The Paper Division of the Brussels-based Bureau of International Recycling (BIR) says it is organizing a diverse meeting for its plenary session scheduled for Monday, Oct. 16, 2017, at 3 p.m. at the Taj Diplomatic Enclave, New Delhi, as part of the BIR Word Recycling Convention Round-Table Sessions. Attendees will hear from four guest presenters on topics ranging from the Clean India Program, known as “Swachh Bharat,” to an appraisal of the global recovered paper markets.

Jogarao Bhamidipati, director at India’s Source Global Fiber Inc., will present on “How Swachh Bharat movement can help the Indian paper industry by improving recycled fiber collection.” Bahmidipati has helped to coordinate domestic scrap paper collection for Indian paper manufacturer ITC Ltd., Kolkata, India. He has been involved with ITC’s implementation of the WOW (Wealth out of Waste) campaign, a program launched in 2007 that aims to encourage recycling among school children, housewives, corporate employees and the public, as well as industries and businesses. Bahmidipati was named among the 50 most-influential people in the global paper industry by RISI in 2010 and was awarded the BIR Papyrus Award in 2009.

Pradeep Dhobale, director and operating partner in Springforth Investment Managers Pvt. Ltd., the investment management firm from Springforth Capital Advisors with locations in Bangalore and Hyderabad, India, also will speak during the session. Springforth is a full-service midmarket investment bank founded by a group of finance professionals in partnership with industry experts in the areas of food, agriculture and logistics. Dhobale was nominated by the Indian Ministry of Commerce and Industry as chairman of the Development Council for Pulp, Paper & Allied Industries. He is a past president of the Indian Pulp and Paper Technical Association and the Indian Paper Manufacturers Association and the founding president of the Indian School of Business, Centre for Executive Education Alumni Association, Hyderabad Chapter. He will speak on “The expanding state of Indian paper mills.”

SVR Krishnan is executive director and head of operations at Tamil Nadu Newsprint and Papers Ltd., Chennai, India, a company established by the government of Tamil Nadu during the early eighties to produce newsprint and printing and writing paper using bagasse-sugarcane residue as primary raw material. He has more than 33 years’ experience in paper and coated board manufacturing and application of paper and paperboard in the converting industry. Krishnan also has been involved with the Paper Board and Specialty Papers Division of ITC Ltd. for more than 23 years.

Also speaking will be Andreas Uriel, managing director at Uriel Papierrohstoffe GmbH, a Germany-based company specializing in processing recovered paper and packaging. He has more than 30 years’ experience in the paper recycling business, including rewind operations for processing damaged paper rolls.

The BIR World Recycling Convention Round-Table Sessions takes place Oct. 14-16, 2017 in New Delhi.