Topic: "Waste recycling as a potential career option"
Graduated as a mechanical engineer, he attained his master’s degree in business management from Greenwich University, London. He was inspired by the responsible recycling mechanism present in UK and the dire need for such a system in our country for our sustainable growth. The idea got into the shape of Namo eWaste in 2014 and since then, with his enthusiasm at a young age of 28 years, he has take big steps to reach the goal of building one of the best e-waste recycling facilities in India.
Namo eWaste is the fastest growing e-waste management company in India working with many public and private sector companies. Akshay has various business interests in the scrap recycling field. He has achieved enormous recognition in the said field since 2015 and has reached an 8-figure income mark.
Previous Job - As a management trainee at Maruti Suzuki factory in Gurgaon.
Achievements- Building a successful model for collection and recycling of e-waste, countering the problems like competition from unorganized sector, reverse logistics cost and lack of awareness within the stakeholders for such type of recycling. He has a delivered a complete model for channelization of waste through our various online and offline initiatives.
His model includes both B2B and B2C collection of e-waste. Namo is present in about 28 states of India with its Franchisees, Collection Centres and Channel Partners. As an entrepreneur, Akshay is very flamboyant in putting up his views and is the youngest person to be invited at ‘Policy Making’ meets by various ministries. He has featured at many events as a speaker/panellist and featured by leading media houses as one of the top budding entrepreneurs in India.
Namo eWaste has been awarded as ‘Best Recycling Company of the Year’ at Green India Awards, New Delhi 2018 and 2nd Prize at ‘3R Excellence Award for E-Waste Recyclers In India’ at 8th Regional 3R Forum In Asia and the Pacific at Indore 2018.
Future Plans- Namo is setting up India’s ‘Largest Recycling Facility’ for recycling of electronic, non-ferrous and automobile waste in the vicinity of Ahmadabad in Gujarat. The new plant would operational from 2021 with an investment of over Rs. 100 cr.