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EDITORIAL

recently entered a strategic partnership with
L&T Technology Services (LTTS) to establish a
dedicated engineering centre in India.
Yet, despite the glamour of innovation
entering the cleaning profession, students today
are increasingly stepping back from choosing
housekeeping as a career.
Keerthana Sundar of Clean India Journal
engages with hospitality students and seasoned
housekeeping professionals to understand these
underlying sentiments — and explore what it will
take to reposition housekeeping as a career of
value and dignity.
rom drones and humanoids to bubble physics, At the same time, experts across industry are
the cleaning industry is bustling with smart weighing in on the importance of automation
solutions to age-old problems. While high- and productivity, alongside quality cleaning and
pressure water drones are making headlines sustainability. They clearly spell out the difference
in India, elsewhere mopping co-bots and that technology can make — not just in process
Fbreakthrough vacuum-mop hybrids are efficiency, but in elevating the standards and
gliding across floors with precision. Adding to perceptions of the profession itself.
this, wheeled humanoid robots are now being As you read this issue, the Clean India Journal
designed to autonomously clean and restock hotel team is getting busy with the three-day seminar,
rooms, while an AI-powered autonomous workshop, awards... to be held during the 20th
toilet and bathroom cleaning robot make its edition of Clean India Show from November 26 to
global debut. 28 at the Bombay Exhibition Centre.
These developments reflect how cleaning is
being reimagined through automation, artificial
intelligence, and sustainability. Making one of
the first significant moves in the Indian market
is Tennant Company, which is embedding
sustainability into product design, materials,
energy efficiency, and lifecycle impact. It has Mohana M

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