A team comprising faculty and students representing the Centre for Research on Aquatic Resources (CRAR) of SD College, Alappuzha, and EichhoTech, a student start-up based in the college, visited Governor Arif Mohammed Khan at Raj Bhavan recently.
The team led by G. Nagendra Prabhu, head of the Post Graduate Department of Zoology and principal investigator at CRAR presented innovative products made from water hyacinth, a troublesome aquatic weed, to the Governor.
On the occasion, a new series of exquisite works named ‘water hyacinth dry stem art” conceived and created by Anoop Kumar V., founder and CEO of EichhoTech and Neenu S., an artist and sculptor associated with EichhoTech, was unveiled by the Governor. The series commemorates the spirit of nationalism and included national emblem and national leaders such as Mahatma Gandhi, Bhagat Singh, APJ Abdul Kalam and Mother Theresa.
