Agricultural and Kitchen Waste

Dan Bahadur Pal is currently working as Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Harcourt Butler Technical University, Nawabganj Kanpur-208002, Uttar Pradesh, India. He has received his M. Tech and Ph.D. in the field of Chemical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India. Before that, he completed his B. Tech in Chemical Engineering from UPTU, Lucknow. Dr. Pal’s research interest is nano-technology, catalysis, energy and environment and waste management with a special focus in developing process and materials by using waste as raw materials. He also prefers to work on bio-waste processing and value addition. Dr. Pal has published more than 65 publications in reputed journals and books, along with 22 book chapters and four book edits.Amit Kumar Tiwari is currently working as Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Birla Institute of Technology Mesra, Ranchi, Jharkhand. He received his Ph.D. in the field of Food Engineering from Birla Institute of Technology Mesra. Before that, he completed his M.Sc in Fruit and Vegetable Technology and B.Sc in Agriculture from Kanpur University (Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University), Kanpur. Dr. Tiwari’s research interest is development of new and novel food products with a special focus on developing process techniques for fruits, vegetables, food grains etc. with enhanced nutritional and edible qualities. Dr. Tiwari has published more than nine publications in reputed journals and 10 book chapters. Dr. Tiwari is also working on agricultural waste utilization through value addition, energy and environment and food waste management with a special focus on development of process and value-added products by using agricultural and food waste as raw materials. Dr. Tiwari also prefers to work on biomass application.

• 1 Current Scenario of Forest Residues and Its Utilization in Various Sectors; 2 Commercial Production of Antioxidants from Fresh Agricultural Waste; 3 Utilization of Agricultural Residues for Energy Production; 4 Conversion of Agricultural and Forest Wastes into Water Purifying Materials; 5 Sustainable Production of Nanomaterials from Agricultural Wastes; 6 Domestic and Agricultural Wastes: Environmental Impact and Their Economic Utilization; 7 Sustainable Utilization and Management of Agricultural and Kitchen Waste; 8 Potential Benefits of Utilization of Kitchen and Agri Wastes; 9 Utilization of Biomass from Refineries as Additional Source of Energy; 10 Effects of Agricultural Wastes on Environment and Its Control Measures; 11 Kitchen and Agri Waste as Renewable, Clean and Alternative Bioenergy Resource; 12 Various Value-Added Products from Agricultural and Bio-Waste