Sanjay Banka

Sanjay Banka is Executive Chairman of Banka BioLoo Limited, and a strong propagator of Sustainable Development Goal 6, on water and sanitation.

With academic background in sciences, humanities, human rights, law and business management, he has a strong understanding of the society, economy and the polity, along with technology and sustainable development.

Professionally, he has worked in family business, start-ups, MNCs and co-founded Banka BioLoo, with spouse Namita Banka. The bioloo is an affordable onsite sanitation system, whereby the fecal matter is converted to water and biogas in a multi-chambered bio-digester tank, with the help of bacterial culture. Now, the company also provides fecal sludge treatment plants and packaged sewage treatment plants. All the solutions are environmentally-friendly, and have circularity at heart with outputs as reusable water and biosolids, both enhancing agriculture yield.

Well-versed with development and humanitarian problems, primarily issues related to water and sanitation, he puts his best foot forward in helping provide sustainable water, sanitation and hygiene (WaSH) solutions to households, school children, workers and other user groups, with a focus on the marginalized and vulnerable sections of the society, helping eradicate open defecation, generally, and affordable waste treatment.

Sanjay is a prolific writer and speaker, and has authored many a piece on sustainable WaSH, as also spoken extensively, including at the UN. He is a member of many international committees and councils; and put Banka BioLoo on the global map. The company is widely appreciated for its triple bottomline, the 3 Ps – people, planet and profit.

Sanjay Banka is considered an expert on sustainable WaSH (water, sanitation and hygiene); and regularly participates in, and contributes to the global WaSH advocacy and action; and has a deep commitment to the social enterprise ecosystem. He has a strong understanding of, and has worked across various WaSH themes such as WaSH in schools (WinS), WaSH at the workplace (WaSH4Work), WaSH in healthcare settings, among others.