Bayer
selects Young Environmental Envoys to represent India on an educational
tour to Germany
India, October 20, 2008:
Bayer India recently announced the winners
of the Bayer Young Environment Envoy competition.
The winners - Meghna Das from Mount Carmel College,
Bangalore and Rohit Pansare from Datta Meghe Engineering College,
Mumbai will represent India at Bayer AG, Leverkusen (Germany) along
with their counterparts from several other countries for a week
long, all-expense-paid study tour sponsored by Bayer. On this tour,
students have the opportunity to experience how environmental protection
is practiced by the Company, and government in industrialized countries.
Students had to send a write-up on their contribution
towards improving the environment along with practical examples
of projects undertaken in order to participate in the competition.
Short-listed students were then called for an interview, to gauge
their knowledge and communication skills.
The two selected candidates have an exemplary academic
record and have worked in their areas towards environmental protection.
Meghna, a college scholarship holder, has previously
won an all expense paid trip to a science seminar in Burlington,
Vermont, after her team was declared the winner at the Global Challenge
Award 2006-07. Global Challenge is an initiative of the University
of Vermont in collaboration with the National Science Foundation.
Meghna is also a part-time journalist with www.cogito.org, an online
science journal started by Johns Hopkins University. She has also
completed an internship at BioInformatics Institute, Biopolis, Singapore
in computational chemistry and cancer research.
Rohit, is a final year civil engineering student and an environment
enthusiast. He has initiated various environment related activities
in Mumbai. He also founded a Teen Nature Club that has been proactive
in conducting various environmental friendly activities like cleaning
up of the Yeoor lake in Thane, spreading awareness against environment
polluting firecrackers and also about using eco-friendly ‘ganesha’
idols during Ganeshutsav. Rohit, who is studying to be a civil engineer,
aspires to research and promote the concept of ‘Green Buildings’.
Meghna and Rohit will represent India at an educational tour to
be held at Leverkusen, Germany from November 02-07, 2008.
About BYEEP
In keeping with its social commitment of environmental protection
in every sphere, the Bayer Group worldwide has initiated the Young
Environmental Envoy Programme (BYEEP). The programme seeks to educate
youth on the global effort to save and protect the environment as
Bayer appreciates the fact that in order to conserve the habitat,
one needs the cooperation and understanding of young students.
Bayer has been sponsoring the project since 1996, and has since
then played a major role in developing the program, which today
attracts hundreds of students from across the nation. In 1997, UNEP
Regional Office for Asia Pacific adopted the project under its umbrella.
BYEEP entails young people visiting Bayer headquarters in Leverkusen,
Germany, to learn about sustainable development and various methods
of environmental protection. Under the Bayer Young Environmental
Envoy program, selected students go to Germany on a weeklong study
tour to experience how environmental protection is practiced by
people, government and industry in a highly developed country. The
visit to the global headquarters of the Bayer Group in Germany demonstrates
how companies – through product development and responsible
manufacturing processes – contribute to sustainable development.
• Bayer became the first private-sector company
to partner with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
in environmental projects for young people
• Bayer and UNEP have worked together on specific projects
in the Asia-Pacific region for many years.
• The cooperation agreement will serve as a basis for them
to step up current projects, transfer successful initiatives to
other countries and develop ideas for new projects in this field
Bayer India has been participating in this program since 2002.
For more information on the programme please visit: www.bayeryoungenvoy.com
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of health care, nutrition and high-tech materials.
Our products and services are designed to benefit people and improve
their quality of life. At the same time we want to create value
through innovation, growth and improved earning power. The Company
has three sub groups - HealthCare, CropScience and MaterialScience.
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