VIT University student bags second prize at RELX Group Environmental Challenge

For many years VIT University, Vellore, has been instrumental in creating leaders across industries. This year was no exception. <g data-gr-id="15">Devlina</g> Das, a CSIR Senior Research Fellow at VIT University, recently bagged the second prize in world competition at the 2015 RELX Group Environmental Challenge. 

The $25,000 prize went to SALINO, a project managed by Das, which converts sea water to drinking water using a five-step method powered by solar energy. The winners also get a year’s free access to Science Direct, a database that includes 3,67,000 articles on environmental science. Das says the inspiration behind her invention was the current water purification scenario in the country.

“The current scenario is such that ground and fresh water resources are depleting and require an 

immediate attention. This inspired me to come up with SALINO,” she said.