Env.401: Concepts of Ecology & Biodiversity: -

Unit IV :- Hazardous waste management: Nature and scope of
hazardous wastes, classification of hazardous substances and wastes,
Hazardous wastes and air and water pollution control, physical forms
and segregation of wastes, hazardous substances and health. Dumping
up of garbage from houses, hotels, and hospitals and their effects on
soil substratum and public health. Separation of waste at sources of
generation for recovery plastic, paper, and metal etc. Need of
hazardous waste management; type of wastes, biodegradable, refractory
and inorganic, industrial wastes. Industrial sludge, radio active wastes,
sources characteristic & disposal methods safe to environmental for
industries, viz insecticides, caustic soda, chlorine plants etc.
Unit V:- Waste treatment and disposal :- treatment and disposal of
hazardous wastes, reduction, recycling and methods of wastes
treatment, neutralization, oxidation reduction, precipitation,
solidification, stabilization, incineration pyralysis, wet-oxidation etc.
landfill treatment for hazardous waste disposal & leachate
management, land farming, bioremediation, degradation of recalcitrant
xenobiotics. Transportation of hazardous wastes; Import and export of
hazardous wastes for recycling and ruses.
Env. 503 : Environmental Biotechnology
Unit I : Biodegradation of wastes :- Degradation of biopolymers cellulose,
hemicelluloses, chitin, Degradation of legnin, degradation of hydrocarbons,
biodegradation of agricultural produce, mycotoxins, in biodeterioration,
Biodegration of pesticides environmental use of micro organisms in pest
control:- Microbial pesticides, microbial herbicides. Biodegradation of
industrial wastes.
Unit II : Bioremediation :- Need and scope of bioremediation;
Environmental applications of biodmediation; types of bioremediation;
Bioremediation efficacy testing; Approaches to bioremediation;
Bioremediation of contaminated soils and aquifers; bioremediation of
marine oil pollutants; Bioremediation of industrial wastes. Bioremediation of
air pollutants. Phytormediation - root zone technology, Bioindicators; Biomarkers.
Biosensors in waste treatment.
Unit III : Biofertilizers and Biopesticides :- Rhizobium and Azospirillum,
blue green algae and Azolla, composting process, Nitorgen fixing