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'''* Raji Ajwani-Ramchandani is an Indian researcher''' | |||
== Bio == | == Bio == | ||
(2021) My current research interests lie at the intersection of policy, technology and circular economy. I have spent the past three years studying the processes involved in municipal solid waste collection by spending a lot of time speaking with and understanding the challenges faced by generators, waste pickers (in India there are nearly 5 million waste pickers who are mostly women and young children – the Ted Talk covers this issue), policy makers, brand owners. By connecting the existing policy guidelines with theory, we have tried to present some approaches that can: | (2021) My current research interests lie at the intersection of policy, technology and circular economy. I have spent the past three years studying the processes involved in municipal solid waste collection by spending a lot of time speaking with and understanding the challenges faced by generators, waste pickers (in India there are nearly 5 million waste pickers who are mostly women and young children – the Ted Talk covers this issue), policy makers, brand owners. By connecting the existing policy guidelines with theory, we have tried to present some approaches that can: | ||
* generate data ( missing at the moment), | * generate data (missing at the moment), | ||
* allow the implementation of extended producer responsibility and | * allow the implementation of extended producer responsibility and | ||
* make brand owners accountable for the waste generated by their brands, incentivize good practices | * make brand owners accountable for the waste generated by their brands, incentivize good practices | ||
Since April-May 2020, I am working on a Project called " Mission IBPs" ( IBPs= Industrial By-Products) . These are huge pollutants and are generated in millions of tonnes . Currently there is no policy in place to direct their disposal and management in India. | Since April-May 2020, I am working on a Project called " Mission IBPs" (IBPs= Industrial By-Products). These are huge pollutants and are generated in millions of tonnes . Currently there is no policy in place to direct their disposal and management in India. | ||
== Selected Publications == | |||
=== Peer-reviewed articles, books and chapters === | |||
== Publications == | # [https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0921344921000756?dgcid=author Enhancing the circular and modified linear economy: The importance of blockchain for developing economies] Journal: Resources, Conservation & Recycling. Volume 168, May 2021.<br />This discusses the issue of soiled sanitary napkins / pads and the issues and challenges involved in disposing this type of bio waste. In India nearly 1 billion soiled sanitary pads are discarded every month. Each pad takes nearly 500-800 years ( approx) to break down into microplastics which pollute common pool resources. Each sanitary pad contains equivalent of 3-4 plastic bags worth of plastic. Waste pickers routinely come in contact with soiled sanitary pads and diapers ( which contain human discharge and body fluids). These women have no access to medical care, no minimum income, benefits and Covid has made this situation worse. | ||
=== Peer-reviewed articles and | |||
# [https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0959652620351830 Towards a circular economy for packaging waste by using new technologies: The case of large multinationals in emerging economies] Journal of Cleaner Production, Volume 281, 25 January 2021. | # [https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0959652620351830 Towards a circular economy for packaging waste by using new technologies: The case of large multinationals in emerging economies] Journal of Cleaner Production, Volume 281, 25 January 2021. | ||
# [https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1075425317303538 Catch-up as a Survival Strategy in the Solar Power Industry] Journal of International Management, Volume 24, Issue 2, June 2018, Pages 179-194 | # [https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1075425317303538 Catch-up as a Survival Strategy in the Solar Power Industry] Journal of International Management, Volume 24, Issue 2, June 2018, Pages 179-194 | ||
# [ | # [https://books.emeraldinsight.com/page/detail/The-Role-of-Microfinance-in-WomenThe-Role-of-Microfinance-in-Womens-Empowerment/?k=9781787144262 The Role of Microfinance in Women's Empowerment: A Comparative Study of Rural & Urban Groups in India] ISBN: 9781787144262 Published: 17 Oct 2017 Publisher: Emerald Publishing Limited | ||
# [https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1057/978-1-137-54468-1_20 Connecting the Base of the Pyramid to Global Markets Through E-commerce: A Case Study of BAIF (India)]. International Business Strategy pp 441-465 (2016) | # [https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1057/978-1-137-54468-1_20 Connecting the Base of the Pyramid to Global Markets Through E-commerce: A Case Study of BAIF (India)]. International Business Strategy pp 441-465 (2016) | ||
# [https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877042814031036 Sustainable Rural Livelihood Security in the Backward Districts of Maharashtra] Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, Volume 133, 15 May 2014, Pages 265-278. | |||
# [http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&profile=ehost&scope=site&authtype=crawler&jrnl=09708448&AN=97666247&h=a%2FFI8NR7rMgYlTLsFr2vIuQYITaeS%2BpF%2FNDVPNXH15qFHnh9YTRi%2F2QT%2BAPdOTUAIDlBUCpeo0ixMoIqMMTw7g%3D%3D&crl=c Revisiting the Base of the Pyramid: An Inclusive Model Based on Gandhi's Ideology]. Prajnan . Jul-Sep 2013, Vol. 42 Issue 2, p131-161. 31p. | |||
=== Other publications === | === Other publications === | ||
* [https://www.downtoearth.org.in/news/agriculture/meet-padma-bombale-a-maharashtra-onion-farmer-fighting-the-odds-73714 Meet Padma Bombale an onion farmer from Maharashtra, fighting the odds] 08 October 2020 | |||
