About the Editor
Dr. Sadhan Kumar Ghosh is a Professor & Former
Head of the Mechanical Engineering Department and
Founder Coordinator of the Centre for QMS at
Jadavpur University, India. A prominent figure in the
fields of waste management, circular economy, SME
sustainability, green manufacturing, green factories and
TQM, he served as the Director of CBWE, Ministry of
Labour and Employment, Government of India, and
L&T Ltd. Prof Ghosh is also the Founder and Chairman
of IconSWM, the President of the International Society
of Waste Management, Air and Water, and the
Chairman of the Indian Congress on Quality,
Environment, Energy and Safety Management
Systems (ICQESMS). In 2012, he was awarded a
Distinguished Visiting Fellowship by the Royal
Academy of Engineering, UK, to work on “Energy
Recovery from Municipal Solid Waste”. He received
the Boston Pledge and NABC 2006 Award for the most
eco-friendly innovation “Conversion of plastics & jute
waste to wealth” in the ESP/50K Business Plan
Competition in Houston, Texas, USA. He holds patents
on waste plastics processing technology and high-speed
jute ribboning technology that prevents water wastage
and occupational hazards.
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