Procuring Technology for “ E Waste Recycling “

 

Dear Shri Harsh Shringlaji

( Foreign Secretary – psfs@mea.gov.in )

 

Congratulations for setting up KRA ( Key Result Areas ) for our Ambassadors in various countries ( especially, in relation to “ procuring high technology “ ) , as reported below :

Indian envoys and mission officers to be judged on 3Ts  /  Hindustan Times  /  04 Feb 2022

Extract :

 

Ø     Foreign secretary Harsh Shringla has written to all mission heads that Indian embassies will function as a team and all officers will be judged on parameters of enhancement of trade, procurement of technology and selling India as a tourism destination.

 

Ø     On August 6, 2021, PM Modi has addressed the heads of missions virtually with the focus on enhancing Indian exports, procuring high end technology for India, and promoting India as a global tourism destination.

 

  

MY TAKE :

Technologies that can help us solve our myriad problems, are under development ( or already available commercially ), all over the World.

It is very likely that some of these news might escape your attention. In turn, you may not be able to alert our ambassadors to inquire / evaluate these for possible “ acquisition “ by India ( by Indian PSUs / Private Sector Firms / Research Labs etc )

As a citizen, I believe it is my duty to bring to your notice, such technology-related news whenever I come across one

Here is one – from Australia :

 

[ A]   Background

Ø     According to a 2020 report by the Central Pollution Control Board, India generated 1,014,961 tonnes of e-waste in FY 2019-2020 – up 32% from FY 2018-2019.

 

Ø     Of this, the report found that only 3.6% and 10% were actually collected in the country in 2018 and 2019, respectively.

 

Ø     It also said that the informal sector controls more than 90% of e-waste collection and handling processes in the country. Not surprisingly, neighbourhood kabadiwala is still the go-to source of waste collection for most people in the country.

             ( source : E-Waste: India Must Take a Closer Look at Extended Producer Responsibility   )

 

 

[ B ]  Technology ( brief description ) :

 

         But , can entrepreneurs do recycling on a small scale ?

         YES . If Central Government takes help from ,

         Veena Sahajwalla , 

         -  an Indian-origin scientist in Australia has launched the world’s

         first micro factory that can transform  the components from electronic

         waste items such as smartphones and laptops into valuable materials

         for re-use

            

           [ source :   A  Sahaj  Solution  ?    /    18 April 2018    ]

 

[ C ]  Country where developed :

         AUSTRALIA

 

 [ D ]  Inventor / Developer  :

         Veena Sahajwalla 

Ø     is an inventor and Professor of Materials Science in the Faculty of Science at UNSW Australia.^[2] 

Ø     She is the Director of the UNSW SM@RT Centre for Sustainable Materials Research and Technology and an Australian Research Council Laureate Fellow.^[3]

 

      Prof Veena Sahajwalla of UNSW Sydney on circular economy and the SDGs

 

Waste Research ScientistVeena Sahajwalla Named 2022 NSW Australian of the Year | Queen Of Recycle 

 

   veena@unsw.edu.au

 

 

[ E ]  Source of News

 

Sydney waste research scientist Veena Sahajwalla awarded NSW Australian of the Year 2022 ( 21 Nov 2021 )

 

 Indian origin scientist named NSW Australian of the Year

 

With regards,

Hemen parekh  / hcp@RecruitGuru.com / 23 Feb 2022

 

Related Readings :

Skill Capital of the World ? …………………………………………………… [ 06  June  2016 ]

Self Employed Indians inherit the Earth ?   …………………………..[ 26 Jan 2018 ]

 

E-Waste : Converting a Threat into Opportunity…………………… [ 04 July 2020 ]

 

India third largest e-waste generator in world in 2019   

Electronic waste in India 

 

Indian technicians dial into careers fixing China phones  

E Waste Recycling : Congrats, Shri Sisodiaji ……………………………[ 26 Feb 2022 ]

 

 

CC :

