Mr. Janjire talks about his company Indotech and the journey they have been on. The solid waste management products they manufacture bring India one step closer to a sustainable future. He shares his thoughts on the ‘Make in India’ campaign, the challenges they have faced with their products, and how the Indian government helped them to get through it.
Indotech and the art of manufacturing life-giving incinerators for India!
The last thing an over-crowded country like India needs is a profusion of mediums that hold decaying matters like sanitary pads, diapers, garbage, and its share of dead animals. Besides being absolute health hazards, in the Indian context, they are all the more so given the rate of overcrowding within the country. Not only does it pollute the air, but also groundwater and soil if not handled the right way at the right time.
While the country today has the ability to import incinerators from abroad, it comes at a steep price that goes beyond cost and things related to money. Foreign technology for instance, may not address the peculiar needs of India and its climate. Constant after-sale services might be an issue. The same goes for spares. Why even training staff on foreign machines could be costly.
To address all these, besides products dealing with electrical, electronics, refrigeration, and renewables, Indotech Industries is today giving India some of its best incinerators for solid waste management. The latter includes home-based incinerators, diaper & pad incinerators, and even crematoriums. The use of such advanced machines helps convert the offending biowastes into sterile ash that can be safely disposed of in a variety of ways. Besides being healthy for the environment, the ash takes care of something that could otherwise make life in both urban and local places unbearable.
Indotech also provides vending machines for sanitary napkins and recently they have innovated into the creation of small incinerator machines that can take care of ultra-local needs.
Mr. Bhausaheb Janjire, Chairman and Managing Director of Indotech talks at length about the journey they had with their products from inception. According to him, Indotech is the only producer of such a wide range of incinerators. It sees its products being installed in over 1.5 lakh locations besides over 75,000 vending machines. These in most cases include government initiatives for safe disposal of biowaste and vending of products that continue to be essential to life.
Their first crematory to incinerate dead animals came about in the Sindhudurg region of Maharashtra. Innovation being part of their DNA, they didn’t buckle down even during the pandemic and in fact, launched an electronic disinfectant to disinfect surfaces like tabletops without the use of water and soap. This includes cleaning electronic products without damaging them in any way. Incidentally, it was the only product in the country that was certified by ICMR.
A challenge that Mr. Bhausaheb faces all the time is of his products’ pricing. Their modus-operandi involving raw materials and parts being procured locally, they invariably face the issue of price competition from others who simply import, tighten a few nuts and bolts and sell it within the country. What really has been saving them to date has been the government that has given them priority over importers and sellers within the country. The “Make in India” initiative in particular has been responsible for their coming up with Indian entities now taking them seriously instead of waiting for products from western countries. That said, Mr. Bhausaheb’s Indotech produces machines whose superior quality due to their commitment to providing customers with better and durable products sees them being front-runners within the country..
Elaborating his stand vis-a-vis imports says Mr. Bhausaheb “If I am hungry, I must eat the bread made at home and try to make it at home if I have all the materials available”, He elaborates further that if one can find raw materials in India, there’s no point in looking for it outside. Doing so will not only help Indian manufacturers but also India as a country and an economy that’s badly in need of faster development. “Dependability on foreign markets shouldn’t be a factor,” says Mr. Bhausaheb while encouraging manufacturers in India to go guns blazing with ‘Make in India’.
Truly there are some ideas that can incinerate things for the betterment of life. One of them is the incinerator itself!
