The ISIE student section invites you to visit its second stop of the IE Around the World webinar series: SOUTH ASIA!
Thursday 12th of June at 16:30 -17:30(IST), 13:00 -14:00 (CEST), 07:00 - 08:00 (EDT)
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We have two fantastic speakers joining us who will share their insights and research in the region of South Asia.
Dr. Richa Singh
Senior Research Scientist at the UCD Centre for Safety & Health at Work, University College Dublin, working on an EPA-funded project on Human Biomonitoring for Ireland. Previously, she led global initiatives on sustainable waste management and landfill remediation at the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), New Delhi, including heading the Global Forum of Cities for Circular Economy in Waste Management. Richa holds a PhD in Environmental Science and Engineering from IIT Bombay, with research on eco-friendly construction materials from waste. She has been a visiting scholar at TU Delft, NTNU, the University of Lisbon, and institutions in Scotland and the US. Her work has earned her accolades such as the Newton-Bhabha Award, DST Inspire Fellowship, and a TEDx talk at IIT Indore. She contributed to India's first state policy on sanitary pad recycling and has been a key voice in national forums on landfill fires and waste reform. Her current research explores chemical exposures in the informal waste recycling sector through human biomonitoring.
Professor Pradip Kalbar
Associate Professor at Environmental Science and Engineering Department (ESED), IIT Bombay (IITB), Prior to joining IITB as faculty, Pradip worked for two-years as postdoctoral researcher at the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) in the area of Life Cycle Assessment. Recently he has been appointed as first Vijay and Sita Vashee Chair in Climate and Sustainability at IIT Bombay. His areas research includes Circular Economy, Sustainability Assessment, Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation.
Abstract: Circular Economy is emerging as one of the foremost pathways to transition towards sustainability. However, to ascertain benefits of CE it is essential to quantify material flows and stocks. CE may also induce rebound effects or unintended consequences for which it is also necessary to quantify net environmental gain from Life Cycle Thinking (LCT). Coupling material circularity indicators with indicators from LCT and other aspects is essential to arrive at holistic sustainability assessment. In this talk, first challenges of enabling CE in India will be presented using some sectors such as urban road transportation, urban water and building materials. Further, advanced tools for quantifying CE benefits and overall sustainability will be presented for these sectors.
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