Current Developments in Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Dr. Sunil Kumar is a well-rounded researcher with more than 20 years of experience in leading, supervising and undertaking research in the broader field of Environmental Engineering and Science with focus on Solid and Hazardous Waste Management. He has contributed extensively to these fields and has h-index of 30 and i10-index of 43 (Google scholar); highly impressive for a non-academic researcher from India. His contributions since inception at CSIR-NEERI in 200 include 130 refereed journal publications, 04 books and 25 book chapters, 08 Edited volumes and numerous project reports to various governmental and private, local and International academic /research bodies. The list of his collaborations is long and includes key Indian universities, such as IIT Kharagpur, IIT Delhi and IIT Mumbai and prestigious regional institutes, such as Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) and Kasetsart University in Bangkok, Hong Baptist University as well as universities in US (Columbia, Texas A&M) and Europe (UN University and University of Uppsala). Rakesh Kumar acquired qualifications of Environment Science and Engineering from IIT Bombay in 1987. He then pursued work on developing technologies for automobile pollution control, which also led to a Ph.D.in Environment Engineering. Dr. Kumar's experience includes a wide range of environment science and engineering field, such as: Air Pollution Control and Management, Water and Wastewater Treatment, Hazardous & Municipal Waste Management, Environmental Impact Assessment and Environmental Audit and Climate Change. Prof. Ashok Pandey is currently Executive Director, Centre for Energy and Environmental Sustainability-India, Lucknow. His major research and technological development interests are industrial and environmental biotechnology and energy biosciences, focusing on biomass to biofuels and chemicals, waste to wealth and energy, etc.

• 1. Introduction2. Waste legislations across the globe: An overview3. Global status of waste to energy technology4. Different waste treatment processes/technologies for energy recovery5. Biofuels production from biomass towards sustainable development6. Landfill gas as an energy source7. Case studies around the world: Successful stories and challenges8. Application of geographic information system in energy utilization9. Promoting waste-to-energy: Nexus thinking, policy instruments and implications for the environment10. The concept of energy efficient residential block design11. Energy aware intelligence in megacities12. Waste to energy model/tool presentation13. Aspen plus modeling approach in solid waste gasification14. Energy from waste: Future prospects towards sustainable development15. Value creation with waste to energy: Economic consideration16. Worldwide business model-environmental and financial aspects