Nikhilesh Das: Cleaning up oil spills -- with hair, feathers and sawdust
Channel: TEDTalentSearch
Date: 2012-06-25

Rural innovator Nikhilesh Das was awarded the fifth National Grassroots Innovation Award by Indian President Smt. Pratibha Patil for his innovative research on controlling oil pollution in water.
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