Saravana, P.2015-09-162023-10-192015-09-162023-10-192008ROLL NO.03610706https://gyan.iitg.ac.in/handle/123456789/164Supervisors: Prabir KR. Saha and K. PakshirajanBiological treatment of wastewater containing phenolic compounds, using indigenous mixed microbial consortium, is the main theme of this thesis. Biological degradation has been advocated to be a better alternative for phenol degradation as opposed to other popular methods for wastewater treatment. Merites of biological treatment and demerites of other methods are also properly discussed in the thesis. ...enCHEMICAL ENGINEERINGThesis