Sadhan Kumar Ghosh
Biography
Prof. Dr. Sadhan Kumar Ghosh, PhD (Engg.): The Director General, Sustainable Dev. & Circular Economy Research Centre, ISWMAW, India and the Founder Advisor, Centre for Sustainable Development & Res. Efficiency Management, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India. He is a renowned personality in the field on Waste Management, Circular Economy, Green Manufacturing, Supply Chain Management, Sustainable Development, Co-processing of Hazardous & Municipal Solid Waste, Plastics Waste management & recycling, E-waste management & recycling, management system standards (ISO) and TQM having collaboration in more than 45 countries. He started his career in the multinational industries.
He served as the Dean of Faculty of Engg. and Technology, Head and Professor in mechanical engineering at Jadavpur University, India and the Director, CBWE, Ministry of Labour and Employment, Govt. of India. Prof Ghosh is the founder Chairman of the IconSWM; Founder & President of the International Society of Waste Management, Air and Water (ISWMAW) and the chairman of the Indian Congress on Quality, Environment, Energy and Safety Management Systems (ICQESMS). Recognised & enlisted among Top 2% of the scientists in the world in 2024.
Editor: He is the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Solid Waste Technology and Management and Associate Editor of the Journal of Materials Cycles and Waste Management. He edited more than 40 books published by CRC press, Springer Singapore Inc., Oxford Publishing House and others. He wrote ten books. Out of total 10 books, he wrote the first book in the world on Co-processing of Waste in Cement Kiln.
He received several awards in India and foreign countries including the Distinguished Visiting Fellowship 2012 by the Royal Academy of Engineering, UK and The Boston Pledge & NABC 2006 Award for ‘The most eco-friendly innovation” for conversion of plastics & Jute wastes to Wealth conferred by the North American Bengali Conference 2006, Houston, USA in the ESP/50K Business Plan Competition. He received three patents in India and Bangladesh on “eco-friendly plastics recycling machine and the process there of” [Patent no.202532 Dt. 02/03/2007] and “Automatic High Speed Jute Ribboning Machine” [Patent no. 1005146 dt. 17/02/2014]. He wrote ten books, more than 50 edited volumes, more than 300 national and international articles and book chapters. He is the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Solid Waste Technology & Management, and Associate Editor of Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management. He developed & established “Policy on Anti-Plagiarism, Jadavpur University, 2019”.
He conceptualised a mission, “Catch Them Young: Zero Waste & Circular Economy in Campus” in which 1,80,000 students and teachers are working with him from 150 schools in West Bengal and the hilly state of Meghalaya, India targeting to make 10 million people aware on waste management in India by 2024.
The fifth session aims to highlight and promote green economy practices in Vietnam by showcasing the benefits of resource-efficient and cleaner production in the transition to a circular economy. Additionally, the session's objectives will provide an opportunity to discuss and share experiences, tools, and programs on greening in the local region.
This session will focus on the transition to a circular economy (CE) in Vietnam, which the Vietnam government already supports. Here, participants will receive an overview of Circular Economy mapping in Vietnam and familiarise themselves with priority practices for waste management, the carbon credit market, and green consumption behavior. As part of the session, the discussion will also include the affecting of fund management companies in Vietnam towards a green transition economy via promoting eco-tourism and stimulating the greening of production through consumer awareness-raising