* [https://www.thequint.com/amp/story/voices/opinion/solid-waste-management-biomedical-waste-covid-infection-crisis-health-disaster-waste-pickers-protection Covid Crisis could worsen until Waste workers get PPE and Insurance] 01 Jun 2020 | |||
* [http://www.cps.iitb.ac.in/disposable-sanitary-napkins-a-case-of-single-use-plastic/ Disposable Sanitary Napkins: A Case of Single Use Plastic?] January 20, 2020 | |||
* [https://www.magzter.com/stories/Science/Down-To-Earth/PURE-TRASH The Government's new proposal on extended producer's responsibility...] December 16, 2020 | |||
* [https://www.carnegiecouncil.org/publications/archive/policy_innovations/innovations/000230 Buds of Hope : Organic Jasmine cultivation by tribals in Maharashtra] December 11, 2012 | |||
* [https://www.carnegiecouncil.org/publications/archive/policy_innovations/innovations/000223 Banking on Themselves: Self-Help Groups Empower Poor Rural Women] September 10, 2012. | |||
* [https://www.carnegiecouncil.org/publications/archive/policy_innovations/innovations/000209 Fruits of our Labour] : Organic mango cultivation by tribals (adivasis) in Gujarat (India) March 13, 2012 | |||
=== Videos === | === Videos === | ||
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0m_3JXjlmNM TedX Talk : Making it up to Mother Nature] 20 Jan 2021 | |||
* [https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=VWThRoXH494&t=208s Interview with Ragpickers in Pune] (Part 1 of 2) 9 Aug 2015 (language: Marathi) | |||
* [https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=k5Hupl0ilaE Meeting Proceedings of a self help group in Maharashtra (India)] 14 Apr 2013 | |||
== More Information == | == More Information == | ||
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Latest revision as of 08:56, 7 February 2021
* Raji Ajwani-Ramchandani is an Indian researcher
Bio
(2021) My current research interests lie at the intersection of policy, technology and circular economy. I have spent the past three years studying the processes involved in municipal solid waste collection by spending a lot of time speaking with and understanding the challenges faced by generators, waste pickers (in India there are nearly 5 million waste pickers who are mostly women and young children – the Ted Talk covers this issue), policy makers, brand owners. By connecting the existing policy guidelines with theory, we have tried to present some approaches that can:
- generate data (missing at the moment),
- allow the implementation of extended producer responsibility and
- make brand owners accountable for the waste generated by their brands, incentivize good practices
Since April-May 2020, I am working on a Project called " Mission IBPs" (IBPs= Industrial By-Products). These are huge pollutants and are generated in millions of tonnes . Currently there is no policy in place to direct their disposal and management in India.
Selected Publications
Peer-reviewed articles, books and chapters
- Enhancing the circular and modified linear economy: The importance of blockchain for developing economies Journal: Resources, Conservation & Recycling. Volume 168, May 2021.
This discusses the issue of soiled sanitary napkins / pads and the issues and challenges involved in disposing this type of bio waste. In India nearly 1 billion soiled sanitary pads are discarded every month. Each pad takes nearly 500-800 years ( approx) to break down into microplastics which pollute common pool resources. Each sanitary pad contains equivalent of 3-4 plastic bags worth of plastic. Waste pickers routinely come in contact with soiled sanitary pads and diapers ( which contain human discharge and body fluids). These women have no access to medical care, no minimum income, benefits and Covid has made this situation worse. - Towards a circular economy for packaging waste by using new technologies: The case of large multinationals in emerging economies Journal of Cleaner Production, Volume 281, 25 January 2021.
- Catch-up as a Survival Strategy in the Solar Power Industry Journal of International Management, Volume 24, Issue 2, June 2018, Pages 179-194
- The Role of Microfinance in Women's Empowerment: A Comparative Study of Rural & Urban Groups in India ISBN: 9781787144262 Published: 17 Oct 2017 Publisher: Emerald Publishing Limited
- Connecting the Base of the Pyramid to Global Markets Through E-commerce: A Case Study of BAIF (India). International Business Strategy pp 441-465 (2016)
- Sustainable Rural Livelihood Security in the Backward Districts of Maharashtra Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, Volume 133, 15 May 2014, Pages 265-278.
- Revisiting the Base of the Pyramid: An Inclusive Model Based on Gandhi's Ideology. Prajnan . Jul-Sep 2013, Vol. 42 Issue 2, p131-161. 31p.
Other publications
- Meet Padma Bombale an onion farmer from Maharashtra, fighting the odds 08 October 2020
- Covid Crisis could worsen until Waste workers get PPE and Insurance 01 Jun 2020
- Disposable Sanitary Napkins: A Case of Single Use Plastic? January 20, 2020
- The Government's new proposal on extended producer's responsibility... December 16, 2020
- Buds of Hope : Organic Jasmine cultivation by tribals in Maharashtra December 11, 2012
- Banking on Themselves: Self-Help Groups Empower Poor Rural Women September 10, 2012.
- Fruits of our Labour : Organic mango cultivation by tribals (adivasis) in Gujarat (India) March 13, 2012
Videos
- TedX Talk : Making it up to Mother Nature 20 Jan 2021
- Interview with Ragpickers in Pune (Part 1 of 2) 9 Aug 2015 (language: Marathi)
- Meeting Proceedings of a self help group in Maharashtra (India) 14 Apr 2013
More Information
- https://www.linkedin.com/mwlite/in/raji-ajwani-ramchandani-20b07715
- https://www.carnegiecouncil.org/people/raji-ajwani
- https://www.cps.iitb.ac.in/people/raji-ajwani-ramchandani/ ( I completed my Post Doc on Jan 11 2021)