Conferences & Affiliations

• Founding President-‘Indian Society of Hospital Waste Management’ (ISHWM)  www.medwasteind.org
• Active participant in National & International conferences and seminars etc., on environmental and healthcare waste management issues; and national and International Aviation Medicine Conferences in India & Abroad.
• Resource person for WHO-SEARO for conferences/ workshops in India & SEA Region Countries – Bangladesh and Nepal.
• Invited Keynote speaker, Working Group on Health Care Waste Management, ISWA, Rome, Italy, third week of Oct 2004.
• Invited Plenary Guest speaker at annual conference of College of Microbiology, Colombo, Sri Lanka September 13 – 14, 2007.
• Invited speaker at many conferences in India – Thiruvananthapuram, Ahmedabad, IMA-Goa, CMC Vellore, SPCB, Bhuvneshwar, etc.
• Conducted a two -day workshop for Civil Surgeons and senior healthcare staff, as a resource person on biomedical waste management at the NRHM, Assam, Guwahati – 4^th – 5^th April 2008,
• Member/Life Member of many Scientific Associations such as Academy of Hospital Administration, India International Centre (IIC), Consultancy Development Centre, etc.
• Former Member International Solid Waste Association (ISWA), and member of its Healthcare Working Group (HCWWG),

• On Editorial Board of International Journal of Integrative Biology, Yarmouk University, Jordan.
• Additional Reviewer, International Conferences on Education and Information Systems, Technologies, and Applications: EISTA 2008, 2009, 2010.
• Reviewer, ‘Waste Management and Research’ Official journal of ISWA.
• Tele-interviewed by many national and international (UK and USA) organizations and institutions on biomedical waste management and environmental protection.

Publications

Chapters, Reports and Books:

Chapters:

• Prepared Policy Guidelines for Hospital Waste Management in the Armed Forces based on which Joint Services Guidelines was Published (JSG No – 0553: 1999)

Reports:

• Final Report WHO Pilot Project: laying down Hospital Waste Management System at the Air Force Hospital, Bangalore – 1999 – 2000.
• Report to the Department of Health, Govt of NCT of Delhi, on biomedical waste incinerator near SUKHDEV VIHAR, a resident colony, New Delhi – January 2008.

Books:

• “Managing Healthcare Waste- a Practical Approach” Knowledge World (2007): ISBN 81- 87966- 61-0.
• Environment and Human Health, Lambert Academic Publishing, Germany (2013), ISBN: 978-3-659-35137-2.
• Indians in Mirror, View of a Common, Politics Governance, and Religious Identify (ISBN:978-1-946714-06-0), Notion Press (2016)
• Karma its Applicability and Relevance in Day-to-Day Life, Leadstart Publishing, (2016), ISBN: 978-93-52016-14-3.

• Other Literary Works -Four books of Hindi Poetry, one book of Hindi Play, and One anthology of English Poems, an epic poem in English, “Womb of Time”, A book on “Selfish Mind, Slavish Body, A Quest into Self-identity” published by Hay House Publishers. Recipient of ‘Premchand Smriti Puraskar’ for contribution to Hindi Literature.

Papers & Articles: 

More than a dozen papers and articles on waste management and environmental issues in national and international journals. Active on Facebook, Twitter, and Speaking Tree.    

Projects Undertaken:

1. WHO aided pilot project to lay down Hospital Waste Management System in a hospital -1999 to Y2K. Completed successfully and final report submitted in Jun, 2001.
2. DRDO Project to study mutagenic effects in hospital waste. Project completed in 2002.
3. WHO-IGNOU Collaborative Project to develop Certificate Training Programme for SEA Region Countries – July 2004 to April 2005.
4. DST project under USERS Scheme to write a monograph on hospital waste management – July 2004 (HR/UR/2003). Project completed and a book – “Managing Healthcare Waste – a Practical Approach” published in 2007. ISBN: 81-87966-61-0.
5. Consultant with PPG, DFID aided Project for Procurement and Capacity Assessment of Medical Service Organization – RCH II. Project completed and report submitted.
6. Consultant with PPG on World Bank aided Project – NACP III- March 2006 to May 2007. Project completed and report submitted.
7. Appointed Chairman ‘SUKHDEV VIHAR’ Committee by Govt of NCT of Delhi – Dec 07 to January 08 to look into complaints of the residents on health concerns allegedly caused by a nearby bio-medical incinerator. Report finalized and submitted.
8. Conducted external audit of 10 identified hospitals of Delhi on waste management – practice and technology – a Delhi Govt project Sep 2008 to March 2009. Project completed and a report rendered.
9. Organized annual conferences – ISHWM Con 2010 at Delhi on 30^th and 31^st Oct 2010.
10. Consultant to Voyants Solution Pvt Ltd in a UNICEF supported project to strengthen healthcare waste management in 5 District Hospitals in the state of Jharkhand, India. The project was completed, and report submitted within the specified time (2012).
11. Currently researching on three topics of interest:

“Deficiencies in Healthcare Delivery and Health Education in India, and remedies”.

Patent: Food Waste Management Machines – VEGMA FOODSTER MK I & II.