…And the 1st Place winner is Team Chemoplast of the Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani (BITS Pilani)
The Finals Agenda
Opening Remarks: Mr. Sriman Banerjee, Vice President, Indian Plastics Institute
Presentations by Shortlisted Teams
Moderated by: Dr. Sreerupa Sengupta, Assistant Professor
Goa Institute of Management
Speech by Chief Guest: Ms. Shalini Goyal Bhalla
Managing Director, International Council for Circular Economy
Perspective
Professor Ajit Parulekar
Director, Goa Institute of Management
Perspective
Pankaj Shah
Chairman, Indian Plastics Institute
Reflection
Doug Woodring, Founder, Ocean Recovery Alliance.
Co-founder, CAPP
Announcement of Winners
Professor Divya Singhal
Chairperson, Centre for Social Sensitivity and Action
Goa Institute of Management
Vote of Thanks
Rob Steir, Co-Founder, Commitments Accelerator for Plastic Pollution (CAPP)
The Team Presentations
1st Place Winning Team: CHEMOPLAST
School: Birla Institute of Technology & Science
Watch Finals Presentation: (Minutes) 1:35.37 to 1:47.30
Initiative: Ecosys Cleaner
2nd Place Winning Team: Maurya
School: Indian Institute of Packaging
Watch Finals Presentation: (Minutes) 30:45 to 41.22
Initiative: Indian Pollution Control Association
3rd Place Winning Team: Plutonic
School: CIPET; B.C.A.S, DU; S.P.U
Watch Finals Presentation: (Minutes) 12:48 to 21.30
Initiative: Bamboo House
Finalist: Wastend
School: Indian Institute of Packaging
Watch Finals Presentation: (Minutes) 1:12.00 to 1.24.00
Initiative: Waste Management for Kolkata
Finalist: Wunderkinds
School: B.S. Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute of Science and Technology
Watch Finals Presentation: (Minutes) 50.12 to 1.02.50
Initiative: The Great Bubble Barrier, Amsterdam
The Final Five Teams
The Final Presentation Judges
Shalini Goyal Bhalla
Managing Director, International Council for Circular Economy
A post graduate environmentalist, Shalini is the author of India’s first book on Circular economy. Managing Director at International Council for Circular Economy, she has represented India on multiple international platforms through her speeches and programs. She writes for many Indian as well as international magazines. Passionate about Circularity, she has been on Circular Economy Committees of Niti Aayog and several other policy dialogues.
Sumatra Sen
CEO Canvest Infracapital
Sumantra Sen is an investment professional with 25+ years of progressive experience in managing global client portfolios and strategic investment programs with leading financial organizations including Bank of America and ABN AMRO. He is a specialist in responsible finance, and in his present roles as the CEO of Canvest Infracapital, Director at InCircle Innovations and Director at General Carbon Advisory, he engages with DFIs, government agencies, investors and corporates, for advancing best practices in ESG integration, Impact/ SDG Investing and Blended Finance for Social & Environmental Infrastructure.
Sumantra is an MBA and a member of CISI, UK. He has co-authored published work in responsible investment and sustainable development including ‘Evolutions in Sustainable Investing’ by Wiley Finance and ‘Thirsty Nation’ published by Penguin Random House. His expert comments and articles have been published in United Nations’ reports, The Economic Times, CFO
Magazine, Business Today, SRI- Connect, Ethical
Markets, Responsible Investor and amongst other media resources.
Professor Ajit Parulekar
Director
Goa Institute of Management
Professor Parulekar has been with GIM for 20 years; prior to which he worked in the pharmaceutical industry in Brand Management. He did his B. Pharm from Goa College of Pharmacy, M .Pharm from LM College of Pharmacy, MBA from NMIMS Mumbai and MSc in Health Economics from the London School of Economics. He has completed his PhD in
Marketing from the University of Pune. He has taught in various esteemed institutions such
as SP Jain Mumbai, MICA Ahmedabad, IIM Rohtak, University of Antwerp in Belgium, Kansas University in the US and Southampton University in England. He has consulted with various organisations including Govt of Goa, UNDP, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Cummins
Auto Services, ACGL, Astra Zeneca and Indiapost.
Pankaj Shah
Chairman, Indian Plastics Institute
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