Editors and Contributors
About the Editors
Ram Naresh Bharagava Dr. Ram Naresh Bharagava
was born in 1977 and completed school education from
Government Schools at Lakhimpur Kheri, Uttar Pradesh
(UP), India. He received his B.Sc. degree (1998) in
Zoology, Botany, and Chemistry from the University of
Lucknow, Lucknow, UP, India, and M.Sc. degree (2004)
in Molecular Biology and Biotechnology from Govind
Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture & Technology
(GBPUAT), Pantnagar, Uttarakhand (UK), India. He
received his Ph.D. degree (2010) in the area of Microbiology jointly from the Environmental Microbiology
Division, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
(CSIR)-Indian Institute of Toxicology Research (IITR),
Lucknow, and Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India. He was a Junior Research Fellow (JRF) during his Ph.D., qualified twice (2002 &
2003) in the CSIR-National Eligibility Test (NET) and
once in the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering
(GATE) in 2003. His major research work during his
Ph.D. degree focused on the bacterial degradation of
recalcitrant melanoidin from distillery wastewater. He
has authored one book entitled Bacterial Metabolism of
Melanoidins from Distillery Effluent and edited five
books entitled Bioremediation of Industrial Pollutants,
Environmental Pollutants and Their Bioremediation
Approaches, Emerging and Ecofriendly Approaches for
Waste Management, and Recent Trends in
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About the Editors
Ram Naresh Bharagava Dr. Ram Naresh Bharagava
was born in 1977 and completed school education from
Government Schools at Lakhimpur Kheri, Uttar Pradesh
(UP), India. He received his B.Sc. degree (1998) in
Zoology, Botany, and Chemistry from the University of
Lucknow, Lucknow, UP, India, and M.Sc. degree (2004)
in Molecular Biology and Biotechnology from Govind
Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture & Technology
(GBPUAT), Pantnagar, Uttarakhand (UK), India. He
received his Ph.D. degree (2010) in the area of Microbiology jointly from the Environmental Microbiology
Division, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
(CSIR)-Indian Institute of Toxicology Research (IITR),
Lucknow, and Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India. He was a Junior Research Fellow (JRF) during his Ph.D., qualified twice (2002 &
2003) in the CSIR-National Eligibility Test (NET) and
once in the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering
(GATE) in 2003. His major research work during his
Ph.D. degree focused on the bacterial degradation of
recalcitrant melanoidin from distillery wastewater. He
has authored one book entitled Bacterial Metabolism of
Melanoidins from Distillery Effluent and edited five
books entitled Bioremediation of Industrial Pollutants,
Environmental Pollutants and Their Bioremediation
Approaches, Emerging and Ecofriendly Approaches for
Waste Management, and Recent Trends in
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