Pollutants and Water Management

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Saami AhmedDepartment of Chemistry, Zakir Husain Delhi College, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India

Zeenat ArifDepartment of Chemical Engineering and Technology, IIT (BHU), Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India

B.S. BhauDepartment of Botany, Central University of Jammu, Samba, Jammu and Kashmir, India

Swati ChaudharyDepartment of Applied Sciences, MSIT, GGSIP University, New Delhi, India

Meenakshi ChaurasiaDepartment of Botany, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India

Sunil DharDepartment of Environmental Sciences, Central University of Jammu, Samba, Jammu and Kashmir, India

Kajol GoriaDepartment of Environmental Sciences, Central University of Jammu, Samba, Jammu and Kashmir, India

Ankita GuptaInstitute of Environment and Sustainable Development, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India

R.N. JadejaaDepartment of Environmental Studies, Faculty of Science, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara, Gujarat, India

S. JayakumarEnvironmental Informatics and Spatial Modelling Lab (EISML), Department of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, School of Life Sciences, Pondicherry University, Pondicherry, Puducherry, India

Jayant KarwadiyaInstitute of Environment and Sustainable Development, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India

Mahima KaushikNano‐bioconjugate Chemistry Lab, Cluster Innovation Centre, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India

Richa KothariDepartment of Environmental Sciences, Central University of Jammu, Samba, Jammu and Kashmir, India

Agam KumarEnvironmental Informatics and Spatial Modelling Lab (EISML), Department of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, School of Life Sciences, Pondicherry University, Pondicherry, Puducherry, India

Lawrence KumarDepartment of Nanoscience and Technology, Central University of Jharkhand, Ranchi, Jharkhand, India

Mohan KumarDepartment of Chemistry, Shri Varshney College, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India

Pawan KumarDepartment of Physics, Mahatma Gandhi Central University, Motihari, Bihar, India

Pradeep KumarDepartment of Chemical Engineering and Technology, IIT (BHU), Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India

Ravishankar KumarDepartment of Environmental Science and Technology, Central University of Punjab, Bathinda, Punjab, India

Kavita KumariDepartment of Nanoscience and Technology, Central University of Jharkhand, Ranchi, Jharkhand, India

Avinash K. KushwahaDepartment of Botany, BHU, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India

Pradeep Kumar MishraDepartment of Chemical Engineering and Technology, IIT (BHU), Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India

Virendra Kumar MishraInstitute of Environment and Sustainable Development, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India

Sunil MittalDepartment of Environmental Science and Technology, Central University of Punjab, Bathinda, Punjab, India

Indica MohanDepartment of Environmental Sciences, Central University of Jammu, Samba, Jammu and Kashmir, IndiaAnam Naheed Institute of Environment and Sustainable Development, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India

Supriya NathCentral Water and Power Research Station, Pune, Maharashtra, India

Ramesh OraonDepartment of Nanoscience and Technology, Central University of Jharkhand, Ranchi, Jharkhand, India

Kajal PatelDepartment of Botany, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India

Sanjeet Kumar PaswanDepartment of Nanoscience and Technology, Central University of Jharkhand, Ranchi, Jharkhand, India

Deepak PathaniaDepartment of Environmental Sciences, Central University of Jammu, Samba, Jammu and Kashmir, India

K.S. RaoDepartment of Botany, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India

Krishna RawatSchool of Environment and Sustainable Development, Central University of Gujarat, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India

Prafulla Kumar SahooDepartment of Environmental Science and Technology, Central University of Punjab, Bathinda, Punjab, India

M. SathyaEnvironmental Informatics and Spatial Modelling Lab (EISML), Department of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, School of Life Sciences, Pondicherry University, Pondicherry, Puducherry, India