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Dr. Sabu Thomas (Ph.D.) is the Director of the School of Energy Materials, School of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology of Mahatma Gandhi University, India. He received his Ph. D. in 1987 in Polymer Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur, India. He is a fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, London, and a member of the American Chemical Society. He has been ranked no.1 in India about the number of publications (most productive scientists). Prof. Thomas’s research group specialized areas of polymers which includes Polymer blends, Fiber filled polymer composites, Particulate-filled polymer composites and their morphological characterization, Ageing and degradation, Pervaporation phenomena, sorption and diffusion, Interpenetrating polymer systems, Recyclability and reuse of waste plastics and rubbers, Elastomer cross-linking, Dual porous nanocomposite scaffolds for tissue engineering, etc. Prof. Thomas’s research group has extensive exchange programs with different industries, research, and academic institutions all over the world and is performing world-class collaborative research in various fields. Professors Centre is equipped with various sophisticated instruments and has established state-of-the-art experimental facilities which cater to the needs of researchers within the country and abroad. His H Index- 133, Google Citations- 86424, Number of Publications- 1300, and Books-160.Frank Lipnizki is Professor in Chemical Engineering with focus on Separation Process in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Lund University, Sweden since 2017. Furthermore, he heads the Membrane Group at Lund University and manages MemLab – the Industrial membrane process research and development centre – at Lund University. Before joing the university Frank Lipnizki was working for 16 years in the membrane industry at Alfa Laval Business Centre Membranes (previously Danish Separation Systems). His main research focuses on the integration and optimisation of separation process in particular membrane processes in the food, biotech, pulp and paper industry as well as water and wastewater treatment plus fouling and cleaning of membranes. Frank Lipnizki’s h-index is 18, with 137 document results (30/June/2020, scholar.google.com), with a total of 1752 citations. Frank Lipnizki prepared has 35 scientific papers in peer to peer journals and 91 papers in international congresses plus 59 seminars and workshop presentations. Furthermore, he edited 3 conference proceedings plus 1 book and contributed 15 book chapters. He is also refree for 32 journals and on the editorial board of three journals. Frank Lipnizki is currently Vice-President of the European Membrane Society and heads the Annex “Membranes in Biorefineries” by IETS – a collaboration program of the International Energy Agency (IEA). Dr Viswanathan Swaminathan is the founder and Executive Director of Memfill Tech Pvt Ltd, Indigenous Hollow Fiber Membrane Manufacturer. This industry has solutions for desalination, effluent treatment, sewage treatment and silica removal and wastewater resource recovery using hollow fiber membranes. Hanna J. Maria is a Senior Researcher at the School of Energy Materials and the International and Inter University Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Mahatma Gandhi University, India. Her research focusses on natural rubber composites and their blends, thermoplastic composites, lignin, nanocellulose, bionanocomposites, nanocellulose, rubber-based composites and nanocomposites.Dr. Jince Thomas is the Chief Minister's Nava Kerala Post-Doctoral Fellow at the International and Inter University Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology at Mahatma Gandhi University in Kerala, India. Previously, he worked as an Assistant Professor on contract at the same institution. He earned his Ph.D. in Chemistry from Mahatma Gandhi University in 2022 under the guidance of Prof. Sabu Thomas. During 2016-2017, he worked as a project assistant on an Indo-Malaysian project in collaboration with University Technology Mara, Malaysia. Additionally, he was a visiting student at Ariel University in Israel and the University of Tennessee Knoxville, USA. Dr. Jince has contributed to numerous publications, book chapters, and edited books, with his research interests focused on polymeric membranes, electrolytes, polymer nanocomposites, and electrochemistry.

• PART 1: Fundamentals of Water Purification Membranes1. Introduction2. Membranes In Water Purification3. Types Of Membranes4. Fouling5. Membrane Cleaning6. Water Quality Using Membranes7. Latest Advancements in Membrane Technology8. Membrane BioreactorsPART 2: Water Purification Membrane Processes and Techniques1. Materials2. Membrane Fabrication3. Membrane Systems4. Membrane Characterizations.5. Advanced Membranes Inspired by Cell Membranes6. Application Characteristics of Membranes Used in Different Fields7. Theory Modeling And Simulation8. Anti-Fouling Membranes9. Challenges In Water Purification MembranesPart 3: Applications of Water Purification Membranes1. Operation Of Membrane Water Systems, Process Control, And Maintenance.2. The State of Art in Research in Water Purification Membranes3. Membranes For Municipal Wastewater4. Membranes For Industrial Effluent Wastewater5. Membranes For Medical and Pharmacological Industries6. Membranes For Agricultural Wastewater7. Membranes For Desalination8. Membranes For Resource Recovery9. Membrane Technology for Drinking Water Purification10. Life-Cycle Analysis of Membranes11. Lab To Industry12. Energy Requirements in Various Types of Membranes in Water Purification.13. Cost-Benefit Analysis14. List Of Commercial Membrane Products company, country, efficiency, material, configuration, year15. Current Technology Drawbacks16. Circular Economy and Sustainability