Solid-State Fermentation in Biotechnology: Fundamentals and Applications

Professor Ashok Pandey is born in 1956. He graduated from the University of Kanpur in 1974 (Biology), took Master’s degree in Chemistry in 1976 and PhD in Micro-biology from the University of Allahabad in 1979. He worked at the National Sugar Institute, Kanpur and Suddeutsche Zucker AG Germany as Scientist. Since 1987, he is working in the Regional Research Laboratory, CSIR, Trivandrum. Presently, he is Deputy Director and Head of Biotechnology Division. Professor Pandey has strong research interest in the area of Industrial Biotechnology, especially in Bioprocess Technology. Solid-state fermentation has been his one of the main domains of R&D. He has 5 patents and more than 200 papers, and has guided five PhD, teo M Tech and 36 M Sc thesis. He has edited and Encyclopaedia (Haworth Press, USA) and authored/edited 14 books. He is Editor of Bioresource Technology –The international journal from Elsevier, UK. Prof Pandey was Chairman of the International Society of Food, Agriculture and Environment, Finlaned ((F&H) during 2003-2004, and is currently the President of Biotech Research Society of India, President of the Association of Microbiologists of India (Trivandrum Chapter), and Vice-Chirman (Kerala) of the All India Biotech Association-SC.