R. Abhay has been awarded Ph.D in Commerce by the University of Mysore (UoM) for his thesis ‘Effectiveness of Audit Committee Practices – A Study of Listed Companies in India’ submitted under the guidance of Dr. H. Rajashekar.

A. Venuprasad has been awarded Ph.D in Earth Science by the UoM for his thesis ‘Groundwater Quality Studies to Evaluate the Suitability for Agriculture in Arkalgud Taluk, Hassan district, Karnataka State, India’ [Guide: Dr. D. Nagaraju].

G. Gangadhara has been awarded Ph.D in Geography by the UoM for his thesis ‘Integrated Water Resource Development Plan for Sustainable Management of Kabini River Basin in Karnataka, India’ [Guide: Dr. S. Arun Das].