Integrated Biotechnological Solutions for the Treatment of Industrial Wastewater

Naveen Dwivedi is a Professor and Head in the Department of Biotechnology at the S. D. College of Engineering and Technology, Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh, India. He obtained his M. Tech. degree in Biotechnology from Institute of Engineering & Technology, Lucknow. Dr. Dwivedi has completed his M. Tech. dissertation work from Fermentation Division of Central Drug Research Institute (CSIR-CDRI), Lucknow and Ph.D. research work from Bioenergy & Environmental Engineering Research Lab, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee. Dr. Dwivedi is broadly interested in the fields of Environmental Biotechnology, Nanobiotechnology, Biological remediation of wastewater, Bioprocess Engineering, and Fermentation Biotechnology. Shubha Dwivedi is a researcher by profession and the Associate Professor in the Department of Biotechnology, School of Life Science and Technology, IIMT University, Meerut, India. She received her M.Sc. degree in Biochemistry from Jiwaji University, Gwalior and MBA degree from Punjab Technical University. Dr. Dwivedi has completed her M. Sc. dissertation work from Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology (CSIR-IGIB), Delhi and Ph.D. research work from Sustainable Processing and Water Treatment Research Lab, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee. She has got an experience of more than 16 years of teaching and research work in Biochemical Engineering and Environmental Biotechnology Dr. Maulin P. Shah is an active researcher and scientific writer in his field for over 20 years. He received a B.Sc. degree (1999) in Microbiology from Gujarat University, Godhra (Gujarat), India. He also earned his Ph.D. degree (2005) in Environmental Microbiology from Sardar Patel University, Vallabh Vidyanagar (Gujarat) India. His research interests include Biological Wastewater Treatment, Environmental Microbiology, Biodegradation, Bioremediation, & Phytoremediation of Environmental Pollutants from Industrial Wastewaters. He has published more than 250 research papers in national and international journals of repute on various aspects of microbial biodegradation and bioremediation of environmental pollutants. He is the editor of 200 books of international repute (Elsevier, RSC, Nova Sciences, De Gruyter, Springer, Wiley, IOP and CRC Press).

1. Advanced and integrated wastewater treatment structure for increasing sustainability and resilience.
2. Sustainable integrated bioengineering systems in environmental clean-up using high-throughput approaches and challenges.
3. Integrated assessment framework based on sustainability for industrial wastewater treatment technologies.
4. Microbial metabolism and its potential in wastewater treatment.
5. Phyto-engineering in repairing of infected or damaged ecosystem.
6. Phyco/Myco practices for the treatment of industrial wastewater and sustainable development.
7. Sustainable biorefinery approach in industrial wastewater management and its techno-economic viability.
8. Integrated approaches in industrial waste(s)/ water with zero discharge.
9. Wastewater valorization towards a sustainable circular bioeconomy.
10. Emerging technologies for resources recovery from wastewater, and bioeconomy model from linear to circular.
11. Design considerations of wastewater treatment plants by implying value-added technologies for resource utilization.
12. Utilizing the multi-disciplinary/trans-disciplinary approaches for cleaning and greening of the contaminated site.
13. Advanced omics approaches in mitigation of industrial wastewater.
14. IoT based solution in environmental monitoring and fix the intricate issues of industrial wastewater.
15. AI/ Machine learning techniques in the management of environmental issues.
16. Policies and Legislative Framework for industrial wastewater management.
17. Intelligent applications in high priority waste(s) collection and management for supporting ecological sustainability.
18. Life cycle assessment of industrial waste, and wastewater.
19. Eco-friendly treatment devices for reducing ecological footprint.