Indian Scientists Pave The Way To Eradicate Hunger

BANGALORE: Five Indian scientists reveal an escalation of 40-100 percent in agricultural production by utilizing some of the cheapest minerals available on earth—nano-technology and iron-pyrite.

The 13th New AG International Conference which was held in New Delhi this year is the world's largest event for agricultural technology. Delegates from over sixty countries flocked to only stand as spectators while the spotlight descended on India for its ground breaking innovation.  The growth in agricultural productivity is enhanced with non-utilization of fertilizers and genetic engineering, reports India Today. 

The Prizewinning team consists of talented genius like Mainak Das, Deepu Philip, Sushil Kr Singh, Kalpana Bhargava and Niroj K Sethy. They discovered a promising path to treat seeds (before it’s sown) with nano-particles of iron-pyrites, that significantly boost the plant growth to large scale production.

"I always wanted to do something to eradicate hunger. That is what motivated me to pursue this research”, said Mainak Das an asset to Biological Sciences at IIT Kanpur. He along with the remaining members of his team left their respective lucrative careers in foreign lands to return to India and give back. They then combined their own savings and assets to fund this research.

"We have been able to show wonderful results with spinach, carrot, fenugreek, sesame and beetroot so far. And this happens without disturbing the soil ecosystem unlike fertilizers as we are treating seeds and not soil. This is first time such results have been achieved to best of our knowledge" Said Sushil.

Mainak who leads the team disclosed the driving force of his team by saying "Why just Make in India? We want Made by India, Make for India, Make for World."

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