Indian Botanist N. Alim Yusuf Wins WWF Award For Invasive Plants Detection App
In April 2026, Indian botanist from Kerala, N. Alim Yusuf was honoured with the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) National Award at the National ECHO Youth Innovation Summit 2026, held as part of the International Youth Biodiversity Conference, in Hyderabad, Telangana.
In April 2026, Indian botanist from Kerala, N. Alim Yusuf was honoured with the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) National Award at the National ECHO Youth Innovation Summit 2026, held as part of the International Youth Biodiversity Conference, in Hyderabad, Telangana.
- He received the award for the development of an Artificial Intelligence (AI)-powered mobile application (app), ‘NeophyteID’ to detect invasive plant species in Kerala.
About WWF National Award:
Monetary Prize: During the summit, he received Rs 1.5 lakh as seed grant from WWF to further develop and scale his project.
NeophyteID App: The app capable of identifying around 100 invasive plant species in Kerala, was developed by researchers at the Malabar Botanical Garden and Institute for Plant Sciences (MGBIPS) at Olavanna, Kozhikode (Kerala).
Technology Used: The mobile app is powered by the advanced Machine Learning (ML) model YOLOv11, supporting only two languages i.e. Malayalam and English.
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