Belthangady girl Sunitha Prabhu receives Pradhan Mantri Bal Puraskar from President Kovind

Mangalore Today News Network

Belthangady, Jan 23, 2020: Moorje Sunitha Prabhu of Belthangady  has received the Pradhan Mantri Bal Puraskar from President Ram Nath Kovind at a ceremony held  at Rashtrapathi Bhavan on January 22, Tuesday.  She won the Award for the achievement in the field of scientific research. She  has also got an opportunity to participate  in the Republic Day Parade and meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

 

 

Sunitha is the daughter of Belthangady based entrepreneur Vivekanand Prabhu and Shanthala Prabhu. An alumnus of Ujire SDM English Medium School (CBSEE) she is presently pursuing PUC at  CFAL in Mangaluru.

 

She won the Award for representing India in the 80th Science and Technology  Fest held at Phoenix in  the US last year.

The mosquito repellent device  invented by her  was  developed at the  Pune IISER and NCL. She has also bagged the National Grand Award for her achievement.

A remote controlled rubber tapping   machine is also the product of her research  which has won commendation.