Course Name: Electronic Waste Management - Issues And Challenges

Course abstract

This course will discuss the overall scenario of E-Waste management in India in comparison with other countries around the globe. At first, the present scenario of E-Waste management in India (mostly informal) will be discussed along the role of various stakeholders. Then, the effects of recycling and management of Electronic Waste on human health, environment and society will also be presented. This will be followed by the risk assessment owing to pollutants released from E-Waste recycling in soil, air and water. The possible option of extraction of Rare-Earth Minerals will also be discussed in this course. TheE-Waste management Rules of India and around the Worldwill be compared. Finally a Life-Cycle Analysis approach will be employed for a possible sustainable solution of E-Waste Management for cutting the ill-effects of informal recycling. The topics will include: Composition of E-Waste and its generation rates across the world; The various processes of informal E-Waste management and its ill-effects on health and society; Formal Metal extraction processes from E-Waste; Life-Cycle-Analysis (LCA) and sustainable engineeringfrom electrical and electronics industry perspectives. The existing E-Waste Management rules in India and comparison with other countries around the world, the Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) and other take-back system. A major focus of this course will be the role of E-Waste management within the various initiatives of the Govt. of India including: Swachh Bharat Mission, Smart Cities as well as Make in India. The challenges of E-Waste management for smart cities will also be discussed taking few case studies from various developing nation around the globe. This will be followed by overview of the Electronic Waste (E-Waste) management issues in India in general and for the smart cities in particular. The new rules such as Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) with respect E-Waste Management will also be covered in these course.


Course Instructor

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Prof. Brajesh Kumar Dubey

Professor Brajesh Kr. Dubey has his bachelors degree in Civil Engineering (Hons) from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur, India and PhD in Environmental Engineering Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA. He is presently Associate Professor (Integrated Waste Management and Sustainable Engineering) in the Division of Environmental Engineering and Management at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur, India. Dr. Dubey has more than 17 years of research, teaching, training and industrial outreach experience in the areas of Integrated Solid and Hazardous Waste Management, and Sustainable Engineering and Application of Life Cycle Assessment techniques. He also works in the area of Life Cycle Analysis and Sustainable Engineering.He has been teaching courses in the area of Solid Waste Management,Hazardous Waste Management, Life Cycle Analysis and Environmental Risk Assessment among other courses for nearly a decade.
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 Course Duration : Jan-Feb 2021
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 Syllabus
 Enrollment : 18-Nov-2020 to 25-Jan-2021
 Exam registration : 15-Jan-2021 to 12-Feb-2021
 Exam Date : 21-Mar-2021

Enrolled

4669

Registered

1320

Certificate Eligible

1107

Certified Category Count

Gold

56

Silver

320

Elite

433

Successfully completed

298

Participation

86

Success

Elite

Silver

Gold




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AVERAGE ASSIGNMENT SCORE >=10/25 AND EXAM SCORE >= 30/75 AND FINAL SCORE >=40
BASED ON THE FINAL SCORE, Certificate criteria will be as below:
>=90 - Elite + Gold
75-89 -Elite + Silver
>=60 - Elite
40-59 - Successfully Completed

Final Score Calculation Logic

  • Assignment Score = Average of best 3 out of 4 assignments. Final Score(Score on Certificate)= 75% of Exam Score + 25% of Assignment Score.
    Note:
    We have taken best assignment score from both Jan 2020 and Jan2021 course
Electronic Waste Management - Issues And Challenges - Toppers list
Top 1 % of Certified Candidates

ISHWARPAL SINGH 97%

Bancon Builder

SHREESH AJAYKUMAR 97%

GOVERNMENT COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, KANNUR

PATIMA DHEERAJ 96%

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ANDHRA PRADESH

C SHANTHI 96%

SONA COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY

AKIL K 95%

HINDUSTHAN COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY

SHAIFALI SOOD 95%

NIT KURUKSHETRA

VIGNESH SHANKAR 95%

SRI SIVASUBRAMANIYA NADAR COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

RADHAMANI V 95%

RAJALAKSHMI ENGINEERING COLLEGE

NISHTHA BARMAN HAJONG 94%

S.R.M. INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

YAMUNA S N 94%

MALNAD COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

SWATHIKA SENTHILKUMAR 94%

Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research (SRIHER (DU))


