Tag: Green

26SEP

Clean Reactions

The growth of Green Chemistry   A weathered, nearly half-century-old plaque hangs on the wall of Paul Anastas’ office at Yale University – an unusual keepsake for an academic. Its story dates back to the 1970s in Quincy, Massachusetts, where eight-year-old Paul watched his neighbourhood wetlands get taken over by glass-fronted insurance and bank buildings. […]

10JUN

Seasons in the Sun

B Sridhar joined IISc in 1986 soon after he received his Master’s degree in Horticulture from the University of Agricultural Sciences (UAS), Bangalore. For 36 years – until he retired in 2022 – he was in charge of the Garden and Nursery Unit at the Institute, and was responsible for maintaining the greenery on campus. […]