Both Darjeeling MP Raju Bista and Siliguri MLA Dr Shankar Ghosh congratulated Dr Eklabya Sharma on being awarded the Padma Shri.
Both Darjeeling MP Raju Bista and Siliguri MLA Dr Shankar Ghosh congratulated Dr Eklabya Sharma on being awarded the Padma Shri. While Mr Bista extended his heartiest congratulations to Dr Eklabya Sharma on social media, Dr Ghosh today met Dr Sharma at his Siliguri residence.
Dr Sharma, originally from St Mary’s in Kurseong, had previously served as the deputy director general at International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), Kathmandu. He was also the head and the founding scientist incharge of GB Pant Institute of Himalayan Environment and Development, Sikkim, Darjeeling MP Mr Bista said.
Dr Sharma is the chairperson of Science Advisory Committee of GB Pant National Institute of Himalayan Environment and a fellow of Indian National Science Academy. He had joined as the vice chancellor of TERI School of Advanced Studies, previously known as TERI University, Delhi. Currently, he is serving as the Strategic Advisor and Distinguished Senior Fellow in Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE), Bangalore
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New Delhi: The Embassy of Sweden today felicitated the winners of the 7days challenge for the best innovative ideas for sustainable living. Krishi Bhat and Manvi Jain both from the Amity International School, Vasundhara, Sector 6, Ghaziabad were announced as winners at a ceremony held at the Swedish Ambassador residence.
Krishi Bhat was awarded for developing a herbal eco-friendly & cost effective sanitary pad in response to the growing concerns of sustainability of the commercial sanitary napkins. Manvi Jain was selected as a winner for Bees wax cloth wrap, which is reusable and bio-degradable and eliminates the use of foil papers and cling foil.
The 7 days Challenge was held from January 17-23, inviting youth between 14-24 years of age around Delhi NCR to practice sustainable lifestyles focused on three categories:
EAT, MOVE and LIVE. The event was organized by the Embassy of Sweden in partnership with TERI School of Advanced Studies and Eco-Club initiative of Department of Environment, Government of NCT of Delhi. The event was part of the Embassy 11th edition of The Sweden India Nobel Memorial Week. Thirteen hundred and thirty students participated from Delhi NCR and more than three hundred innovative ideas were received.
Some of the other innovative ideas were Sustainable Development Mobile Application, Intelligent dustbin, Calcium from eggshells, Affordable slippers, Alarm in the mobile phones for completion on charging, Organic charcoal, Dustbin with a hemispherical top, Cars run on super conductors and Microfrost.
While talking about the initiative H.E. Klas Molin, Ambassador of Sweden to India said, We are so impressed by the innovative and creative solutions we received for sustainable living. Today's young generation has a great potential to enact positive change and such initiatives can help combining their creativity and dynamism to achieve a sustainable future.
Dr. Leena Srivastava, Vice Chancellor of TERI School of Advanced Studies, said, Out of-the-box thinking is what we were looking for from our young competitors of the 7 Days challenge and that is what we got! Responses of the kind we received assure us that planet Earth's future will be more sustainable than the state in which earlier generations are leaving it in.
The challenge aided in encouraging both innovation and awareness about lifestyle choices that contribute to sustainability not only for 7-day but beyond for a lifetime."
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