Recent Advances in Distillery Waste Management for Environmental Safety

Dr. Vineet Kumar is presently working as an Assistant Professor of Microbiology and Academic Coordinator at Vinayak Vidyapeeth, Meerut, India. He has obtained his M.Sc. (2010) and M.Phil. (2011) degree in Microbiology from Ch. Charan Singh University, Uttar Pradesh (UP), India. Subsequently, he joined the Department of Environmental Microbiology in 2012 at Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University (BBAU), UP, India, where he completed his doctoral work on the topic "Study of bacterial communities in two step treatment of post methanated distillery effluent by bacteria and constructed wetland plant treatment system". His research work had been supported by the University Grants Commission. He has also received merit certificate for the best academic contribution by Vice-chancellor of BBAU. After completion of his doctoral work in 2018, he joined the Department of Microbiology at Dr. Shakuntala Mishra National Rehabilitation University, Lucknow, UP, India as a Guest Faculty where he has taught courses in general microbiology, microbial genetics, molecular biology and environmental microbiology. He then went to Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi, India, where he was trained on a DBT-sponsored research project under the supervision of Prof. Indu Shekhar Thakur. His research interests include the exploration of efficient microbe and plant based ecofriendly and sustainable strategies for the biodegradation, bioremediation and phytoremediation of environmental pollutants from contaminated sites. Presently, his research activities are focused on production of biodiesel and the recovery of bioplastic from industrial waste. Dr. Kumar has been also served as a potential reviewer for various scientific journals in his research areas. He has presented several papers relevant to his research areas at national and international conferences. He received a Young Scientist award in 2018 for his excellent contribution to Environmental Microbiology. To date, he has published 12 peer-reviewed research and review articles in high impact journals, 5 edited books, 02 authored books, and authored/co-authored more than 30 chapters in edited books. In addition, he has also authored/co-authored 4 research articles published in conference proceedings and 4 magazine articles on different aspects of bioremediation and phytoremediation of industrial waste pollutants. He is an active member of various scientific societies, including the Indian Science Congress Association (ISCA), Kolkata, India, Association of Microbiologists of India (AMI), Lucknow, and Biotech Research Society (BRSI), India. He is the founder of Society for Green Environment, India (website: www.sgeindia.org). Outside the lab, Dr. Kumar enjoys bicycling, gardening, traveling, spending time with family, reading a good spiritual books. He can be reached at drvineet.micro@gmail.com; vineet.way18@gmail.com. Dr. Pankaj Chowdhary is President of Society for Green Environment (SGE) and currently he is working as Postdoctoral Fellow in Environmental Toxicology Group at Indian Institute of Toxicology Research Lucknow, India. He obtained his Ph.D. (2018) in the area of Microbiology from Department of Environmental Microbiology at Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University (A Central University), Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India. During Ph.D. his work has mainly focused on role of ligninolytic enzyme producing bacterial strains in the decolorizing & degradation of coloring compounds from distillery wastewater. His main research areas are Microbial Biotechnology, Biodegradation and Bioremediation of Environmental contaminants in Industrial wastewaters, and Metagenomics. Currently, he is working on synthesis of biochar using various type of lignocellulosic waste. He has edited two International Book entitled "Emerging and Eco-friendly Approaches for Waste Management" & "Microorganisms for Sustainable Environment and Health". He has published many research/review pape

Preface Acknowledgements Authors Chapter #1 Introduction Chapter #2 Distillery Waste Generation and Characteristics Chapter #3 Colorants of Distillery Waste and Their Properties Chapter #4 Environmental Impacts and Health Hazards of Distillery Waste Chapter #5 Treatment Approaches of Distillery Waste For Environmental Safety Chapter #6 Ligninolytic Enzymes in Degradation and Detoxification of Distillery Waste Chapter #7 Bioreactors in Distillery Wastewater Treatment Chapter #8 Phytoremediation: An Eco-Sustainable Green Technology for Remediation and Restoration of Distillery Waste Contaminated Environment Chapter #9 Recycling and Reuse of Distillery Waste by Vermitechnology Chapter #10 Sequential Treatment: A Novel Approach for Biodegradation and Detoxification of Distillery effluent for Environmental Safety Chapter #11 Microbial Fuel Cell Technology in Distillery Wastewater Treatment and Bioelectricity Generation Chapter #12 Biodiesel Production from Distillery Waste: An efficient technique to Convert Waste into Biodiesel Chapter #13 Rules, Policies, and Laws Made by Government of Indian for Safe Disposal of Distillery Waste into the Environment Chapter #14 Emerging Issues, Challenges, And Future Outlook of Distillery Waste Management Chapter #15 Concluding Remarks References Index