Ludhiana Smart City: On the road to smart waste managment
Shena Aggarwal IAS, Commissioner, Ludhiana Municipal Corporation and CEO, Ludhiana Smart City Limited spoke to Mrigank Warrier, Associate Editor, Clean... Read More
For thirty years, one organisation has empowered manual sanitation workers to end manual sanitation
Every five days in India, one manual sanitation worker loses their life while at work. For the past two decades,... Read More
For retail laundries, diversification is the name of the game
For too long now, retail laundries have been dubbed only as more professional alternatives to mom-and-pop stores for laundry and... Read More
Rationalise GST: A laundry entrepreneur’s plea
There is no business that is as crowded as the laundry business. New entrants are few, but they have to... Read More
Beyond garments: Dry cleaning shoes and bags
Every reader of this magazine knows about the laundering and dry cleaning of garments, but…shoes and handbags? Who cleans them,... Read More
Wanted: Programmable, low-cost wet cleaning machines
Retail laundries have entered the B2B space. People are opting for comfort over style when it comes choosing garments. Wet... Read More
Can micro laundromats and macro machines go hand in hand?
Lifting the veil over the future of the laundry business, Gunjan Taneja, Co-Founder, Director and Head of Marketing & Product,... Read More
Busting myths about rental linen
If any doubts remain about the primacy of linen and laundry outsourcing over in-house linen management, Revathi Murugaiah, Sales &... Read More
AIIMS case studies: Creating infection barriers in hospital laundries
Healthcare linen in India has often been looked at as a vector for hospital-acquired infections. Causes include improper handling of... Read More
Oil, grease, spills and water quality: How does a restaurant chain cope?
Deepti Mehta is Co-Founder of Ajna Hospitality LLP, which owns the South Indian restaurant brands 22nd Parallel and Idlikaaran. Based... Read More
An FM veteran’s guide to managing customer relationships
In the 25th year of her career with the same organisation, Sindhu Narayanan, Deputy Director – Business Development Sumeet Group... Read More
From manual tools to advanced machine: How one woman rose up the ranks
In a story different from any other, we narrate the tale of a ground-level Forbes Facility Services employee whose professional... Read More
A visit to a co-working space to understand its FM challenges
Recently, Mrigank Warrier, Associate Editor, Clean India Journal got the opportunity to visit a multi-storeyed coworking facility in Bengaluru and... Read More
Dust control in hotels: Continuous, intensive, achievable
If hotel housekeepers are to be believed, every object inside a hotel is a potential source of dust, and every... Read More
‘Whether a guest room is occupied or not, it needs daily cleaning’
In this tête-à-tête, Shalika Sharma, Executive Housekeeper, Taj Bangalore responds to questions about the sources of dust, common area cleaning,... Read More
‘Dust removal need not be time-consuming’
Manjusha Anand, Executive Housekeeper, Della Adventure & Resorts Pvt Ltd, Lonavala weighs in on efficient ways to prevent and remove... Read More
‘Dust grows faster in a closed space’
Kiran Bhadauria, Housekeeping Manager, Hyatt Regency, Ludhiana shares helpful tips and tricks to get the most resistant dust out of... Read More
The hiring process in FM should be gender-neutral
Sylvine Sarmah, Assistant General Manager – Legal & Compliance, Real Estate Management Services, Colliers India lists company-wide policies that can... Read More
Clients themselves will benefit from a diverse workforce
Niharika Verma, Chief Operating Officer, Walsons Facility Solution Pvt Ltd India lists the various FM roles and sectors where women... Read More
Some FM clients actually request a female workforce
Shoba Saji, Senior Vice President, Human Resources, DTSS lists examples of internal campaigns that can have a tangible impact on... Read More
