H.N. Guruswamy has been awarded Ph.D in Gandhian Studies by the University of Mysore (UoM), Mysuru, for his thesis ‘Gandhijiyavara Kalpaneya Panchayat Raj Vyavastheyalli Rajakiya, Samajika, Shaikshanika Hagu Aarthika Chinthanegalu – Chamarajanagara Jelleyalli Ondu Adhyayana’ submitted under the guidance of Dr. R. Siddaraju.