ALIGARH, July 26: Mr. Farrukh Basheer, Environmental Engineering Section, Department of Civil Engineering, Aligarh Muslim University attended the Young Water Professionals Workshop at LET2011, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Mr. Basheer also visited world’s first full scale aerobic granulation bioreactor for wastewater treatment at Epes, Amsterdam. During his visit, he interacted with Prof. M.C.M. Loosdrecht, who is also working on the aerobic granulation technology. He also visited Belgium.

Presently he is pursuing his PhD under the supervision of Dr. Izharul Haq Farooqi. His area of interest is biodegradation of toxic industrial wastewater by aerobic granulation process. He has been awarded Junior Research Fellowship in Engineering and Technology by University Grants Commission (UGC). Earlier he had also presented a paper at international conferences in Australia and Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. He is having publications in various international journals and conferences.