Swiss award for IT college researcher
Lucknow: A research scholar from Isabella Thoburn college, Samridhi Dwivedi won the Trojan Horse Award 2025 awarded by the Swiss Chemical Society in collaboration with Ärztinnen und Ärzte für Umweltschutz (Doctors for the environment), Switzerland.
Samridhi conducted the research under the supervision of chemistry professor Alfred Lawrence.
The award carries a citation and prize money of Rs 2 lakh.
This award recognises outstanding research that advances scientific understanding of the Trojan Horse phenomenon — referring to the release and transport of toxic, often carcinogenic substances via ultra-fine particles generated in combustion processes, such as those from vehicles and industrial emissions.
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