A project on the nutritional aspects of finger millet made by students of a school from a tribal-dominated area in Palghar district has been selected for presentation before scientists at the 108th Indian Science Congress being held in Nagpur, an official said.

As part of their 'Study of finger millet as a nutritional food', students of Std 8 to 10 of Jayeshwar Vidya Mandir in Jawhar taluka interviewed 60 farmers in the area and prepared a report under the guidance of their mentor-teachers, National Children Science Congress, Maharashtra, Chairman Surendra Dighe said in a release.