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About Dr. Sadhan Kumar Ghosh
Prof. Dr. Sadhan Kumar Ghosh, PhD (Engg.), 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 30 countries. He started his career in the multinational industries in Larsen &
Toubro Ltd., and The Gramophone Co. of India Ltd.
In International arena, Prof. Ghosh is involved as the, a) Consultant of the United Nations Centre for Regional Development (UNCRD)/DESA 2017- 18 for the project ”State of the 3Rs in Asia and the Pacific”, b) UNCRD expert under the UN DESA in 3R Forum [Adelaide, 2016]; c) International Expert of the Asian Productivity Organization (APO), Japan and China Productivity Council (CPC) on Green manufacturing and Green Factory (Taiwan 2014, 2015, 2016) and d) India Leader in the Research Project for GP for the BoP business in APO member countries in Asian (May 2016 – July 2018). His very recent international research project as India Leader includes, Erasmus plus, UKIERI 2011-13, UKIERI 2012-14 UKIERI 2015-16 and Royal Society – DST 2015 etc and Principal Investigator of more 22 Indian Research Projects. He is the leader of the Collaborative International Research Project on “Global Status of Implementation of Circular Economy (2018-2021)” involving experts from 33 countries. He has been serving as the member of international steering committees and editorial boards and served as the Keynote/Plenary speaker in international conferences, namely, in Australia, Bangladesh, China, Germany, Hong Kong, Italy, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Nepal, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, USA, UK, India etc. He has initiated the movement for worldwide Sustainable Waste Management and research with partners in many countries through the Consortium of Researchers in International Collaboration (CRIC). He was the convener of ISO TC 61 WG2, member in the Indian mirror committee of ISO TC 207. He was a lead assessor in ISO 9001, ISO 14001, OHSAS 18001, HACCP 22001 and trainer and auditor in these areas of International standards on management systems. He acted as the organizing Chair of 4th 3RINCs 2017, by Materials Cycles Society, Japan, International Conference on Sustainable Waste Management towards Circular Economy, (IconSWM-CE) organised by ISWMAW supported by UNIDO, UNCRD, UNEP.
He served as the Dean of Faculty of Engineering 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;
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). 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, Texas 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 dated 02/03/2007] and “Automatic High Speed Jute
Ribboning Machine” [Patent no. 1005146 dated 17/02/2014]. He wrote ten books, more than
50 edited volumes, more than 260 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 & initiated “Policy
on Anti-Plagiarism, Jadavpur University, 2019”. He has been the Principal Investigator of more
than 20 international and 20 national research projects.
In International arena, Prof. Ghosh international consultant/expert of the United Nations
Centre for Regional Development (UNCRD)/DESA), Asian Productivity Organization (APO),
Japan, China Productivity Council (CPC), Taiwan, The Institute for Global Environmental
Strategies (IGES), Japan and SACEP, Sri Lanka. His has been Project Leader in more than 22
international and 20 national research projects. He has been serving as the member of
international steering committees and editorial boards and served as the Keynote/Plenary
speaker in international conferences in several countries. He has initiated the movement for
worldwide Sustainable Waste Management and research with partners in many countries
through the Consortium of Researchers in International Collaboration (CRIC). He was the
convener of ISO TC 61 WG2, member in the Indian mirror committee of ISO TC 323 – Circular
Economy, ISO/TC 297 – Waste collection and transportation .Management and ISO TC 207-
Environment Management. He was a lead assessor & trainer of ISO 9001, ISO 14001, OHSAS
18001, HACCP 22001. He is the Chair Elect of 13th IconSWM-CE 2023. He is available at:
sadhankghosh9@gmail.com. For details. please visit : www.sadhankghosh.com Research
Gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Sadhan-Ghosh and ORCID 0000-0002-9128-5202.
EDUCATION
- Doctor of Philosophy: Engineering, Jadavpur University, India, 2001
- Master of Mechanical Engineering: Production Engineering, Jadavpur University, India, July 1983
- Bachelor of Engineering: Mechanical Engineering, Jadavpur University, India, July 1980
- Ph.D. Dissertation: Some Studies of Tribological Behaviour of materials in Cryogenic condition,
Vacuum and normal temperature. - M.M.E. Thesis: Studies of Tribological Behaviour of metals in normal and Vacuum condition,
- Research Areas: Waste Management, Circular Economy, Recycling, Coprocessing, Supply Chain
Sustainability, Green Manufacturing, SMEs Improvement Projects, ISO Standards, TQM, Quality - Environmental Energy and Occupational Health & Safety Management Systems, Food Safety
Management System, Sustainable Development.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
- Director, Sustainable Development & Circular Economy Research Centre, ISWMAW –
November 2022 – till date - Dean, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India – 31.7.2019 to
January 31st, 2020. - Professor: Mechanical Engineering Department, Jadavpur University, India, 8.8.1998 – 31.10.2022
- Director: (on lien) Central Board of Workers Education, Government of India, Nagpur,
November 2009 – October 2010. - Reader: Mechanical Engineering Department, Jadavpur University, India, August 1990 – August 1999
- Lecturer: Mechanical Engineering Department, Jadavpur University, India, March 1984–Aug. 1990.
- Visiting Scholar for teaching in Civil Engineering, Covenant University, Nigeria, Since 2020 till date
- Visiting Professor: Department of Operations Management, Aston Business School, Aston University,
Birmingham, UK, March 2007 – April. 2007. - Development Engineer: The Gramophone Company of India Ltd. July 1981 – Aug. 1983.
- Graduate Engineer Trainee: Larsen & Toubro Ltd., – Orissa Sponge Iron Plant, Aug.1980 – Feb 1981.
EDITOR OF JOURNALS
- Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Solid Waste Technology and Management (ISWMAW
Publication) - Associate Editor, IJMCWM (SAGE): International Journal of Materials Cycle and Waste
Management.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
- Teaching at Jadavpur University, India
- Sustainable Development and Low Carbon Technology: Interdisciplinary UG level (2020-2022)
- Manufacturing Processes (undergraduate level): (1984-1995)
- Machining Technology and Metrology (undergraduate level): (2017 – 2019)
- Industrial Management (undergraduate level): (2004 – 2020)
- Workshop Practice (undergraduate level with workshop): (1995 – 2019)
- Metallographic Laboratory (undergraduate level with laboratory): (1990 – 2000)
- Waste Management (Post Graduate level): (2007 – 2018)
- Project Management (Post Graduate level): (2010 – 2018)
- Integrated Management Systems (Post Graduate level): (2010 – 2014)
- Total Quality Management (Post Graduate level): (2006 – 2018 Contd.)