1. Microbes: Factories for Bioproducts -- 2. Exploration of Microbial Cells - The Storehouse of Bio-Wealth Through Metagenomics and Metatranscriptomics -- 3. Ecobiotechnological Approaches: Enrichment Strategy for Improvement of H2 Production -- 4. Microbial Cellulose Synthesis -- 5. Megasphaera as Lactate Utilizing-Hydrogen Producing Bacteria -- 6. Integrative Approach for Biohydrogen and Polyhydroxyalkanoate Production -- 7. Recent Advances in Feedstocks and Enzyme Immobilised Technology for Effective Transesterification of Lipids into Biodiesel -- 8. Biotechnology in Aid of Biodiesel Industry Effluent (Glycerol): Biofuels and Bioplastics -- 9. Recent Achievements in the Production of Biobased 1, 3-Propanediol -- 10. Role of Microorganisms in Microbial Fuel Cells for Bioelectricity Production -- 11. Biological Electricity Production from Wastes and Wastewaters -- 12. Regulation of Lignin Biosynthesis Through RNAi in Aid of Biofuel Production -- 13. Microbial Cellulose Synthesis -- 14. Technological Advances for Treating Municipal waste -- 15. Waste Remediation Integrating with Value Addition: Biorefinery Approach Towards Sustainable Biobased Technologies -- 16. Renewable Energy Derived from Food Waste and Co-digestion of Food Waste with Waste Activated Sludge -- 17. Metabolism of Long Chain Fatty Acids (LCFAs) in Methanogenesis -- 18. Bioremediation of Pesticide Contaminated Soil: Emerging Options -- 19. Microbial Biotransformation of Arsenic in Environment -- 20. Bio-methane production from wastes: focus on feedstock sources and microbial communities.