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Editorial

EDITORIAL
Editor-in-Chief : Mangala Chandran
Editor : Mohana M
Associate Editor : Mrigank Warrier
Editorial Assistant : Tulsi Khandelwal

DESIGN
Studio Manager : Madhu K

SALES & MARKETING
Director Projects-Clean India : Prakash Kuttappan
GM-Sales : Manjulatha
Manager Sales : Shubha Acharya
ust a month away, Clean India Technology Week is garnering GM-Marketing : Reema Trivedi
all our attention. Not just ours, but also of the large Indian Manager-Digital Marketing : Dipesh Ayare
cleaning industry. Large, because as the country has made
Jprogress on all fronts, the awareness and need for a clean IT
environment, workplace and travel has also been increasing, Manager : Sudarshan Jadhav
making the professional cleaning sector keep pace with the growing Assistant Manager : Aditya Nair
infrastructure. CIRCULATION
What does one look forward to between September 13-15, at the Manager : Prashant More
Bombay Exhibition Centre, apart from the four Expos? There are
going to be more vibrant buyer-seller meetings. Delegations from MANAGEMENT
industrial/laundry associations, municipal corporations, the Railways,
airport authorities and other departments will bring in a fresher Chairman : Jayaraman Nair
perspective. The Expo will also see a delegation from the Indian Managing Director : Jayaprakash Nair
Drug Manufacturers’ Association (IDMA). An encouraging feature
this year is the set of special booths from as many as six municipal Advisory Panel
corporations. Ralph Sunil, Senior Vice President Administration, JSW Steel,
What more? Multi-track and innovative conference sessions on Vijayanagar Works
Waste Management, Kitchen Hygiene & Sanitation, Sustainability & Charu Thapar, Regional Director & Head Strategy & Platform,
PAM Asia Pacific, JLL India
Circular Economy, IFM-DigiFM, Pest Management, Auto Care etc. Vinay Deshmukh, Executive Director & CEO, Forbes Facility Services
There will also be awards, recognitions and celebrations! Dr Shakti Singh Chauhan, Country Head - Facility Management, 32nd
Apart from giving an overview of the September event, this issue
of Clean India Journal also brings together a set of features and Editorial / Marketing Office:
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