Biotechnological Approaches for Sustainable Environment Management

Preface

Biological Valorization of Dairy Wastes for Value-added Products

Varsha Sharma, Anu Radha, Vinod Kumar and Vivek Narisetty

Advancement in Processing and Utilization of Mango (Mangifera indica) By-Products

Priyanka Prasad, Jatindra K. Sahu and Jyoti Singh Jadaun

High Value Utilization of Sugar and Starch Industry Waste by Biotechnological Approaches

Hamed I. Hamouda, Hong Jiang, Samah Shabana and Xiangzhao Mao

Management of Waste from Poultry Industry and Slaughterhouses

Rajneesh Thakur, Suvarna Bhoj, Shwetambri Jamwal, Prachurya Biswal, Babita Misra, Srikanth Vallabhaneni and Ayon Tarafdar

Utilization of Agriculture Waste for Development of Value-added Products

Shilpi Bansal, Saumya Shukla, Pradeep Kumar Yadav, Sudhir Pratap Singh and Jyoti Singh Jadaun

Strategies for the Transformation of Waste Vegetable Oils into Biofuels

Anisha GS, Bessy Raj BN, Anil Kumar Patel and Reeta Rani Singhania

Recent Advancements for Management of Biomedical Wastes

Sonia Yesenia Silva Belmares, Luis Cobos Puc, Hilda Aguayo Morales, Crystel Aleyvick Sierra Rivera and Maria del Carmen Rodriguez Salazar

Innovative Technologies for Minimization of Plastic Wastes

Ranju Kumari Rathour, Ravi Kant Bhatia, Amit K. Rai, Jyoti S. Jadaun and Sudhir Pratap Singh

Sustainable Management of E-Waste

Shivam Kumar, Saumya Shukla, Anil K. Singh, Jyoti Singh Jadaun and Gyanendra Kumar

Implications of Microbes in Biorefinery and Curtailing Petroleum Industrial Wastes

Roxiette Heromina Siqueira, Savia Bernadette Botelho and Siddhi Kashinath Jalmi

Management of Hazardous Waste

Narinderpal Kaur, Balraj Saini and Shiwali Sharma

Biosensors in Environmental Monitoring

Jyoti Singh Jadaun, Pradeep Kumar Yadav, Saumya Shukla, Sudhir Pratap Singh and Gyanendra Kumar

Nano-technology as a Tool for Environment Management

Shital Desai and Siddhi Kashinath Jalmi

Agricultural Waste Management for Bacterial Cellulose Production

Susana Calderón-Toledo, Amparo Iris Zavaleta and Guillermo R. Castro

Management of Agri-Food Wastes via Novel Biotechnological Methods: Emerging Trends and Technological Advances

Soubhagya Tripathy, Deepak Kumar Verma, Ami R. Patel, Smita Singh, Gemilang Lara Utama, Alaa Kareem Niamah, Mónica L. Chávez González, Prem Prakash Srivastav and Cristobal Noe Aguilar

Index

About the Editors

Biography

Prof. Sudhir Pratap Singh is a Professor of Industrial Biotechnology at Gujarat Biotechnology University, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India. The focus of his research is gene mining, biocatalyst engineering and characterization to produce high-value rare sugar and functional biomolecules, such as D-allulose, trehalose, turanose, prebiotic oligosaccharides, resistant starch, etc. Dr. Singh has published over 80 research articles in SCI journals. He has edited 10 books, published by international publishers. The scientific contributions of Prof. Singh have been recognized by several prestigious scientific honours, e.g. TATA Innovation Fellowship, DBT, Govt. of India (2024), Associate Fellowship, Indian Science Academy (2024), Fellow, National Academy of Agricultural Sciences, India (2023), Prof. SB Chincholakar Award, BRSI (2023-24), Gandhian Young Technological Innovation Award to the team, SRISTI (2019), Professor Hira Lal Chakravarty Award, Indian Science Congress Association, DST (2018), SBS-MKU Genomics Award, BRSI (2016-17), and Young Scientist Award, International Bioprocessing Association (2016-17).

Dr. Jyoti Singh Jadaun, PhD, is an Assistant Professor in Dayanand Girls’ P.G. College, affiliated to CSJM, University, Kanpur since 2017. She earned her PhD degree from Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)- Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Lucknow, India. She pursued her Post-Doctoral research as SERB-NPDF at DBT-Center of Innovative and Applied Bioprocessing, Mohali, India. She has carried out research in various domains of environment sustainability. Her keen interests are to develop the process for sustainable production of biopolymers, green technology to remediate the heavy metal contaminated sites and excursion of plants endophytes to formulate biocontrol agents. She has published 11 research articles, 05 review articles and 14 book chapters of international repute and 03 patents in her credit. Her research contribution are well cited with h-index of 15.

Dr. Amit Kumar Rai is Scientist D at the DBT-National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute, Mohali, Punjab, India. He has served as Scientist at DBT-Institute of Bioresources and Sustainable Development, regional centre, Sikkim, India from 2012 to 2023. His current research focus is on fermented foods, microbial biotransformation, bioactive peptides, and enzymes for production of value-added products. To his credit, he has filed five patents and 126 publications including 90 publications in SCI Journals and Edited/Authored 4 books and author 32 book chapters with >3800 citations. His performance has resulted in the bestowment of the Associate Fellow 2023 from Indian National Science Academy (INSA), Young Scientist Award 2022 from International Bioprocessing Association 2019, Young Scientist Award 2016 from Association of Food Scientists and Technologists (India), Young Scientist Award 2015 by Association of Microbiologist of India, Selected Member of National Academy of Science, India - 2022, AU-CBT Excellence Award 2009 by the Biotech Research Society of India, and Award for Excellence in Food Biotechnology 2016 from Society of Applied Biotechnology. He is also member of Scientific Panel of FSSAI.