Founder/Director: Dr. Biswajit Debnath 

Dr. Biswajit Debnath is an Assistant Professor at the School of Sustainability, New Age Makers Institute of Technology (NAMTECH), India. He is a leading expert in sustainability, circular economy principles, and waste management, with particular emphasis on electronic waste (e-waste/WEEE) recovery, supply chain optimisation, and resource valorisation. Holding a Ph.D. in Engineering from Jadavpur University—bolstered by the prestigious Commonwealth Split-Site Scholarship at Aston University, UK—he pioneers green processes for material recovery and circular strategies in waste-to-energy and life cycle assessment. His accolades include Best Paper Awards at IconSWM and Chemcon, and the West Bengal State Fellowship. As co-founder of Kolkata’s pioneering upcycled café La Sustaina, Technical Advisor at Green Waves Environmental Solutions, and former Sustainability Consultant in Finland, Dr. Debnath bridges academia and industry to deliver impactful, real-world solutions for a regenerative future. 

Co-founder: Prof. Ankita Das 

Prof. Ankita Das is currently an Assistant Professor at B.P. Poddar Institute of Management & Technology, Salt Lake Campus, where she has served since August 2023. Previously, she was Faculty in Data Science and Cyber Security at iLEAD (June 2022–2023) and held visiting professorships at Techno India, Salt Lake (main campus), and Heritage Business School from 2016 to 2020. She is the co-founder of La Sustaina, Kolkata’s first upcycled café-cum-store promoting sustainable décor and eco-friendly products, and the co-founder of VerdeEdge, a sustainability-focused enterprise advancing circular economy solutions. She conducted collaborative research on e-waste supply chain dynamics at Aston University, Birmingham, UK, in 2019, and has been affiliated with the International Society of Waste Management, Air, and Water (2016–2018). She now contributes to the Consortium of Researchers for Sustainable Development (C.R.S.D.), focusing on upcycling and e-waste management. A recognised pioneer of the concept of Sustainable Smart City in Eastern India, she is pursuing her Ph.D. in this domain. Her collaborations with researchers in the USA, UK, and Saudi Arabia have contributed to a total of 20 publications, including peer-reviewed journals, book chapters, and conference articles, alongside two invited talks and two copyrights. She also serves as a reviewer for Environment, Development and Sustainability (Springer). Her research interests span Green Computing, Upcycling, Disaster Management, Waste Management, IoT, Circular Economy, and Sustainability. 

Legal Advisor: Prof. Amar C. Das 

Professor Amar Chandra Das stands as the undisputed pioneer of Bengali-language competitive examination literature in India. Recognising as early as 1993 that countless Bengal students were disadvantaged by the absence of high-quality preparatory materials in their mother tongue, he single-handedly filled this critical void. Over a distinguished 35-year career, he authored and meticulously updated eleven seminal titles that have evolved in lockstep with shifting examination patterns, maintaining unrivalled dominance in the market. Widely revered as “Amar Babu” for his selfless commitment to student welfare, Professor Das has mentored generations of aspirants through his lucid, authoritative texts and personal guidance. Even after retiring from formal teaching in 2020, his expertise remains undiminished. Today he lends strategic insight to leading environmental and sustainability organisations while preparing a new series of cutting-edge competitive exam books. His enduring legacy combines rigorous scholarship, profound mentoring acumen, and an unwavering dedication to educational equity. 

Technical Advisor: Dr. Amit K. Chattopadhyay 

Dr Amit K. Chattopadhyay, formerly Associate Professor of Applied Mathematics at Aston University, UK, is currently Assistant Professor of Business Analytics at the School of Business, National College of Ireland, Dublin, and host of QS-GaSCom. An acclaimed interdisciplinary scholar, he has produced 80+ high-impact publications, secured over £10 million in competitive research income in data-driven machine learning and mathematical modelling, and delivered more than 20 keynote lectures globally. He is the first non-European Marie Curie Incoming Fellow in Physics, a Fellow of the Institute of Mathematics (UK), an Alexander von Humboldt Fellow, a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (UK), and serves on editorial boards for Nature and Frontiers. With seven PhD completions and sustainability research experience involving 3000+ Midlands SMEs through an £8.5 million grant portfolio, he specialises in stochastic WEEE supply chains and has pioneered AI in developmental economics, entropy-based risk assessment, and tax-evasion modelling. QS-GaSCom advances scalable, AI-optimised WEEE management pathways, reinforcing his leadership in data-driven sustainable industrial transformation. 

