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(News) Lalita Prasida wins award at Google Science Fair for Corn Cobs based Water Purifier

Posted: 26 Sep 2015 05:03 AM PDT


Lalita Prasida wins award at Google Science Fair for Corn Cobs based Water Purifier


Lalita Prasida Sripada Srisai, a class IX student from Damanjodi in Koraput district in Odisha won the 'Community Impact Award' at the prestigious Google Science Fair in California on Tuesday.

This student of DPS Damanjodi developed a low-cost bio-absorbent based water purifier which uses waste corn cobs as key ingredient. She has won the award in 13-15 years age group. The winners of the fifth annual Google Science Fair were announced live from Google Headquarters in Mountain View, California. As part of this award, Lalita received 10,000 US dollars as prize money. Lalita will be further supported for one year by the organisation to build on her project.

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