IBMRD's Journal of Management & Research

Sangita Babasaheb Phunde ¹, Madhuri Ravindra Godbole ², Supriya Ganesh Sapa ¹

Affiliations
1 Institute of Management Studies Career Development & Research, Ahmednagar, IN
2 Institute of Management Studies Career Development & Research, Ahmednagar, IN

Abstract

Green Computing is the emerging computing technology. It is mainly used to save and protect environment as well as optimize energy consumption and try to keep green environment. It also refers to environmentally sustainable computing. Saving energy or reduction of carbon footprints is main aspects of Green Computing. This research is mainly focusing on to check awareness and usage of green computing with respect to gender. A questionnaire was prepared to check the level of awareness and usage of green computing. The questionnaires were given to 105 students.
Now a days all students use computer for their study/work. Less than 50% of all the students are aware about green computing it means most of the students are not aware about green computing.
The research finding established that more awareness is required in order to make IT users to take greener approaches of using technology its peripherals devices.

Keywords

Green Computing, e-Waste, Energy Conservation, Recycle

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Supriya Ganesh Sapa ¹, Sangita Babasaheb Phunde ¹, Madhuri Ravindra Godbole ¹

Affiliations
1 Institute of Management Studies Career Development & Research, Ahmednagar, IN

Abstract

Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has a profound impact on the social life of the people and on the economic structure of the nation. The real challenge is, to make use of internet and other ICT's, in order to create better economic opportunities and to reduce poverty. When used in a productive sphere, ICTs are most likely to improve the living standard of people, by affecting different business and service sectors especially the insurance sector. Insurance sector plays an important role in the growth of the country's economy. The aim of the present paper is to know the benefits of ICTs application in the insurance sector and the barriers the insurance sector may face in complete ICT application. The paper takes a critical look at the level of ICT penetration in the insurance industry.

Keywords

ICT, Insurance, Service Sectors

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Madhuri Ravindra Godbole ¹

Affiliations
1 Institute of management Studies Career development & Research, Ahmednagar, IN

Abstract

Successful entrepreneurs must have or develop variety of skills like business know-how, innovation, creativity and good technology skills. Managers describe entrepreneurship with terms as innovative, flexible, dynamic, risk taking, creative and growth oriented. Thus the entrepreneur can find new opportunities from the house hold waste management which can be successfully converted into business which can earn profit to them. Nearly half of the people junk there house hold waste on open site, which will cause ill effects to the society.70% of the people are ready to give their household waste to any agency which will pay them small amount or no amount. Most of the people are ready to give their waste to a private agency.80 % of the people want the agency to come to their door for collection daily Thus we can say that there is opportunity for starting new business like collecting food waste from various households from a region to decompose it and create manure to sell. 59% of the people never think about recycling their waste. 40% of the people never think of the products to buy in recyclable packaging. This gives a new opportunity to start business like collection all the objects which can be recycled from a particular region and recycle it or give it to recycling center. Majority of the people except in Bhingar region are ready to install the machine which will create bio gas for their family which is based on household waste. Thus this is good opportunity to start the various businesses like producing the machine, installation of the machine as well as good opportunity will be provided for marketing the machine which is good solution for the problem of LPG gas which every household is facing. If agency will pay the people some amount for the waste they give, then waste can generate money for the people so that they will not treat waste as waste. People will handle it properly, which will result in good&healthy environment also it will be helpful for the people who will collect waste for various processing.

Keywords

Entrepreneurship, Waste Management, Daily Household Waste

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