S.Rajendran
Madurai Kamaraj University, India
Biography
Dr. S. Rajendran. M.Sc., M.Phil., Ph.D., is an Associate Professor at Saraswathi Narayanan College and a Coordinator of Unit of Rural Biotechnology at Saraswathi Narayanan College, INDIA. He has over 50 scientific papers & projects either presented or published. He is an internationally recognized expert in many areas of Environmental Biology including Solid Waste management, Waste water treatment, Anaerobic digestion, Biofuel, Bioenergy production and formulator of Bio-Pesticide and Herbicide and serving as a reviewer in many biological journals. He has delivered a key note speech in various international conferences and also given invited lectures in various educational institutions and universities. He has also chaired the scientific sessions in conferences. He is one of the leading scientific writers in Tamil Dailies. He has conducted more than 30 scientific workshops for the upliftment of rural people and women self help groups. He also had given training to municipalities employees about garbage disposal. His excellence in environmental science he was awarded with Patron of Environment by Tamil Nadu Government in 2006. He also is serving as a consultant in many of the environmental organizations. His research group is actively working in the following aspects: MSW management, Mushroom culture, Biofuel generation, Waste water treatment and Bio pesticide and herbicide development. His work in biological derustification is a novel pioneer technique and growing area in the environmental biotechnology.