Municipal Waste Management: Policies and Strategies

Prof. Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Is a Professor in Lovely Professional University Punjab India. He received Undergraduate in Hotel Management from Osmania University, Postgraduate in Tourism Management from Madurai Kamaraj University. He completed Doctor of Philosophy in Hospitality Management in 2019 from Amity University Jaipur India. His research areas lies in food Service Industry, his research focuses on Alcoholic beverages, Event management and Sustainable Management Practices, Metaverse, AI Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence. He published more than 80 research papers, articles and chapters in Scopus Indexed, UGC Approved and peer reviewed Journals and books. Dr. Sanjeev Kumar participated and acted as resource person in various National and International conferences, seminars, session chair, research workshops and industry talks and his work has been widely cited. Dr. Sanjeev also edited more than 20 books with various International Publishers such as IGI Global, Cambridge Scholars, Emerald, Bentham Science, Taylor & Francis. Dr Sanjeev is an active researcher and has published numerous research articles in prestigious National and International journals and books. He has been a reviewer of various national and international journals and also delivers guest lectures at academic conferences and faculty development programs.

Dr. Mohammad Badruddoza Talukder is an Associate Professor and Chairman of the College of Tourism and Hospitality Management at IUBAT, Dhaka. With over 16 years of academic and industry experience, he holds a Ph.D. in Hotel Management from Lovely Professional University, India. His research focuses on AI, IoT, smart tourism, and sustainable hospitality. He has authored 130+ publications with over 41,000 reads and 800+ citations. Dr. Talukder serves as editor for IGI Global, Emerald, CABI, and others, and has co-edited several books on technology-driven tourism. He is ranked #1 in Tourism and Hospitality at IUBAT and among the top 2% of researchers in Bangladesh (AD Scientific Index 2025). He regularly speaks at global conferences and collaborates internationally. He is also an Executive Member of the Tourism Educators Association of Bangladesh and an Honorary Facilitator at the Tourism Board's training institute.

A.K. Haghi, Ph.D., is a retired professor and has written, co-written, edited or co-edited more than 1000 publications, including books, book chapters, and papers in refereed journals with over 4000 citations. He is an Honorary Research Associate (HRA) at the Chemistry Centre, University of Coimbra, Portugal. He is the Founder and former Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Chemoinformatics and Chemical Engineering and Polymers Research Journal. He has acted as an editorial board member of many international journals.