Karnataka: Small town girl invents revolutionary medicine
Mangalore: A technology to produce salt with medicinal properties of coconut palm petiole (the stalk which attaches the leaf to the stem) - it has been developed by a girl from a small town in Dakshina Kannada district.
Interestingly, this innovative science project could also lead to a breakthrough in medicine, according to the reports. The 17 year old daughter of farmer Ravishankar K from Nekkila village, Rashmi Parvathi K, is flying to U.S with credentials of her innovative project.
Reports suggest that the he organic salt with antimicrobial properties can be used as a medicine for various skin ailments. Her project has been selected for the International Science Project Competition of International Sustainable World Energy Engineering Environment Project Olympiad ( ISWEEP) in Houston, Texas. She's among four students selected from India and the only one from Karnataka.
Rashmi Parvathi, who bagged second rank in SSLC, had earlier won national accolades for inventing and antidandruff shampoo using herbs. She has presented five science projects at the IRIS national competitions in the past three years and has attended several science camps and bagged nearly a dozen national and state awards.
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