Nepali scientists to participate in final round of Hult prize competition

LONDON, July 15: Nepali youth scientists are coming to London to take part in the final round of competition of Hult Prize – which is recognized as the Nobel award for youth students. The first and second rounds of the selection competition were held last May for the US$ 1,000,000 award.

Youth scientists, Shishir Panta, Prashanta Bhatta, Nirdesh Bhattarai and Soni Pokharel are travelling to the UK to participate in the competition taking place from August 8 to September 12. The Nepali scientists are participating in the final round to present a machine they invented for manufacturing mushrooms.