Gururaj N

Co-Founder & Executive Director

Gururaj (Guru) is Co-Founder & Executive Director of 4R Recycling Private Limited, Bengaluru an Integrated Waste Management Company, currently focused on E-waste recycling.

In 2012, established a 11K Sqft e-Waste dismantling, segregation, reprocessing, refurbishing and recycling facility at Peenya, Bengaluru. Since inception, Guru has been spear heading the strategies of 4R for its Sourcing and recovery from e-Waste and technology portion of the business. Guru has involved in studying understanding every element of e-waste and their last bit recoveries. He has been working to establish environmentally friendly physical, chemical and mechanical separation techniques have successfully developed lab scale recovery process for about 6 metals. Guru also takes care of the IT refurbishment business of 4R where in repair and refurbishing of all types of IT equipment is carried out. He manages the sales of recovered materials and also the refurbished materials.

A solutions-driven IT and IT Infra Design Executive with extensive hands-on IT, IT infrastructure design, implementation and operations. expert in sourcing IT and Non IT products. Involved with start ups for product development and product designs in the field of equipment designs and IT infrastructure designs, etc. Outstanding relationship builder, skilled at quickly gaining and maintaining the trust and respect of executives, staff, strategic partners, and clientele.

As part of role at Tejas, he was also responsible for procurement of capital equipment and integration services. He also has exposure in handling multi location sites and people management at these sites. he was Director – IT & Infrastructure at Tejas Networks, responsible for IT (Networking & Systems) & Infrastructure. Prior to Tejas, Gururaj had worked at different roles in BPL Limited, Tata Elxsi, & Planetasia. He holds a science degree from Bengaluru University, & a Management Degree from IIM Bengaluru.

He is a Motivator and team builder with strong interpersonal skills. Highly positive attitude, adaptable to demanding situations, update regularly with emerging trends and technology especially in specific areas of expertise. Optimistic, determined to excel without compromising with quality. Conscious about schedules and targets, good manager of time; can work on multiple jobs simultaneously