mangalore eleven of indias gennext innovators including sindura saraswathi from vivekananda english medium hs puttur have been selected at initiative for research and innovation in science iris 2011 to represent india at intel international science and engineering fair isef 2012 to be held at pittsburgh pennsylvania from may 13 2012 the winning projects and innovations were selected from range of diverse disciplines ashutosh chadha director corporate affairs group intel south asia and k k sharma advisor to administrator ut chandigarh announced the winners a press release here on tuesday states iris is a partnership between department of science and technology intel and confederation of indian industry to foster researchbased thinking in students in subjects including mathematics computer science physics chemistry and behavioural science students from la martinere for boys kolkata dps amity international school kendriya vidyalaya maharaja agarsain public school new delhi st johns international residential school chennai st marys convent senior secondary school ujjain mp and st josephs high school mysore will join sindura at isef in may next her project on environmental science is biopesticide for the control of helopeltis antonii in cocoa plant projects undertaken by students include detection of presence and extent of malignant tissues and other internal abnormalities by image processing and image analysis the properties of periods of primes and their relations with repunit sequences magical brainz the game a new kind of wind turbine photoredox catalysis molecules as energy tanks and nano zerovalent iron the solution for color waste water remediation ashutosh stated the increase in innovative iris entries this year is a strong indication of the rich pool of talent that exists in our country and highlights the positive impact that youth can have on the world around us a total of 103 projects were showcased at iris 2011 including range of solutions in the fields of physical and life sciences mathematics engineering and social sciences iris 2011 celebrates its 12th year of competition