The University of Mysore (UoM) has awarded Ph.D in Political Science to H.M. Prabha for her thesis ‘Karnatakadalli Mahila Rajakiya Sabalikaranadalli Swasahaya Sanghagala Patra — Visheshavagi Chikkamagaluru Jille Ondu Adhyayana’ submitted under the guidance of Dr. G.H. Nagaraja.

M.B. Harsha has been awarded Ph.D in Business Administration by the UoM for his thesis ‘Competency Management: A Comparative Study of Select Private and Public Sector Banks in India’ submitted under the guidance of Dr. D. Anand.

M.R. Abhilash has been awarded Ph.D in Environmental Science by the UoM for his thesis ‘Synthesis of Metal Oxides and their Uses in Industrial Wastewater Treatment by Photocatalytic Process’ submitted under the guidance of Dr. S. Srikantaswamy.

Sadia Tabassum has been awarded Ph.D in Business Administration by the UoM for her thesis ‘Marketing of Organic Food Products in Mysore District’ submitted under the guidance of Dr. Aisha M. Sheriff.

Santosh Kumar has been awarded Ph.D in Physics by the UoM for his thesis ‘Study on the Properties of Metal-Semiconductor Schottky Interface Under Radiation Environments’ [Guide: Dr. S. Krishnaveni].

M.S. Pushpalatha has been awarded Ph.D in Kannada by the UoM for her thesis ‘Hosagannada Kavyadalli Krishna-Kristha: Toulanika Adhyayana’ [Guide: Dr. K. Soubhagyavathi].

H.R. Arunakumara has been awarded Ph.D in Ancient History and Archaeology by the UoM for his thesis ‘Nanjangudu Talukina Devalayagalu Mattu Shasanagalu — Ondu Samskruthika Adhayayana (Arambhada Kaladinda Mysuru Wadiyara Kaladavarege)’ [Guide: Dr. C.E. Lokesha.

Dukanya has been awarded Ph.D in Chemistry by the UoM for her thesis ‘Synthesis, Characterisation and Biological Studies of Chromene-3- Carbonitriles, 1,3,4-Oxadiazoles, Oxazines and Related Compounds’ submitted under the guidance of Dr. Basappa.

S. Pushpa has been awarded Ph.D in Kannada by the UoM for her thesis ‘Kannada Moukika Athmakatanagalu: Samskruthika Shodha’ [Guide: Dr. N.K. Lolakshi].

N. Ramesha has been awarded Ph.D in Physical Education by the UoM for his thesis ‘Relationship of Selected Anthropometric, Motor Ability and Psychological Variables with Skill Performance of Male Badminton Players’ [Guide: Dr. C. Venkatesh].

K.G. Vindya has been awarded Ph.D in Chemistry by the UoM for her thesis ‘Synthesis and Characterisation of Purine and Phyrimidine Conjugated Heterocycles and their Biological Studies’ [Guide: Prof. K.S. Rangappa].

Karnataka State Open University (KSOU), Mukthagangothri, Mysuru, has awarded Ph.D in English literature to S. Srikanth for his thesis ‘Suffering Women: A Study of the Selected Novels of Taslima Nasrin’ submitted under the guidance of Prof. S.N. Vikram Raj Urs.

Karnataka Samskrit University, Bengaluru, has awarded Ph.D in Vedanta to M. Pushpalatha for her thesis ‘Sosale Revanaradhya virachithasya Savkyashivadikya Shikamanigranthasya Sampadanamadhyayanam Cha’ [Guide: Dr. Sharath Chandra Swamy].

Periyar University, Salem, Tamil Nadu, has awarded Ph.D in Library and Information Science to Puttaswamy for his thesis ‘Information Needs and Use Pattern of Medical Professionals in

Mysuru District: A Study’ submitted under the guidance of Dr. M. Jayaprakash.