Bioeconomy of Dyes and Bioactive Compounds from Organic Waste

Dr Pardeep Singh is presently working as an Assistant Professor at the Department of Environmental Science, PGDAV College, University of Delhi, India. He obtained his master's degree from the Department of Environmental Science at Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi India in 2011. He obtained his doctorate from the Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University) Varanasi in the year 2017. The area of his doctoral research is the degradation of organic pollutants through various indigenous isolated microbes and by using various types of photocatalytic. He has published more than 35 papers in international journals in the field of waste management.

Dr. Ajay Kumar is an Assistant Professor of Plant Science at the Central University of Kerala. He obtained his PhD from the School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. Dr. Kumar has published several research papers, review articles, and book chapters in reputed journals and books. His areas of research include mangroves, climate change, food security, and abiotic stresses. Dr. Sushil Kumar Shukla is an academician and researcher with more than 8 years of experience in teaching and research in the field of environmental science and engineering with focus on waste water treatment and management. He is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Transport Science and Technology, Central University of Jharkhand, Ranchi, Jharkhand. He earned his doctorate from Indian Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University, UP, India. The area of his doctoral research is the "Treatment of anaerobically digested distillery effluent.? Dr. Shukla was awarded the prestigious UGC Research Fellowship for science meritorious student (UGC-RFSMS Fellowship). He has published various research papers and book chapters in the fields of water and wastewater treatment, bioremediation, phytoremediation, and more. Muhammad Bilal is working as an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Gdansk University of Technology, Poland. Previously, he served as an assistant/associate Professor at Poznan University of Technology, Poland, and the School of Life Science and Food Engineering, Huaiyin Institute of Technology, Huaian, China. He earned his Ph.D. from Shanghai Jiao Tong University, specializing in bioengineering and applied biotechnology. His main research activities are oriented to Environmental biotechnology, nanotechnology, enzyme engineering, immobilization, chemical modifications, and industrial applications of microbial enzymes, liquid, and solid waste management. He has authored over 700 peer-reviewed articles, 150 book chapters, 25 edited books. Dr. Bilal is the associate editor of Frontiers in Chemical Engineering and Frontiers in Environmental Science (Frontiers), and an editorial board member for several journals. He was listed as a highly cited researcher (Clarivate) in 2021 and holds several "highly cited papers" in WOS. Dr Binota Thokchom is a faculty member at the Centre of Nanotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati. Her research interests reach across a number of environmental issues including water related crises tied to nanomaterials, water treatment using AOPs, nanomaterial synthesis, electrode synthesis, environmental monitoring and assessment as well as simulation and prediction of environmental impacts across models. Prior to earning her PhD, she worked at the Analytical Instrumentation Division, National Environmental Engineering Research Institute. She has participated in numerous national and international conferences, workshops and seminars. She has won several awards and honors for her work, including being named a BRICS Scientist bu the Department of Science and Technology of India, working with scientists across the BRICS nations (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) on environmental issues which impact all of these nations.