Shri Harsh Shringlaji….  (  Foreign Secretary – psfs@mea.gov.in )

Mrs. Reenat Sandhu … (  Secretary [West] – secywest@mea.gov.in )

Shri Saurabh Kumar ……(  Secretary [East] – secyeast@mea.gov.in )

Shri Dammu Ravi  ……….(  Secretary [ER] – secyer@mea.gov.in )

 

 

 

 

 

 

Congratulations, Ashwini Vaishnawji

 

 

 “ Additive Manufacturing “ will be  a NEO [ New Export Opportunity ]

 

Context :

3D manufacturing policy: Target of 500 items by ’25  /  Indian Express / 25 Feb 2022

 

Extract :

The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology ( MeitY ) aims to increase India’s share in global additive manufacturing to 5 per cent within the next three years, with hopes that it could likely add $ 1 billion to the gross domestic product by that time.

As per the National Strategy for Additive Manufacturing, by 2025, India will aim to achieve certain targets such as,

  #  50 India specific technologies for material, machine and software,

  #  100 new startups for additive manufacturing,

  #  500 new products.

In total, MeitY hopes that these new startups and opportunities will give jobs to at least 1 lakh new skilled workers over the next three years.

“We have taken some very clearly defined goals in this strategy…,” IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said while releasing the strategy document.

3D printing or additive manufacturing uses computer-aided designing to make prototypes or working models of objects by laying down successive layers of materials such as plastic, resin, thermoplastic, metal, fiber or ceramic.

With the help of software, the model to be printed is first developed by the computer, which then gives instructions to the 3D printer.

 

In its national strategy, MeitY has suggested that to get ahead in the additive manufacturing or 3D printing space, India must adopt it in all sectors, including in defence and public sectors.

An apex body which has subject matter experts and leaders from local and global industries could be established to lead the mission.

 

MY  TAKE :

Dear Shri Piyush Goyalji,

Here is how 3D Printing industry, should be developed to boost exports :

 

{ A }  Exporting SOFTWARE for 3 D printing

Ø  Indian software geeks can design / develop 3D printing software at ONE TENTH what it would cost a US – EU – JAPANESE company to develop it in-house, in their own countries. They would prefer to outsource such software to Indians

Sitting in their homes with their own ( scale model ) 3D printing machines, these Indians would give a demo of the software developed, to their foreign clients, using ZOOM – Google Meet ( holograms, at a future date ), - before emailing it

{ B }  Exporting COMPONENTS manufactured in India, using 3D Printing

This is a case where a Foreign Company has already developed its own 3D printing softwares but do not wish to set up local manufacturing facility in its own country , with all its hassle / manpower / commitments 

 

They would like an Indian Company ( with its cost-competitiveness ), to manufacture components using their software ( delivered over internet ) and ship out

I believe, given adequate support / encouragement / incentives / push by the government, this could motivate many Indian Startups to set up 3D PRINTING factories ( with 3D printing machines capable of using a wide variety of Raw Materials such as metals – resins – plastics – even organic compounds etc ) exclusively to cater to foreign clients

 

Dear Shri Goyalji,

What I have envisaged above, is entirely feasible – and before Dec 2022 - if you could convince your Cabinet Colleagues to agree to implement :

 A NEW ECONOMIC ORDER ? aka " Start Up Act - 2015 " ……[ 12 Sept 2015 ]

 

It is late – but better late than never !

