Biosynthetic Technology and Environmental Challenges

Dr. Sunita Varjani is a scientific officer at Gujarat Pollution Control Board, Gandhinagar, India. She holds an M.Sc. degree in Microbiology (2009) and PhD in Biotechnology (2014). Her major areas of research are industrial and environmental microbiology/biotechnology and molecular biology. Dr. Varjani has authored 35 publications, and has won several awards and honours, including the Young Scientist Award at the AFRO-ASIAN Congress on Microbes for Human and Environmental Health, New Delhi (2014) and best paper awards for oral presentations at national and international conferences in 2008, 2012 and 2013. Dr. Binod Parameswaran is currently working as a scientist in the Microbial Processes and Technology Division of the CSIR-National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology, Trivandrum, India. He obtained his PhD in Biotechnology from Kerala University, Trivandrum in 2008 and then completed his postdoctoral studies in the area of lignocellulosic biofuels at the Korea Institute of Energy Research, Daejeon, South Korea. He has written 85 publications. In 2001 he received the Young Scientist Award from the International Forum on Industrial Bioprocesses (IFIBiop) and in 2014 he received the Kerala State Young Scientist Award. Dr. Sunil Kumar is a senior scientist in the Solid and Hazardous Waste Management Division of CSIR-NEERI, Nagpur, India. Dr. Kumar has extensive experience in the field of solid and hazardous waste management. His major research interests include environmental science and engineering. He has written 80 publications/communications, including three books and eight book chapters. He has acted as an industrial consultant for various projects in Indian/international Industries. He is a member of the editorial board of Bioresource Technology and associate editor of the Journal of Hazardous, Toxic and Radioactive Waste, and Environmental Chemistry Letters. Prof. Sunil K. Khare is currently Professor of Biochemistry at the Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IIT Delhi), where he also received his PhD. He carried out postdoctoral research at the National Food Research Institute, Tsukuba, Japan and was DBT visiting scientist at Northern Regional Research Laboratory, Illinois, USA. He has been working in the area of solvent-tolerant and halophilic classes of extremophiles and their enzymes, investigating the structural and molecular basis of their stability. He has written 135 publications, including 12 book chapters and numerous conference publications, and holds 2 patents.

Part I General.- Introduction to Biosynthetic Technology and Environmental.- Part II: Biosynthetic Approaches and Products.- Management of Agro-Industrial Wastes with the Aid of Synthetic Biology.- Advances and Tools in Engineering Yeast for Pharmaceutical Production.- Plant Biosynthetic Engineering through Transcription Regulation: An insight into Molecular Mechanisms During Environmental Stress.- Oil Palm Biomass and its Kinetic Transformation Properties.- Selection and Utilization of Agro-Industrial Waste for Biosynthesis and Hyper-Production of Pullulan: A Review.- Production, Characterization, and Applications of Microbial Poly-Glutamic Acid.- Bioprocesses for the Production of 2,5-Furandicarboxylic Acid.- Biosynthesis of 1,3-Propanediol: Genetics and Applications.- Biosynthesis and Technological Advancements of Biosurfactants.- Recovery of Nutraceuticals from Agri-Food Industry Waste by Lactic Acid Fermentation.- Manno-Oligosaccharides as Prebiotic Valued Products from Agro-Waste.- Computational Modelling and Prediction of Microalgae Growth Focused towards Improved Lipid Production.- Perennial Energy Crops on Drained Peatlands in Finland.- Part III: Environmental Assessment and Waste Management.- Bioenergy Conversion from Aquatic Weed Water Hyacinth into Agronomically Valuable Vermicompos.- Mitigation of Global Warming Potential for Cleaner Composting.- Recent Advances in Composting of Organic and Hazardous Waste: A Road Map to Safer Environment.- Biomarkers Currently used in Water Pollution Monitoring Program.- Bioremediation by Microalgae: Current and Emerging Trends for Effluents Treatments for Value Addition of Waste Streams.- Environmental Assessment of Biorefineries.