Pratyoosh Shukla is Head of the Department of Microbiology at Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak, India.

• 1. Bacterial exopolysaccharides: Major types and future prospects 2. BIOREMEDIATION: "A novel green technology to clean up highly contaminated chromium mining sites of Odisha" 3. Recent developments in food Biotechnology to improve human health with probiotics with special emphasis on lowering of cholesterol. 4. Molecular characterization and quantification of microbial communities in wastewater treatment systems 5. Thermostable enzymes and their industrial applications 6. Microbial enzymes for pulp and paper industry: Prospects and developments 7. Rhizobacteria: Tools for the management of plant abiotic stresses 8. Betulin biotransformation towards its anti tumor activities: A brief overview. 9. Optimizing the performance of wastewater treatment plants and effluent quality using evolutionary algorithms 10. Production of fructooligosaccharides as ingredient of probiotic applications: future scope and trends 11. Avenues in Ophthalmic Optical Coherence tomography (OCT) in medical biotechnology: Prospects and future trends.

Pratyoosh Shukla is Head of the Department of Microbiology at Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak, India.

• 1. Bacterial exopolysaccharides: Major types and future prospects 2. BIOREMEDIATION: "A novel green technology to clean up highly contaminated chromium mining sites of Odisha" 3. Recent developments in food Biotechnology to improve human health with probiotics with special emphasis on lowering of cholesterol. 4. Molecular characterization and quantification of microbial communities in wastewater treatment systems 5. Thermostable enzymes and their industrial applications 6. Microbial enzymes for pulp and paper industry: Prospects and developments 7. Rhizobacteria: Tools for the management of plant abiotic stresses 8. Betulin biotransformation towards its anti tumor activities: A brief overview. 9. Optimizing the performance of wastewater treatment plants and effluent quality using evolutionary algorithms 10. Production of fructooligosaccharides as ingredient of probiotic applications: future scope and trends 11. Avenues in Ophthalmic Optical Coherence tomography (OCT) in medical biotechnology: Prospects and future trends.

Pratyoosh Shukla is Head of the Department of Microbiology at Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak, India.

• 1. Bacterial exopolysaccharides: Major types and future prospects 2. BIOREMEDIATION: "A novel green technology to clean up highly contaminated chromium mining sites of Odisha" 3. Recent developments in food Biotechnology to improve human health with probiotics with special emphasis on lowering of cholesterol. 4. Molecular characterization and quantification of microbial communities in wastewater treatment systems 5. Thermostable enzymes and their industrial applications 6. Microbial enzymes for pulp and paper industry: Prospects and developments 7. Rhizobacteria: Tools for the management of plant abiotic stresses 8. Betulin biotransformation towards its anti tumor activities: A brief overview. 9. Optimizing the performance of wastewater treatment plants and effluent quality using evolutionary algorithms 10. Production of fructooligosaccharides as ingredient of probiotic applications: future scope and trends 11. Avenues in Ophthalmic Optical Coherence tomography (OCT) in medical biotechnology: Prospects and future trends.