 

With regards,

Hemen Parekh  /  hcp@RecruitGuru.com / 26 Feb 2022

 

Related Readings :      

 

DREAM HOUSE BY 2020 ? ………………………………..[ 01 Sept 2015 ]

 

Extract :

ROLE  OF  WinSun

      *  Setting up of 20 factories for 3D Printing of flats

     *  Assembling of 3D printed flats at sites

     *  Transfer of 3D house printing technology to Indian project managers / site

         engineers / construction workers

         

        

 

WHO WILL OBSOLETE WHOM ? ………………………….[ 20 Aug 2015 ]

 

Extract :

Unit House Construction.... Vs......... 3 D Printed Pre-Fab houses

Customs Barriers.............. Vs..........Online 3D Manufacturing

National Borders cannot stop winds of change , which blow through internet / mobiles / TV ( - and soon 3D Holograms ? )

 

 

REDEFINING MANUFACTURING ? ……………………….[ 05 Nov 2015 ]

 

Extract :

Under the revised Factory Law, manufacturing is sought to be re-defined as :

 

"  Any process or activity resulting in any alteration of original character , such as nature, state, shape, size, usefulness, and/or making value addition to the original material acted upon when subjected to the process or activity "

 

Then here is a glimpse of the " Factories of Future " :

3D printed " Products " in thousands of " homes " ( designs downloaded from internet )

3D printed , " Mass-production "  of buildings on open plots of lands ( WinSun of China )

So , what should we do ?

 

#    Do not anchor  " Factory Act " around " Manufacturing Processes " ; however

      if you must, then retain " packaging " as legitimate manufacturing process in

      Factories Bill - 2014

      

   

#   Re-name this Act as " Human  Enterprise  Act " , and make it applicable to any

     organization employing 100 or more persons, at a single location , irrespective

     of the ,

 

     *     " Original Material " having any " Original Character "

     *      Any " Alteration / Value Addition " taking place

     *      Subjecting the material to any process ( physical or mental )

 

 

Tech World turning imagination real………………………. [ 23 Feb 2016 ]

 

Extract :

I am no time-traveller and maybe it is time to stop looking beyond to day !

 

A BBC TV report last evening talked about the Chinese Manufacturers having developed machines that can carry out traditional Indian " Chikankari " embroidery on a saree within one hour what takes poor women of Lucknow, close to a hundred hours  ! 

 

And they are dumping these sarees in the Indian Market at one fourth the price  !

 

Some 5 lakh poor women in UP are in danger of being obsolete !

 

DIPP is planning to equip some 100 " Innovation Centres " at University Campuses across India , with 3D printers

 

How about some Indian Start Up developing a technology to 3D Print " Chikankari " sarees and make these software / hardware available to these poor women, to beat the Chinese at their own game ?

 

 

HOW FAR SHOULD WE SEE ? ……………………………[ 15 Feb 2016 ]

 

Extract :

How long before textile scientists come up with a fabric that does not require " Stitching " to make garments  ?

 

May be a fabric that can be " welded " or " glued " to form a garment  ?

 

And a automated assembly-line where :

 

*    Fabric is fed at one end

 

*    Glue ( or a welding wire ) , is fed at intermediate stages

 

*    Fabric gets cut into pieces as per online personalized  " designs " ordered  by

      visitors of Amazon / Flipkart / Snapdeal etc

 

       

What would this do to the manufacturers of domestic / industrial sewing machines and threads  ?

 

And then what would happen to such automated garment-making assembly lines when people install 3D Printing Machines in their homes ? - machines that can print garments as per designs downloaded from Net  ?

 

E Commerce Definition : a Space Ship ?................... [ 05 July 2018 ]

 

Extract :

 

These days , a product could be,

 *  patented in one country ( concept )

 

*  designed in another country

 

*  developed ( detail manufacturing drawings  ) in another country

 

*  components made all over the World

 

*  Sub-Assemblies ( of those components ) carried out in another country

 

*  Final Assembly done in another country

 

*  Packaging done in another country

 

*  Offered for sale on ONLINE e-commerce portals in another country

 

*  Marketed by agencies located all over the World

 

*  Delivered using manpower / drones / supply chains of several countries

 

*  Financed by funds from all over the world

 

At which “ Level  “ of Value Addition , does a product become “ local “ ?

 

And if I download a " Product Drawings / Design " over the internet and then " 3D Print " it in my garage ( using " imported " resins ) , then is that a " local " product ?