Sustainable Environmental Clean-up

Dr. Virendra Kumar Mishra currently working as Associate Professor at the Institute of Environment and Sustainable Development, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi (India). He has done Ph.D. from Banaras Hindu University on water pollution in coal mines and treatment of coal miming effluent. He has expertise in analysis of water and wastewater, bioremediation and phytoremediation, environmental microbiology. After obtaining doctoral degree Dr. Mishra has worked at various levels at different National and international institution viz. Sejong University, Seoul, South Korea, IDAEA-CSIC, Barcelona Spain, IIT BHU. During the last fifteen years he has been an integral part in various research project related to wastewater treatment. Dr. Ajay Kumar is currently working as an assistant professor at Amity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity University, Noida, India. Dr. Kumar completed his tenure (2018-2022) as a visiting scientist from Agriculture Research Organization, Volcani Center, Israel and doctoral research from Department of Botany, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India on the theme "Plant microbe interaction". In his research tenures, Dr. Kumar has published more than 235 scientific contributions in the form of research and review articles, books or book chapters with the leading International Journals or Publishers. He has wide area of research experience, especially in the field of Plant-Microbe Interactions, Microbial biocontrol, Postharvest management of fruits, Microbial endophytes related with the medicinal plants and cyanobacteria-pesticides interactions. Dr. Kumar actively engaged in editing book with the leading publisher like Elsevier, Springer, CRC Press, Willey and edited more than 48 books and currently serving as an Associate editor in Frontier in Microbiology, BMC Microbiology and special guest editor in Microorganisms or Plants MDPI, Journal.

• 1. Green remediation basic concept and scope of green remediation2. Environmentally sustainable pollution remediation technologies3. Green and innovative technologies for the treatment air, water, soil4. Water quality improvement through green remediation technologies5. Constructed wetlands for the treatment of sewage6. Removal of emerging contaminants through constructed wetland7. Removal of pollutants from drinking water through natural and innovative filter media8. Bioremediation of organic contaminants through beneficial microbes9. Factor responsible for biodegradation of organic pollutants10. Plant growth promoting bacteria and its role in green remediation11. Entophytic microbes in abiotic stress management12. Fungi and environmental clean-up13. Cyanobacteria and their role in green remediation14. Biodegradation of Dye using beneficial microbes15. Microbial Bio surfactant/Microbial enzymes in the management of Organic waste