National Institute of Electronics and Information Technology, Chandigarh (NIELIT) organized a training programme on e-Waste for Government Officials on 21^st  February, 2018 at NIELIT, Sector 30-B, Chandigarh. The chief guest, Dr Manoj K Arora, Director, PEC University of Technology, inaugurated the event and spoke extensively about the problems of e-waste and its disposal. It was informed that about 1.5 million tons of e-waste was being produced in the country which was challenging the existing capacity for its safe disposal. Dr M M Sharma, Executive Director, NIELIT Chandigarhthanked the Chief guest and also apprised the participating Govrenment officials about the hazards of e-Waste. He thanked the participants who underwent this training and hoped that such initiatives will help in spreading knowledge and techniques of safely disposing of e-Waste. Ms. Meenakshi  Gaur, Additional Director, NIELIT Chandigarhalso shared herviews on e-Waste Management and was keen on promoting such training programmes. Around 60 government officers of Punjab,   Haryana and Chandigarh  benefited from the training programme.