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British High Commission celebrates India's Earthprize award winner and finalist

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New Delhi | October 18, 2021 8:17:10 PM IST
The British High Commission held a special reception on Tuesday to celebrate the winner and the finalist of the inaugural Earthshot prize.

India's Vidyut Mohan was named amongst five winners in a ceremony held in London on Sunday (October 17). His initiative called Takachar was the winner in the 'clean our air' category and won 1 million as prize money, according to official release by British High Commission.

Takachar develops small scale, low-cost portable systems that converts farm residue into high-value bio products which enables farmers to increase their income by 30% and reduce smoke emissions by 98%, which helps improve the air quality. It could potentially cut carbon emissions by a billion tonnes in a year.

14-year-old Vinisha Umashankar made it to the list of 15 finalists and her project will receive tailored support from The Earthshot Prize Global Alliance - an unrivalled network of philanthropies, NGOs, and private sector businesses around the world who will help scale their solutions.

Deputy British High Commissioner to India, Jan Thompson, said: "I would like to congratulate both Vidyut and Vinisha for their achievement. Earthshot aims to provide the right direction to the innovative solutions offered by young people around the globe in our collective fight against climate change."

"It's also reminder for leaders around the globe as we approach COP26 that young generation is looking up to them for concrete action to save and restore our planet." (ANI)

 
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