This workshop is a cooperative partnership between the University of Kassel in Germany and the Vivekanand Education Society Institute of Management Studies and Research in India. It is following the first workshop “Future Aspects of Solid Waste Management in India” schedule on March 26, 2018 in Mumbai. Both workshops are supported by the German Research Foundation (DFG) and aim to seed a larger research initiative.

The core theme of the workshop in Kassel is to understand various aspects related to creating business from solid waste in India. Focusing on the current waste management situation in India, we would like to followthe Clean India initiative "Swachh Bharat Mission” undertaken by the Government of India in 2014, from which we would like to learn and continue.

The format is an open panel discussion to define focal points of interest and generate further targeted research projects.

This workshop brings together scholars, practitioners and experts from different disciplines and research areas to analyze and illuminate various aspects of business models arising from the solid waste management challenges in India. The workshop provides an opportunity for exchange of knowledge among the participants and opens up the possibility to discuss the topic interdisciplinary with our partners and research team. Aim of the workshop in Kassel is to generate further collaborative research projects. The two workshops reflect vast valuable contributions of the current situation and provide diverse possibilities to waste management in India.

For improving the welfare of India and to drive a proper waste management, we have to work together as a cooperative partnership from different disciplines. Joining forces can increase the flow of inform, sensitize, mobilize and to work with the aim of the workshop purposefully. Jointly we will reach new pathways of waste management in India for the welfare of our environment and descendants.

For further informations, please contact Ms. Raab or Mr. Wagner