Dimapur, March 6 (MExN): A Botany student from Kohima Science College Jotsoma, Zenwang Konyak participated in the Smart 50 competition for Startups held at New Delhi from February 26 to 28.
Zenwang participated with his research on ‘Bioinsceticides and Biopesticides’ which deals in treating vegetable crops and flowers using biological extract from a plant and can kill or resist pest that effect crops.
He participated in the Smart Agriculture category and became a part of the Top 3000 amongst overall 15,000 participants from all over India. He was awarded with cash benefits of Rs. 50,000 from Amazon Web service, a certificate from IIM Calcutta and free membership from TiE New Delhi and also financial assistance and mentorship from Global Entrepreneurship Programme by IBM.
Smart fifty is a nationwide startup competition organised by IIM Calcutta in collaboration with Department of Science and Technology, Government of India which aim in the hunt for Smart solutions that can transform India with sustainability, motivating, affordable, responsible and transformational with focused areas in Smart learning, smart agriculture, smart money, smart sustainability, smart living and smart health.
While sharing the details about the event, Science Club, Kohima Science College Jotsoma also added that the participation to Smart fifty was sponsored by Department of Science and Technology, Government of Nagaland and Co-Sponsord by Department of Botany, Kohima Science College Jotsoma.
