More about Uttam Banerjee
Uttam acquired his Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering and his Masters in Product Design from IIT Delhi. His expertise lies in the areas of Sustainable solutions, Environment, Consumer Behaviour, Technology trends, Creative Thinking and Problem Solving.
He believes “Less is More” and is very passionate about thinking and designing products that blends sense with simplicity. He has a deep interest in the areas of sustainability and loves to play with natural materials. His designs have won several prestigious awards.
Uttam also holds several patents and design registrations in the areas of sanitation, consumer products, medical devices and many more. Professionally, Uttam has over 14 years of experience and has worked in the areas of Automobiles, Medical Products and Devices, Consumer Electronics, Heavy Electrical Products, Livelihood Creation and Socially Inclined Solutions to name a few. He has created several products which have received wonderful reviews in the design community in India and Abroad.
Uttam has been the Key Speaker and Jury Member for several national and international conferences, workshops and competitions on innovations in sanitation organized by Unicef, UNESCO-IHE, TNFIS – Finland, AWEX Belgium and Government of India.
Presently Uttam serves as the Founder & CEO at Ekam Eco Solutions and Advisory Board Member to SCNO India. He also serves as the Core member of the Advisory Committee to a Consortium on sanitation by Jagran Pehal, Reckitt & Benckiser and Govt. of Bihar and Advisory Council of World Sustainability & World CSR Day.
More here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/banerjeeuttam
He believes “Less is More” and is very passionate about thinking and designing products that blends sense with simplicity. He has a deep interest in the areas of sustainability and loves to play with natural materials. His designs have won several prestigious awards.
Uttam also holds several patents and design registrations in the areas of sanitation, consumer products, medical devices and many more. Professionally, Uttam has over 14 years of experience and has worked in the areas of Automobiles, Medical Products and Devices, Consumer Electronics, Heavy Electrical Products, Livelihood Creation and Socially Inclined Solutions to name a few. He has created several products which have received wonderful reviews in the design community in India and Abroad.
Uttam has been the Key Speaker and Jury Member for several national and international conferences, workshops and competitions on innovations in sanitation organized by Unicef, UNESCO-IHE, TNFIS – Finland, AWEX Belgium and Government of India.
Presently Uttam serves as the Founder & CEO at Ekam Eco Solutions and Advisory Board Member to SCNO India. He also serves as the Core member of the Advisory Committee to a Consortium on sanitation by Jagran Pehal, Reckitt & Benckiser and Govt. of Bihar and Advisory Council of World Sustainability & World CSR Day.
More here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/banerjeeuttam
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