24 August, 2021

Name of Department/Organizer  :    Electrical Engineering
Title of Event                                           :    E - waste Management (Awareness Session)
Experts Name and Designation    :    Mr. Aditya Rai (Co-founder of  e-Junki, Social Entrepreneur & Digital Marketer) 
Date & Time                                            :    24/08/2021, Tuesday, Time: 5:00 PM to 6:00 PM
Venue                                                        :    Online (Zoom Application)
No of Participants                                :    74
Event Coordinators                            :    Prof. Rozina Surani

About the Event:

To educate and aware the students about safe treatment of e-waste for environment protection, Electrical Engineering Department of VGEC-Chandkheda organized an expert talk on “E - waste Management” in association with e-Junki on 24/08/2021 from 5:00 PM to 6:00 PM on Zoom (Online Application). The expert talk was addressed by Mr. Aditya Rai who is a Social Entrepreneur and a Digital Marketer and he has Co-founded e-junki in the year 2020. The event was attended by 49 participants including students and faculty members.

Objective of the Event:

• To educate and aware students about how to safely channelize and dispose e-waste.
• To address the significance of safe treatment of e-waste for environment protection and conservation
• To acknowledge the health and environment hazards caused by e-waste and adopt safer and best practices to treat e-waste
• To create an ecosystem towards sustainable society to support  e-waste management

Discussion Points:

• Discussed about the mission “Sabko Batao E-Waste Ghatao”
• E-waste generation in India (The digital dark age)
• What happens when new technology becomes old and obsolete?
• About e-waste and how it is harmful to environment if not disposed properly.
• The initiative of e-waste management by Hulladek (Hungry for waste), the logistic supports for e-waste collection and its recycling process.

Outcome of the Event:

• Participants get awareness about E-waste and its harmful effects to the environment.
• Participants get aware of total amount of digital products sold in India and it is necessary to safely discard the e-waste.
• Participants were guided to help the society towards green environment by safely disposing the e-waste.
• Participants were known about the initiative of e-waste management by Hulladek (Hungry for waste) who manage the electronic and electrical waste of the country by assisting in setting up state-of-the-art, state-compliant waste collection and recycling centers.

Statements/Quotes by Experts

“Sabko Batao E-Waste Ghatao!!”