Proposal afoot for e-waste management

BHUBANESWAR: Leading hardware solutions provider, Jetking, on Thursday expressed interest in e-waste management in the State. Jetking is willing to partner with Orissa Computer Applications Centre (OCAC) for the project. Joint Managing Director of Jetking Nandu G Bharwani met Information and Technology Minister Ramesh Chandra Majhi and submitted a proposal. Currently, there is no e-waste management plan in place in the State while the Centre has been propagating it for quite sometime. Since the usage of computers has grown rapidly with e-governance, waste management has been necessitated. During the meeting, Jetking officials also proposed to take up skill upgradation of government employees through an e-literacy programme and special training modules in Oriya. Along with reorientation and training of the government employees, the company has proposed special modules for schoolteachers in IT. Besides, plans for networking of various universities and colleges and soft skill training were presented before the IT Minister. Majhi asked the company to present a comprehensive proposal so that the State Government can take a decision on it.