Updated On: 06 November, 2013 07:56 AM IST | | Ruchika Kher
Two young voices will be India's flag bearers at an environmental summit in Germany where 48 participants from 18 countries will put their heads together to discuss, share and work on the future of global environmental conservation. Ruchika Kher spoke to Vaibhav Pratap Singh and Soumyajit Paul on their ideas for a better planet Earth
Vaibhav Pratap Singh, who is pursuing MS by Research in Electrical Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras and Soumyajit Paul, a Civil Engineering student at SRM University, Kancheepuram, belong to a growing breed of youngsters who believe that it’s time to wake up and smell the coffee as far as global environment is concerned. The two won Bayer Young Environmental Envoy 2013 (BYEE 2013) competition, which is held in cooperation with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), and will now travel to Germany for an environmental summit, from November 10 to 15, along with 48 others from 18 other countries.
