The Symposium on Biological Methods of Waste Treatment and Management grew out of a Senior Fulbright Research Scholar appointment for Dr. Tharakan at the Department of Biotechnology at The New College, Chennai, India. The project was focused on bioenvironmental remediation research in south India with the overall goal of evaluating and assessing biological pollution control and remediation technologies in research or use in South India. The specific objectives of the project were to (1) document the diverse array of biologically based waste treatment technologies and management strategies...