Mangaluru: Though the Bal Shakti Puraskar awarded by the President recognised the talent of a young science student from Dakshina Kannada , it didn’t give due honour to another student who came up with the idea.Aman KA, a student of Indraprastha PU College in Uppinangady located about 70km from here, has decided to tweet to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and submit a memorandum to Dakshina Kannada MP Nalin Kumar Kateel explaining his role in the project.Aman said he didn’t have any issue with project partner and classmate AU Nachiketh but said the project was his brainchild and he had approached Nachiketh with it as the latter had experience in exhibiting science projects.The project is about creating standard rubber sheets from bilimbi (Averrhoa bilimbi), native to Dakshina Kannada, as a sustainable and environment-friendly substitute to rubber latex created from formic acid.They not only won the gold medal at the national level but also clinched silver at the International Sustainable World Energy, Engineering and Environmental Project (ISWEEP), the world’s largest science fair.“I’ll bring my role to the notice of the Prime Minister and the MP once my exams are over,” Aman, who is currently giving his I PUC final exams, told TOI.Aman said both Nachiketh and he had applied online for the Bal Shakti Puraskar. However, only the latter was chosen by the jury and doesn’t know why he was left out.PM’s tweetInnovative Yuva Shakti! A U Nachiketh Kumar prepared standard rubber sheets from a fruit named Bilimbi (Averrhoa bilimbi) as a sustainable and environment friendly substitute for rubber latex created from formic acid by farmers. Best wishes to him for his future endeavours.Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the tweet which had a photo of him shaking hands with Nachiketh in New Delhi on January 24

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