• Ankur Patwardhan from Pune has bagged the second prize of €25,000 for a project at the ‘Elsevier Foundation-ISC3 Green and Sustainable Chemistry Challenge’.
• His project named ‘Butterfly attractant for pollination and ecosystem health’ is about the relationship between chemistry and ecosystem.
• He is also the president of a committee on Mahabaleshwar-Panchgani Eco-Sensitive Zone.