Technical Advisor: Dr. Debashis De 

Professor Debashis De is a distinguished academic serving as Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology (MAKAUT), West Bengal, India (formerly West Bengal University of Technology). A Senior Member of IEEE, Fellow of the Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers (IETE), and Life Member of the Computer Society of India (CSI), he has earned recognition for his scholarly excellence, including the prestigious Boyscast Fellowship from the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, which enabled research at Heriot-Watt University, UK. His research spans cutting-edge domains such as edge computing, Internet of Things (IoT), quantum machine learning, spiking neural networks, and federated learning. Professor De’s prolific contributions are evidenced by his Google Scholar profile, where his works have garnered over 11,620 citations. Notable publications include highly influential papers on IoT applications in precision agriculture (cited over 870 times) and convolutional neural networks. This substantial citation record underscores his significant impact on the global academic community in emerging technologies. 

Technical Advisor: Dr. Prasanta Kumar Dey [Under Conversation] 

https://research.aston.ac.uk/en/persons/prasanta-dey/ 

Technical Advisor: Dr. Ranjana Chowdhury [Under Conversation] 

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=8XyL16oAAAAJ&hl=en 

Team Members: 

Dr. Shuchi Sharma 

HSE and Circular Economy Specialist 

Dr. Sharma, currently an Assistant Professor at NAMTECH, teaches Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) and Circular Economy. She completed her PhD at the Department of Chemistry, IIT Madras, focusing on TiO₂ tubular structures for photoelectrochemical water splitting and rare-earth-based oxides for methanol electro-oxidation. An electrochemist skilled in material synthesis for energy storage and conversion, she has developed catalysts for direct methanol fuel cells and PEC water-splitting systems. She received the International Immersion Travel Award for research at Arizona State University and was honoured with the “Women Leading IITM 2024” award. With 11 peer-reviewed publications (four first-author) and 20 total outputs, her work reflects strong expertise in sustainability and the circular economy, complemented by 6.4 years of prior teaching experience in environmental engineering. 

Dr. Ranjan Sasti Charan Pal 

AI/ML Specialist 

Ranjan Sasti Charan Pal is an accomplished academic and researcher in mechanical engineering. He earned his BE in Mechanical Engineering from the Maharashtra Institute of Technology, Pune (2015), followed by an MTech in Machine Design from NIT Durgapur, where he graduated as a Gold Medallist (2018). He later pursued a PhD at IIT Kharagpur, focusing on fault diagnosis and prognosis of electrical systems, publishing in peer-reviewed journals and presenting at national and international conferences. After submitting his thesis, he joined NAMTECH as an Assistant Professor in the School of Smart Manufacturing, where he teaches AI/ML and IoT. Prior to his doctoral studies, he gained industrial experience as a Productivity Improvement Engineer at Sandvik Asia Private Limited, Pune. 

Mr. Uchchwash Barua 

EPR specialist 

Mr. Uchhwash Barua is a passionate socio-greenpreneur, sustainability advocate, and recognised waste management consultant with over five years of expertise in sustainable and plastic waste management, recycling, circular economy solutions, and Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) and regulatory compliance. An ex-founding member of Waste Wheel, he has contributed to innovative waste-to-value models across India, focusing particularly on diverting low-value plastics from landfills while supporting community livelihoods. He has worked with leading initiatives including Waste Wheel, Re.Act Waste, and Paving+—a pioneering enterprise that transforms plastic waste into durable construction materials. 

He currently leads the Shyampur Plastic Waste Management Project under the direct supervision of the Howrah Zilla Parishad, strengthening decentralized collection, segregation, and recycling systems through Gram Panchayats and kabadiwala empowerment, creating a transparent revenue-generating ecosystem. As a sought-after speaker, he has featured in platforms including The Sustainability Conundrum, where he advocates for responsible waste practices, scalable impact, and community-driven circularity. 

Ms. Aatreyi Chattopadhyay 

Trainee Collaborator: Economics 

Aatreyi Chattopadhyay is a final year pre-university student at a leading Grammar School in the UK, the Wolverhampton Girls’ High School, an epitome of UK academic excellence. She has bespoke interests in sustainability and finance, broadly defined. To hone her skills, Aatreyi has undertaken two separate placements in two leading accountancy firms in the UK, both ending with positive encomium. In a customer-facing ambience, she combined digital literacy with conventional finance. Aatreyi is passionate about her interests and aspires for a career in sustainable finance.