Kulgam lady ‘develops’ herbal paste for burning polythene
Tawqeer Hussain Kulgam:
Claiming that she has developed a herbal formula for degradation of polythene and can make degradable polythene for usage in various purposes, Nasira is all set to reap the harvest of her success. She has applied for the patent license of her ‘discovery’. At the same time, environmentalists believe that her research will be fruitful in terms of bringing the green peace not only in Kashmir, but also in the entire world.
Born in a poor family at Kanipora-Kulgam in South Kashmir, Nasira left her studies at the secondary level due to economic backwardness of her family and started helping her mother in domestic work. But in her heart of hearts her desire to learn new things continued like anything and she was somewhat prompted to prepare a formula which can degrade the polythene–a research area wherein success has eluded researchers from day one.
She says once she heard someone saying that polythene is non-biodegradable and dangerous for the environment. She took this as a challenge and began working on the project.
“It continued to strike my mind that polythene is a grave threat to the environment, as I kept listening to the concerns expressed by the people at large. Therefore, I started to think about its degradation,’’ says Nasira.
The journey of preparing the formula was not easy and the same was greeted by disappointment for some years initially. However, this brave lady didn’t give up and she tried while traversing on the path of research.
“The first few years of my research were very difficult since I had no idea of how to go and where from to start. But I never lost hope and one day while working on the formula, I was able to made polythene burn into pieces,” she recalled adding it was the turning point in her research which ultimately led to the success when she actually burnt polythene into ashes.
It took Nasira 11 long years of rigorous work to make this formula and today she believes that she has succeeded in making the herbal paste which when mixed with polythene can change it into bio-degradable ash on burning and can be used in making the degradable polythene.
“I have been working on this project for 11 years now and today I can heave a sigh of relief. It is very sweet to taste success and today I can say that I have developed an herbal paste which can degrade the polythene,’’ says the young innovator.
Nasira has sent the samples of degradable polythene to the National Innovation Foundation (NIF) for the approval. Although, the formal orders for the approval of formula are yet to come from NIF, this young innovator feels she would get the same soon and this she adds would be no less than an achievement.
“As soon as I succeeded in making the herbal paste for degradation of the polythene, I was over the moon with joy. But at the same time, I felt the need for the authentication of the same from the concerned agency. In this respect I sent some of the samples to NIF for the approval and I hope to get a positive reply from them in near future,’’ she said.
Nasira believes that her ‘innovation’ would not only benefit people in Kashmir valley, but to those people living in other parts of India or abroad. She terms her innovation as a service to the mankind and this is the driving force which may motivate her to go for further research on some other topics.
It is expected that once her innovation is approved and patented, Nasira’s research may address environmental concerns not only in Kashmir, but elsewhere as well.
“As soon as I started my journey vis-à-vis research for developing the paste many unanswered questions used to hog my mind. But at the end of the day all those questions have been answered and today I can move with my head high in esteem. Now my goal is to make this formula available for the common masses, but for the same it is important that formal approval is granted by NIF,” says the young innovator.
Tawqeer Hussain Kulgam:
Claiming that she has developed a herbal formula for degradation of polythene and can make degradable polythene for usage in various purposes, Nasira is all set to reap the harvest of her success. She has applied for the patent license of her ‘discovery’. At the same time, environmentalists believe that her research will be fruitful in terms of bringing the green peace not only in Kashmir, but also in the entire world.
Born in a poor family at Kanipora-Kulgam in South Kashmir, Nasira left her studies at the secondary level due to economic backwardness of her family and started helping her mother in domestic work. But in her heart of hearts her desire to learn new things continued like anything and she was somewhat prompted to prepare a formula which can degrade the polythene–a research area wherein success has eluded researchers from day one.
She says once she heard someone saying that polythene is non-biodegradable and dangerous for the environment. She took this as a challenge and began working on the project.
“It continued to strike my mind that polythene is a grave threat to the environment, as I kept listening to the concerns expressed by the people at large. Therefore, I started to think about its degradation,’’ says Nasira.
The journey of preparing the formula was not easy and the same was greeted by disappointment for some years initially. However, this brave lady didn’t give up and she tried while traversing on the path of research.
“The first few years of my research were very difficult since I had no idea of how to go and where from to start. But I never lost hope and one day while working on the formula, I was able to made polythene burn into pieces,” she recalled adding it was the turning point in her research which ultimately led to the success when she actually burnt polythene into ashes.
It took Nasira 11 long years of rigorous work to make this formula and today she believes that she has succeeded in making the herbal paste which when mixed with polythene can change it into bio-degradable ash on burning and can be used in making the degradable polythene.
“I have been working on this project for 11 years now and today I can heave a sigh of relief. It is very sweet to taste success and today I can say that I have developed an herbal paste which can degrade the polythene,’’ says the young innovator.
Nasira has sent the samples of degradable polythene to the National Innovation Foundation (NIF) for the approval. Although, the formal orders for the approval of formula are yet to come from NIF, this young innovator feels she would get the same soon and this she adds would be no less than an achievement.
“As soon as I succeeded in making the herbal paste for degradation of the polythene, I was over the moon with joy. But at the same time, I felt the need for the authentication of the same from the concerned agency. In this respect I sent some of the samples to NIF for the approval and I hope to get a positive reply from them in near future,’’ she said.
Nasira believes that her ‘innovation’ would not only benefit people in Kashmir valley, but to those people living in other parts of India or abroad. She terms her innovation as a service to the mankind and this is the driving force which may motivate her to go for further research on some other topics.
It is expected that once her innovation is approved and patented, Nasira’s research may address environmental concerns not only in Kashmir, but elsewhere as well.
“As soon as I started my journey vis-à-vis research for developing the paste many unanswered questions used to hog my mind. But at the end of the day all those questions have been answered and today I can move with my head high in esteem. Now my goal is to make this formula available for the common masses, but for the same it is important that formal approval is granted by NIF,” says the young innovator.
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