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City Girl wins Environmental Tech. Competition

CITY GIRL, Saumita Banerjee has won the Environmental Technology Compition ‘Green Talents’ of the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). Biotechnologist Saumita Banerjee is currently working on Ph D thesis at the National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI). Nagpur. where she specialises in the production of bioethanol from lignocellulosic biomass, a promising approach for the reduction of greenhouse gases.
The topic of research is the ‘Production of bioethanol from lignocellulosis biomass, which is one of the most promising options for greenhouse gas reduction’.
According to the jury Saumita Banerjec shows a lot of potential in the field of renewable energies. With her visit to Germany, Saumita Banerjee not only hopes
to expand her own knowledge in the area of environmental technologies but also to learn more about future trends in her field of research.
One more Indian, Nibar Ranjan Samal has also won the competition.
They are the first ‘Green Talents’ and both Banerjee and Samal can now refer to themselves as Green Talents’.
Along with other young scientists from across the world, the two Indian researchers have won the Environmental Technology Competition Green Talents’ of the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
The competition took place for the first time this year and set out to find outstanding scientific talents in the field of environmental technology.
The winning scientist were selected because their research is making a long-term contribution in resolving global challenges such as climate change, diminishing energy resources and large-scale environmental pollution.
A jury of renowned German expert selected a total 15 winners, who will be invited to a one week science forum in Germany at the end of August.
Dr Sama! works at the Department of Civil Engineering of the National Institute ofl Technology in Durgapur, where he conducts research on the removal of toxic heavy metals from the groundwater.
A total of 156 young scientists from 43 different countries applied for one of the 15 places. There were 22 applicants from India alone.
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Reference: Staff Report - 26 Aug 2009, The Hitavada