Innovative Student Wins IET India Scholarship Award 2024

Dilushi Herath from KIIT University clinches the IET India Scholarship Award 2024 for her innovative project using nanotechnology-enhanced portable biogas digesters to improve energy efficiency in healthcare. This prestigious award, disbursing 10 Lakhs in total, highlights her contribution to sustainable energy solutions in healthcare.

Dilushi Herath, a student from KIIT University, was announced as the national winner of the IET India Scholarship Award 2024. Her project, focused on using portable biogas digesters enhanced with nanotechnology to boost energy efficiency in healthcare, emerged victorious among 65,000 applicants. The awards ceremony took place at the IET Future Tech Congress 2024.

Herath's winning project is pivotal in transforming food waste into a sustainable energy source for healthcare, using nanotechnology to optimize digestion, increasing energy output, and enhancing biogas quality. The project aims to address energy needs sustainably while promoting waste reduction in healthcare facilities.

The IET India Scholarship Award, instituted in 2013, celebrates young engineering talents who excel academically and demonstrate societal impact and leadership potential. This year's selection process was intensely competitive, drawing unprecedented participation from across India. The next edition of the award opens for applications in April 2025.

(With inputs from agencies.)