About the Editors
Rajeev Kumar is working as an Assistant Professor in
the Department of Environment Studies, Panjab University, Chandigarh, since 1 July 2010. He has completed
his B.Sc. (Honours School) and M.Sc. (Honours
School) degree in Chemistry from the Department of
Chemistry and Centre for Advanced Studies in Chemistry, Panjab University, Chandigarh. His main research
areas include organometallic, nanochemistry and bioremediation of environmental pollutants with the help of
fungi. He has completed one DST-SERB project funded
by the Department of Science and Technology (SERB),
Government of India, New Delhi, and also the Project
Director of “Indo-US Partnership on Green Chemistry/
Engineering and Technologies Education, Research and
Outreach for Sustainable Development funded by University Grant Commission and MHRD, New Delhi”. He
has published 52 International research papers with
more than 180 citations and also published 15 international book chapters; his H index is 11.
Raman Kumar is working as an Associate Professor
in the Department of Biotechnology, Maharishi
Markandeshwar (Deemed to be University), Mullana
(Ambala), Haryana, India, since 2011. He has also
worked as Senior Research Fellow, Division of Soil
and Crop Management, Central Soil Salinity Research
Institute, Karnal, India, from 2007 to 2010. He has
experience of about 13 years in the field of Teaching
and Research in the area of Microbial and Environmental Biotechnology. He has published more than
40 publications and 02 books in various national and
international peer-reviewed journals. He developed
many bacterial and fungal strains for removal of heavy
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Rajeev Kumar is working as an Assistant Professor in
the Department of Environment Studies, Panjab University, Chandigarh, since 1 July 2010. He has completed
his B.Sc. (Honours School) and M.Sc. (Honours
School) degree in Chemistry from the Department of
Chemistry and Centre for Advanced Studies in Chemistry, Panjab University, Chandigarh. His main research
areas include organometallic, nanochemistry and bioremediation of environmental pollutants with the help of
fungi. He has completed one DST-SERB project funded
by the Department of Science and Technology (SERB),
Government of India, New Delhi, and also the Project
Director of “Indo-US Partnership on Green Chemistry/
Engineering and Technologies Education, Research and
Outreach for Sustainable Development funded by University Grant Commission and MHRD, New Delhi”. He
has published 52 International research papers with
more than 180 citations and also published 15 international book chapters; his H index is 11.
Raman Kumar is working as an Associate Professor
in the Department of Biotechnology, Maharishi
Markandeshwar (Deemed to be University), Mullana
(Ambala), Haryana, India, since 2011. He has also
worked as Senior Research Fellow, Division of Soil
and Crop Management, Central Soil Salinity Research
Institute, Karnal, India, from 2007 to 2010. He has
experience of about 13 years in the field of Teaching
and Research in the area of Microbial and Environmental Biotechnology. He has published more than
40 publications and 02 books in various national and
international peer-reviewed journals. He developed
many bacterial and fungal strains for removal of heavy
vii vii