The Asian Scientist 100
Purnananda Guptasarma
Institution
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research in Mohali
Country
India
Field
Environmental Sciences & Geology
Guptasarma was awarded the 2023 Tata Transformation Prize in Sustainability for his work on developing new and more effective methods for the degradation of polyethylene terephthalate plastic waste to its most fundamental building blocks, terephthalic acid and ethylene glycol.
AWARDS
- 2023 Tata Transformation Prize in Sustainability
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