Dr Maulin P. Shah is a Microbial Biotechnologist with diverse research interests. His primary interest is in the environment, the quality of our living resources and the ways that bacteria can help to manage and degrade toxic wastes and restore environmental health. Consequently, His work has been focused on assessing the impact of industrial pollution on microbial diversity of wastewater following cultivation dependant and cultivation independent analysis. Dr Shah is currently Chief Scientist and Head of the Industrial Wastewater Research Laboratory at Enviro Technology Ltd. He has published more than 190 research articles.