Environmental Waste Management

Ram Chandra is currently Head and Senior Principal Scientist in the Environmental Microbiology Division, Indian Institute of Toxicology Research (IITR), Lucknow. He earned his B.Sc (Hons) and M.Sc from Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India; started his career as scientist B at the Industrial Toxicology Research Centre, Lucknow, India; and subsequently earned his Ph.D. He then became scientist F at IITR, followed by professor and head of the Department of Environmental Microbiology, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar Central University, Lucknow, India. Widely published and highly decorated, Dr. Chandra is a member of the American Society for Microbiology; life member of the National Academy of Sciences, India; and a Fellow of the Academy of Environmental Biology, Association of Microbiologists of India, and Biotech Research Society, India. He has authored one book and edited two more books from reputed publishers.

Use of PMDE with Sugar Industries Pressmud for Composting: A Green Technology for Safe Disposal in the Environment
Ram Chandra and Sangeeta Yadav
Advances in the Treatment of Pulp and Paper Mill Wastewater
Sanjeev Gupta and Nishi Kant Bhardwaj
Role of Cyanobacteria for Biodegradation of Agrochemical Waste
Surendra Singh and Pallavi Datta
Biomedical Waste: Its Effects and Safe Disposal
Bamidele T. Odumosu
Biological Nitrogen Removal in Wastewater Treatment
Rima Biswas and Tapas Nandy
Bioconversion of Industrial CO2 Emissions into Utilizable Products
Shazia Faridi and T. Satyanarayana
Role of Bioreactor for Industrial Wastewater Treatment
Ahmed ElMekawy, Gunda Mohanakrishna, Sandipam Srikanth, and Deepak Pant
Microbial Genomics and Bioremediation of Industrial Wastewater
Atya Kapley, Niti B. Jadeja, Vasundhara Paliwal, Trilok C. Yadav, and Hemant J. Purohit
Persistent Organic Pollutants and Bacterial Communities Present during the Treatment of Tannery Wastewater
Gaurav Saxena and Ram Naresh Bharagava
Microbial Degradation of Lignocellulosic Waste and Its Metabolic Products
Ram Chandra, Sheelu Yadav, and Vineet Kumar
Advanced Oxidative Pretreatment of Complex Effluents for Biodegradability Enhancement and Color Reduction
P. Tembhekar, K. Padoley, T. Sarat Chandra, S. Malik, A. Sharma, Sanjeev Gupta, R.A. Pandey, and S. Mudliar
Role of Microbes in Plastic Degradation
R. Sangeetha Devi, V. Rajesh Kannan, K. Natarajan, D. Nivas, K. Kannan, S. Chandru, and A. Robert Antony
Biodegradation of Chemical Pollutants of Tannery Wastewater
Arumugam Gnanamani and Varadharajan Kavitha
Microbial Degradation Mechanism of Textile Dye and Its Metabolic Pathway for Environmental Safety
Rahul V. Khandare and Sanjay P. Govindwar
Isolation of Pure DNA for Metagenomic Study from Industrial Polluted Site: A New Approach for Monitoring of Microbial Community and Pollutants
Ram Chandra and Sheelu Yadav
Biotransformation and Biodegradation of Organophosphates and Organohalides
Ram Chandra and Vineet Kumar
Petroleum Hydrocarbon Stress Management in Soil Using Microorganisms and Their Products
Rajesh Kumar, Amar Jyoti Das, and Shatrohan Lal
Recent Advances in the Expression and Regulation of Plant Metallothioneins for Metal Homeostasis and Tolerance
Preeti Tripathi, Pradyumna Kumar Singh, Seema Mishra, Neelam Gautam, Sanjay Dwivedi, Debasis Chakrabarty, and Rudra Deo Tripathi