Indian Entrepreneur’s Agro Waste Project ‘Takachar’ Wins Prince William’s inaugural ‘Eco-Oscar’ Award

A New Delhi-based 17-year-old entrepreneur named Vidyut Mohan earned the coveted ‘Earth shot Prize’ in London on October 17. Dubbed as the ‘Eco-Oscars’, it is an environmental award run by the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Prince William, and Kate Middleton.

The ‘Eco-Oscars’ is an environmental award established by Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and renowned British historian David Attenborough in 2020, to be awarded annually from 2021 to 2030 to 5 winners.

Vidyut Mohan’s one of a kind invention was nominated in the ‘Clean Our Air’ category of the awards. Known as ‘Takachar’, it aims to not only lessen the smoke emissions but also combat climate change and portable device that uses crop residue to convert it into bio-products like fuel and fertilisers to reduce smoke emissions and combat air pollution.

Each of the five winners will receive £1 million for their project.

The awards were announced in five categories namely: Protect and Restore Nature, Clean our Air, Revive our Oceans, Build a Waste-Free World and Fix our Climate.