ahmedabad bhagvatiba jadeja 14 a resident of rajkot and student of tn rao school in rajkot recently got patent for her process for preparation of handwash from natural ingredients and a product thereof along with her guide gautam limbadiyahers was one of the three projects supported by gujarat council on science technology gujcost for filing a patent in 2020 jadejas project had won the state round and had represented gujarat at the 27th national children science congress ncsc held in kerala in 2019talking to toi jadeja said that she started the project slightly before hand wash became such a huge thing due to covid19 outbreak start of the project was the realization that we as society dont wash hands frequently and the wastewater from that process cannot be used for purpose such as irrigation she said thus i took the ingredients such as reetha aloe vera rosewater sandal paste to hit the sweet spot for foam fragrance and cleaning it got the right balance after 23 attemptsdaughter of a government employee and mother who graduated in science jadeja wants to pursue science stream and eventually want to become an ayurvedic doctordr narottam sahoo advisor to gujcost said that hers is the first project from gujcost that has got patent gujcost became the first agency to facilitate a child scientist to file for a patent after successful participation in ncsc we are sure that it would inspire others to innovate he said