Nirmala Kandalgaonkar

Founded Vivam Agrotech in 2001. Now converted into Pvt. Ltd. Company named VIVAM Solid Waste Management Pvt. Ltd. The company works in the field of solid waste management by providing consultancy along with technology solutions such as vermicompost, biogas and mechanical & bacterial composting, and power generation from biodegradable waste. She takes care in human relations, marketing, personal relations and generating awareness about solid waste management in the social as well as governmental sector.
She is having ability to motivate people and delegate work. She combines strategic thinking with strong execution skills. Actively associated with various industrial and academic associations. Being an active social worker since young age, it’s been her policy to give jobs to social help groups (SHGs), whenever possible and well suited. The social activities of the company are also looked over along with the operations of an NGO chaired by her.
EDUCATION
POST GRADUATE DIPLOMA IN ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE,
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
AWARDS
Mrs. Nirmala’s work has been appreciated by many social institutes as well as corporates by giving her various awards. Most prestigious among them are
● ‘TATA TiE STREE SHAKTI Award as National Woman Entrepreneur 2009’.
● ‘Avani Mitra’ 2010, Talvalkar Trust, Pune.
● ‘Punya Ratna’ 2013, Pune.
● ‘Chankya Award 2014’ PRCI, Mumbai
● ‘Emerging Excellence 2014’ Maxell Foundation, Mumbai
● ‘Women Super Achiever Award 2015’ by World Women Leadership Congress.
Appreciation:
● Bank of Maharashtra
● Agriculture department Maharashtra
● Chavghule Group
● Chamber of Commerce Nashik
● Chamber of Commerce Aurangabad
● Consultant for govt. of Maharashtra
● All India Institute of Local Self Government
● The Indus Entrepreneur
Lecturers & Trainings:
● We School (Welingkar) Mumbai
● Vasant Vyakhyanmala, Nashik
● Tie Conference, Nagpur and Delhi
● Program for Punjab Government
● Solid Waste Management conference, Ahmadabad
● Various schools & Colleges in Maharashtra
Articles & interviews:
● Navbharat Times
● Business India
● Entrepreneur magazine
● The Sunday Indian
● Daily Sakal
● Daily Lokmat
● Daily Loksatta
● Times of India
● Indian Express
● Mumbai Mirror
● DNA
● Follow Every Rainbow by Rashmi Bansal
● Reader’s Digest
● Various agriculture magazines
● Interviews on TV and All India Radio “Prasarbharti”