Daijiworld Media Network - MangaluruWith Inputs from Media Release

Mangaluru, Dec 19: Two budding scientists, students of Sharada Vidyaniketan Public School here, have been selected to represent India in the International Science Fair to be held in the United States of America.

Komal of class XI and Aditya Bhargav of class X, were awarded the gold medal in the national-level Science Fair conducted by The Initiative for Research and Innovation in Science (IRIS) held in Ahmedabad, for their paper on inventing a machine using nano materials that can convert harmful gases in the environment (like carbon monoxide emitted from vehicles and sulfur dioxide emitted from factories) into harmless gases. The event was held from December 4 to 7.

Having bagged the gold medal at the national level, Komal and Aditya are now all set to represent the country in the USA.

In Ahmedabad, the duo presented their project under 'Engineering: Materials and Bioengineering about Smart Nanodevices - Future for clean air and green world'. They were mentored by Ganesh Shastri, faculty of biology at Sharada Vidyaniketan. They were also guided in their experiments by inorganic and physics chemistry and nano sciences and engineering departments of IISC, Bengaluru.

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