Mysuru: B.D. Kavitha has been awarded Ph.D in Economics by the University of Mysore (UoM) for her thesis ‘An economic analysis of urban public transportation in Karnataka’ submitted under the guidance of Dr. N.K. Gayatri.

H.K. Manju has been awarded Ph.D in Psychology by the UoM for his thesis ‘Emotion regulation and quality of life’ submitted under the guidance of Dr. Basavarajappa].

N. Ravikumar has been awarded Ph.D in Mathematics by the UoM for his thesis ‘Some contributions to the theory of graphs and semigraphs’ [Guide: Dr. H.N. Ramaswamy.]

N. Raghu has been awarded Ph.D in Molecular Biology by the UoM for his thesis ‘Cytogenetic analysis and Insitu Hybridisation Studies in two species of Turtles – Melanochelys trijuga and Lissemys punctata’ submitted under the guidance of Dr. R. Chandavar Vidya.

E. Hamsaveni has been awarded Ph.D in Kannada by the UoM for her thesis ‘Pandavapura Talukina Gramadevathegalu’ [Guide: Dr. C.P. Siddashrama].

M. Naveena has been awarded Ph.D in Computer Science by the UoM for his thesis ‘Face recognition under partial visibility’ [Guide: Dr. G. Hemantha Kumar.

Sunil D’ Souza has been awarded Ph.D in Commerce by the UoM for his thesis ‘Role of Business Correspondents Model in Financial Inclusion in Karnataka’ [Guide: Dr. T.S. Devaraja].

The University of Sri Padmavati Mahila Visvavidyalayam (Women’s University), Tirupati, has awarded Ph.D in Home Science to M. Priya for her thesis ‘Stress and anxiety among working men and women.’