Which Indian environmental engineer has won the 2017 Cartier Women's Initiative Awards?
Q. Which Indian environmental engineer has won the 2017 Cartier Women's Initiative Awards?
Answer: Trupti Jain
Notes: Trupti Jain, an Indian environmental engineer, has won prestigious 2017 Cartier Women's Initiative Awards at the Victoria Theatre and Concert Hall in Singapore for providing women working on farms with water management solutions and protecting small farmers against droughts and flash floods. She is among the six winners chosen for the Asia-Pacific laureate from a pool of nearly 1,900 applicants from over 120 countries and was selected by an independent international jury. Each recipient receives a $ 100,000 prize money as well as a year of mentoring. Jain is the founder of the Gujarat-based Naireeta Services company and providing handmade water management solutions that enable small farmers to filter and store rainwater underground to protect them against droughts and flash floods.

 

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