Leadership
Founder & Director
LeadershipSet up the Jaipur facility in 2020 and leads the push into base-metal and rare-earth recovery techniques beyond copper and precious metals.
Urban Metals made its e-waste recycling facility operational in September 2020 in Jaipur, Rajasthan. Like municipal solid waste, e-waste is generated across almost every big and small Indian city and needs a robust handling mechanism of its own.
A survey into how e-waste was being channelled through Rajasthan turned up a clear gap: a major share of the state's e-waste was being transported out of state for recycling and disposal. That was both an opportunity and, we felt, a responsibility — building a recycling facility inside Jaipur would cut transport cost, lower the overall cost of processing, and keep the resulting jobs and economic activity local.
Urban Metals begins operations at E-2118, Ramchandrapura, RIICO Industrial Area — Rajasthan's own e-waste recycling and metal recovery line.
E-waste contains as many as 15 metals — Base Metals (BMs), Rare Earth Elements (REEs) and Precious Metals (PMs). Recovering as much of that as possible matters: whatever isn't recovered has to be freshly mined to meet demand for new electronics.
Current industry practice in India focuses almost entirely on extracting copper and precious metals like silver, gold and palladium — leaving most base metals and rare earth elements unrecovered. Urban Metals is specifically focused on developing techniques that make BM and REE recovery economically viable, not just possible.
Sustainability gets used a lot these days — because the world is genuinely moving toward it, faster than before. Electric transport and renewable energy are already showing what's achievable, largely thanks to scientists and engineers building techniques for technology and nature to coexist.
We're applying that same engineering mindset to e-waste: developing methodologies that extract maximum value from material that's already been mined once. Every metal we recover is a metal that doesn't need to come out of the ground again.
Develop novel methodologies that will enable us to extract as much valuable metal from e-waste as possible — in a way that is both economically and environmentally friendly.
Successfully establish an e-waste recycling mechanism that produces high-purity metals and ultimately aligns with the idea of a circular economy.
Proprietary hydrometallurgical and electrorefining techniques designed to reach base metals and rare earth elements most recyclers don't recover.
A company that promises a timeline and makes sure to deliver on it, from collection through to final output.
Our processing line follows Central Pollution Control Board guidelines, with hazardous material carefully packed and routed to authorised disposal.
From dismantling table to final metal — every stage of our process runs on people who know the machines, the chemistry and the compliance requirements inside out.
Set up the Jaipur facility in 2020 and leads the push into base-metal and rare-earth recovery techniques beyond copper and precious metals.
Runs the mechanical separation line — shredding, milling and air separation — keeping every batch aligned with CPCB guidelines.
Develops the hydrometallurgical and electrorefining techniques behind our tin and copper purity grades.
Oversees manual dismantling safety approvals and hazardous-material handling, packing and dispatch to authorised disposal.
The first point of contact for collection, volumes and delivery — the person behind our "promise a date, deliver on it" reputation.
Manages the manual dismantling conveyor table — the first and most hands-on stage of every batch that comes through the gate.