Date | 30th November 2021:

Theme: India with the second largest population in the world, produces a huge quantity of waste and a considerable percentage of it goes unmanaged. India, being a developing county is following the end-of pipe approach to waste management. In coming decades, around 70% of the Indian population will move to urban areas which will also increase the amount of waste that is being produced due to change in lifestyle. In order to have a sustainable future for the population of the country, the waste management approach needs to be re-evaluated. It is important that we go from end-of-pipe waste management approach to pro-active waste management approach, where we manage the waste before it is produced.

Globally, the annual resource consumption has exceeded the resource produced annually by the mother Earth and if we continue to do so, the future generation will be in peril. So, addition of the concept of circular economy and resource recovery is extremely important in future waste management scenario.

Department of Environmental Science & Engineering (ESE), Indian Institute of Technology (ISM) Dhanbad and ENVIS Resource Partner: IIT(ISM) ENVIS Centre organized an online webinar on "Recent Advances in Municipal Solid Waste Management" on 30.11.2021 (Tuesday) from 05:30 PM onwards. Prof. Rajiv Shekhar, Director, IIT(ISM) Dhanbad graced the webinar as the Chief Patron. In his inaugural address he emphasized on "minimization of waste generation, segregation at source and implementation of the concept of circular economy through resource recovery and utilization are the future of sustainable solid waste management”. Prof. Brijesh Kumar Dubey, Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, IIT, Kharagpur was the invited Keynote Speaker for the webinar. Prof. Anshumali, Head, Department of ESE and Coordinator, IIT(ISM) ENVIS Centre briefed about the department and about the ENVIS Resource Partner, IIT(ISM) ENVIS Centre. The convener of webinar was Prof. S.R. Samadder, Assiociate Professor, Department of ESE, IIT(ISM), Dhanbad. More than 150 participants from all around the globe participated in the webinar enhanced their knowledge on the topic and appreciate the effort made towards organizing the webinar.

Welcome Address by Prof. S.R. Samadder, Convener & Associate Professor, Dept. of ESE, IIT(ISM) Dhanbad

Address by Prof. Anshumali, Head, Dept. of ESE, IIT(ISM) Dhanbad & Coordinator, IIT(ISM) ENVIS Centre (RP)

Inaugural Address by Chief Patron, Prof. Rajiv Shekhar, Director, IIT(ISM) Dhanbad

Keynote Speaker Prof. Brijesh Kumar Dubey, Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Kharagpur

Prof. B.K. Dubey delivering Keynote Lecture on "Recent Advances in Municipal Solid Waste Management"

Participants attending the Webinar