Bioenergy for Sustainability and Security

Über den Autor

Dr. Basanta Kumara Behera is a multinational corporate adviser for specialty chemicals production and design. Before joining a multinational company in 2009, he was a Professor of Biotechnology at three distinguished Indian universities where he had regularly been associated with teaching and research post-graduate courses on topics in bio-energy management and biomass processing technology since 1978. His works on hydrogen fuel-cell and microbial transformation of region-specific complex botanical molecules have appeared in international repute journals. He has authored several books including 2 titles with Dr. Varma. Dr. Ajit Varma is Distinguished Scientist and Professor of Eminence at Amity Institute of Microbial Technology and Vice Chairman of Amity Science, Technology and Innovation Foundation (ASTIF) of Amity University Uttar Pradesh. Prior to this, he served as Professor of Microbial Technology at the School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal University until 2004. He contributed to over 300 research articles in national and international journals. He is the Editor-in-Chief of the series Soil Biology published by Springer-Verlag and has co-edited/co-authored several books published by Springer, including two titles with Dr. Behera.