Visvesaraya Technology University, Belagum, has awarded Ph. D in Faculty of Sciences (Biotechnology) to Shalini Koshle for her thesis ‘Defluoridation of Ground Water by Using Electrochemical Coagulation and Fungi’ submitted under the guidance of Dr. S. Nanjunda Swamy Associate Professor, Department of Biotechnology and Dr. S. Mahesh, Professor, Department of Environmental Engineering, SJCE, Mysuru