Oriya student wins Community Impact Award at Google Science Fair 2015
Q. 13 year old Odisha student has won the Community Impact Award at the Google Science Fair in the 13 to 15 years category for developing a water purifier working through waste corn cobs on 22nd September 2015. She is:- Published on 24 Sep 15a. Sripada Srisai Lalita Prasida
b. Geetika Srisai Lalita Prasida
c. Malini Srisai Lalita Prasida
d. None of the above
ANSWER: Sripada Srisai Lalita Prasida
13 year old Oriya student Sripada Srisai Lalita Prasida, has won the Community Impact Award at the Google Science Fair in the 13-15 years age category for developing a water purifier that works using waste corn cobs. A standard 9th student at DPS Damanjodi in Koratpur district, Prasida was awarded USD 10,000 as prize money apart from receiving mentorship from Google. Prasida used waste corn cobs in order to clean purify water from domestic as well as industrial wastes by applying the principle of adsorption. She based her invention on the principle that waste corn cobs are able to adsorb contaminants like salt oxides, detergent, suspended particles, coloured dyes, oil, grease and certain heavy metals.
