: How I Turned My College Project Into Assam’s 1st Biomedical Waste Plant #IndiaNEWS #Assam As an academic requirement, I took up a research project on different topics during my graduation and Masters

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How I Turned My College Project Into Assam’s 1st Biomedical Waste Plant #IndiaNEWS #Assam
As an academic requirement, I took up a research project on different topics during my graduation and Masters programmes. But as soon as I passed the exams, I dumped my report. And here is an engineer from Guwahati in Assam who has converted his graduation project into a successful business that is helping keep the biomedical waste in the city at bay.
Partha Pathak, founder of Fresh Air Waste Management Services Pvt Ltd shares with The Better India how he implemented his academic knowledge into a business.
A Lesson For Life
“My first project was in 1993-1994 while studying a waste management disposal for Down Town hospital in the city with two other project partners. It was a 250-bed institution for which the team studied all the aspects of the waste management system,� he says.
Vehicles used for collecting biomedical waste.
Partha explains there were no rules for biomedical waste management back then. “The waste was disposed of crudely, and there was no robust system to address the biomedical waste specifically. I compiled the report with my observations. But instead of treating it as one-off project work, I dived deeper into the work,� he says.
The 47-year-old says he visited the hospital multiple times to observe and gather data. “As biomedical waste was a major issue, I studied it in detail and the challenges faced in addressing and its disposal. There was no heavy waste load during those days but it required better management. The private hospital was doing a commendable job with it despite no government rules in place,� he adds.
Partha says the first rule came in 1995 where the central government laid guidelines on treating biomedical waste.
In 1996, he bagged a job in Mumbai in an oil sector company where he worked for five years. Soon, Partha was exhausted from the mundane job.
“I was not enjoying it anymore and wanted to pursue a business of my own,� he says.
It was then that Partha returned to Guwahati and found a job as a project engineer at a private hospital, performing various responsibilities. “I was doing a job similar to my academic studies in the waste management system,� he shares, adding, “But in 2003, I decided to quit my job and immerse myself into biomedical waste and wastewater management to launch the first company in Assam to address the issue. �
Partha notes that Guwahati did not have an efficient waste management system during those days. “Being located at a higher geographical altitude, the city’s waste disposal system was not at par with other low-lying metro cities like Mumbai. The city had its waste management system in place during the 1990s because of the massive waste generated in the city.

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