Integrated Biotechnological Solutions for the Treatment of Industrial Wastewater

Dr. Naveen Dwivedi is currently working as Professor and Head in the Department of Biotechnology Engineering and Food Technology, University Institute of Engineering, Chandigarh University, Mohali, Punjab, India. He obtained his M. Tech. degree in Biotechnology Engineering 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, Bioprocess Engineering, Bioenergy, Biological remediation of wastewater and Waste valorization. Dr. Dwivedi has more than 20 years of teaching and research experience. He has good number of research publications in the peer reviewed journals and conferences, edited books and around more than two dozen chapters in the books published by reputed international publishers. A researcher by profession, Dr. Shubha Dwivedi is an Associate Professor and Head in the Department of Biotechnology, IIMT University, Meerut, India. She received her Post graduation degree in Biochemistry from Jiwaji University Gwalior and Ph.D. research work from Sustainable Processing and Water Treatment Research Lab, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee. She was associated with Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology (CSIR-IGIB) Delhi during her masters. Her working area has been in the development of eco-friendly technology for the removal of hazardous contaminants from wastewater. Dr. Dwivedi has more than 18 years of teaching and research experience. Her outstanding research work is a testament of a good number of research publications, books and book chapters, patents etc. Dr. Maulin P. Shah is an active researcher and microbial biotechnologist with diverse research interest. His primary interest is the environment, the quality of our living resources and the ways that bacteria can help to manage and degrade toxic wastes and restore environmental health. Consequently, His work has been focused to assess the impact of industrial pollution on microbial diversity of wastewater following cultivation dependant and cultivation independent analysis.

• 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.