Embassy of Sweden awards winners

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’s 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.

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’s 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.”