Little did Varsha, an MTech graduate from Oxford College of Engineering in Bengaluru, expect her modest initiative in zero waste management of banana plants at Ummattur in Chamarajanagar district would fetch her widespread attention and bring her eco-friendly handicraft and edible items under the media glare on Sunday.
Minutes after Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday cited her example among the people who had started their own enterprise inspired by his monthly radio talk ‘Mann Ki Baat’, Ms. Varsha began receiving phone calls from media persons curious to know about her work.
