Puttur : 

Rashmiparvathi from Puttur has  won a gold medal in the International Sustainable World Energy Engineering  Environment Project Olympiad-2013 for her science project. The event was held at Houston, Texas, USA from May 8 to 12.

Rashmiparvathi who has secured 93 per cent in her PUC exam, wants to pursue studies at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.

 
A team   including Rashmiparvathi, Ayush Panara from Rajkot, Nambirajan Konar, Kushal Suvarna, Dhanyeshwari and Manoj Kumar from Mumbai had participated in  I-SWEEP, an international science fair that focuses on energy, engineering, and environmental projects fair. The team also won two silvers and one bronze medal.

 
Rashmiparvati was earlier in the news when she won a gold for her invention of remedy for skin ailments, made of a salt from coconut palm petiole.

source: http://www.mangaloretoday.com / Mangalore Today / Home> Main News / by Mangalore Times News Network / Puttur – Monday, May 19th, 2013