Top 2 % of Certified Candidates

DR VINAY SENVE 93%

POWER GRID CORPORATION OF INDIA LTD

INDIRA MISHRA 93%

Jamia Millia Islamia

VASUDEVAN K L 93%

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING,GUINDY

CHITHIRAIKUMAR S 92%

NATIONAL ENGINEERING COLLEGE

NITIN SINGH CHAUHAN 92%

POWERGRID CORPORATION OF INDIA LIMITED

SATTWIK HARICHANDAN 92%

S.R.M. INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

GANDHI BANSI HITENDRABHAI 92%

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, SURATHKAL

SHRUTHI S 92%

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY TIRUCHIRAPPALLI

DR LOPA SANGHAVI 92%

GOVERNMENT POLYTECHNIC FOR GIRLS, AHMEDABAD

MEHNAZA AKHTER 92%

ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

MANOJ KUMAR 92%

POWERGRID CORPORTION OF INDIA LIMITED

DIWAKAR R MARUR 92%

S.R.M. INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

RITIKA CHOUDHARY 92%

MANAV RACHNA UNIVERSITY


Top 5 % of Certified Candidates

NIVEDHITHA C 91%

SARANATHAN COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

HAFSA MUJAHID 91%

MALNAD COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

VISHNU PRADEEP 91%

GOVERNMENT ENGINEERING COLLEGE, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM

MADHAV MURALI 91%

MAR BASELIOS COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY

DRKIRTI SRIVASTAVA 91%

JSS Academy of Technical Education ,Noida

DR ASHIMA SRIVASTAVA 91%

JSS ACADEMY OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION, NOIDA

ABHISHEK UNMESH MANDLIK 91%

DR. VISHWANATH KARAD MIT WORLD PEACE UNIVERSITY, PUNE

DIKSHIT BHATT J 91%

MEENAKSHI SUNDARARAJAN ENGINEERING COLLEGE

DHAVAL SURESHBHAI MANIYA 90%

DR. S. AND S. S. GHANDHY GOVERNMENT ENGINEERING COLLEGE

ARUNAV CHAKRABORTY 90%

TEZPUR UNIVERSITY

RAJESH CHANDRA PANERU 90%

YADHU KRISHNAN C S 90%

PRIYANKA CE 90%

MALNAD COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

J SARADHA 90%

HOLY CROSS COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS)

SAKTHI PRIYA M 90%

ABHAY KUMAR MISHRA 90%

GURU NANAK DEV ENGINEERING COLLEGE

NAGAVENI P 90%

KARPAGAM ACADEMY OF HIGHER EDUCATION

SURENDER 90%

INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY,(BHU) VARANASI

SHEEJA JAYACHANDRAN 90%

SRI RAMAKRISHNA ENGINEERING COLLEGE

JONNALAGADDA SNEHANJALI 90%

NRI INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

AURELIO VINCENT SAVIO RODRIGUES 90%

GOA COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

SHARMISTHA BOSE 90%

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING & MANAGEMENT, KOLAGHAT

MURALI KRISHNAN S 90%

SONA COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY

PRAJWAL SURESH DUDHBALE 90%

DATTA MEGHE INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING, TECHNOLOGY AND RESEARCH

P KAVITHA 90%

SONA COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY

SINDU N J 90%

MALNAD COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

ALEX LIVINGSTON RAJA A 90%

HINDUSTHAN COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY

VIJAYKUMAR KATAGI 90%

BHEEMANNA KHANDRE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

DR K RADHIKA 90%

ST.PETERS ENGINEERING COLLEGE

RAJ KUMAR BHATIA 90%

JABALPUR ENGINEERING COLLEGE, JABALPUR

MOHAMMED MAQSOOD ALAM 90%

AL-KABIR POLYTECHNIC

MOHAMED ISMAIL S 90%

ANNA UNIVERSITY

Enrollment Statistics

Total Enrollment: 4669

Registration Statistics

Total Registration : 1320

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