E-waste management in India: A strategy for the attainment of SDGs 2030

India has been galloping swiftly towards the attainment of developmental goals in all the spheres which has led to the coexistence of the perils consequent to the developmental strategies. One of such issues is the massive generation of "electronic waste" (henceforth e-waste) with the unavailability of effective and efficient methods to dispose them off. Alterations in the lifestyle of the Indian population has contributed immensely to the e-waste generated annually in India amounting close to 3 million tonnes, making India bag the position of the third largest e-waste generating country in the world following China and USA. But evidently the most worrisome stanza is the fact that India recycles only less than 2 percent of its e-waste generated annually as against the global figure of 20 percent. Further, provided its hazardous effect on human health and environment in the absence of its sufficient and efficient management, along with the prospects and huge potential to produce recycled metals such as Iron and steel, Plastic and other non-ferrous metals, it is the need of the hour to have appropriate policies and strategies in place followed by strict implementation. India's commitment to attain the SDGs 2030 (specifically, goals 3, 6, 8, 11, 12 and 14) will partially depend on how well India manages its e-waste in the coming few years. The present paper is an effort to highlight the importance of e-waste management for attaining the SDGs 2030 and also for suggesting some strategies to efficiently manage e-waste in future.(c) 2021 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.Selection and peer-review under responsibility of the scientific committee of the 4th Online International Conference on Science & Engineering of Material.