-Sensitive Zone.
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