B.k.soni

Biography

B.K.Soni is the Chairman and Managing Director of Eco Recycling Ltd (Ecoreco) and the chief promoter of the group. Under Mr. Soni’s stewardship the company has attained a leadership position as India’s foremost e-waste management company with a dominant pan-India market presence. He is responsible for the strategic growth initiatives of the company and building a professional team of leaders. After delivering market dominance in the B2B segment, Mr. Soni is driving Ecoreco’s next phase of growth, building a B2C franchisee led retail model to share the benefits of alarming but unfolding opportunity of e-waste management with all the stakeholders in one or the other form.   Recognized as a visionary and expert in e-waste management, Mr. Soni saw the opportunity of the Indian e-waste management industry way back in 2005 much ahead of other players. Since then, he has been responsible for giving direction to the Indian e-waste management industry and bringing global best practices to India. As a pioneer and thought leader in e-waste management, his formal and informal views are often sought by industry players, policy makers, regulators and government functionaries.   Mr. Soni is a qualified Cost Accountant from the Institute of Cost Accountants of India. He has been a part of several industry associations and a member of the Expert Group on E-waste Management constituted by the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board. A person with deep intellect and impeccable integrity is very passionate to see that India emerges as the global hub for e-waste management so that neither the developed nations finds land fill cheaper alternate then processing e-waste nor the developing nations becomes dumping grounds and he is of the view that this is certainly possible because India is well placed between the two scenarios since cost of recycling is affordable in India subject to capacity utilisation.

Research Interest

Recycling and waste management