The University of Mysore (UoM) has awarded Ph.D in Kannada  to K.P. Mounesh for his thesis ‘Adunika Kannada Kadambarigalalli Grama Samskruthiya Sthityantara (Ayda Kadambarigalannu Anulakshisi) submitted under the guidance of Dr. Kokila.

Vtu, Belagavi, has awarded Ph.D in Mechanical Engineering to Kirundanda D. Bopanna for his thesis titled “Studies on heat sink development for avionics applications” submitted under the guidance of Dr. Ganesh Prasad. An alumnus of NIE, Mysuru, he is currently serving as Associate Professor at New Horizon College of Engineering, Bengaluru.