Guest Talk on Creation of wealth from waste: An Entrepreneurial Venture

On 11th November, 2022 a guest talk on “Creation of Wealth from Waste: An Entrepreneurial Venture” was organized by Entrepreneurship Development Cell & Institution’s Innovation Council in association with the Department of Mechanical Engineering from 9.00 am to 12.30 pm. Mr.T.Abraham Jebamani Raj, Third Year Student, Department of Mechanical Engineering, FXEC was the resource person.. Dr.R.K.A.Bhalaji, AP/Mech coordinated the program. 40 students and 1 staff participated in the program.

The resource person explained the meaning of generation of wealth from waste and he underlined the business opportunities available while converting the waste to wealth. The resource person discussed about the types of wastes according to their properties and effects on human health and environment and also outlined the sources of wastes such as households, agriculture, electronics, commerce and industry. He showed the graphical representation about waste generation by country as well as waste generation in India. Regarding waste management, resource person revealed about how to convert waste such as paper, cloth, plastics, coconut leaf stalk & areca leaf into useful products using reuse and recycle concepts. Additionally, he said how to become a successful entrepreneur using waste management process for instance. a) Converting waste areca leaf & coconut leaf stalk into cups, plate’s etc. b) Converting waste plastics into useful household items c) converting waste paper into book notes etc. d) converting waste leaves into decorative items for homes, office, vehicles etc. The students interacted with the resource person and gathered more information from the speaker. In fact, the session was very much useful.