Mysuru, Jan.18- Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU), Belagavi, has awarded Ph.D in Faculty of Electrical and Electronic Engineering Sciences to  L. Yathisha for his thesis ‘Optimal Switching Strategy for Power System with FACTS Based Controllers.’ [Guide: Dr.  Sudarshan Patil Kulkarni].

R. Rajagopala has been awarded Ph.D in Faculty of E&E Engineering Sciences for his thesis ‘Electrical Discharge based hybrid technique for emission control/treatment’ [Guide: Dr. A.D. Srinivasan].

C.R. Adithya has been awarded Ph.D in Faculty in Computer and Information Sciences for his thesis ‘A feature extraction computing model for knowledge discovery and similarity measure in detecting neurological disorders’ [Guide: Dr. M.B. Sanjaya Padey.

Lelin Das has been awarded Ph.D in Civil Engineering for his thesis ‘Utilisation of industrial by-products in concrete’ [Guide: Dr. M.C. Nataraj].

Prithvi S. Shirahatti has been awarded Ph.D in Faculty in Applied Sciences (Biotechnology) for her thesis ‘Molecular approach for early detection and characterisation of Phomopsis Azadirachtae, the incitant of die-back disease of Neem’ [Guide: Dr. M.N. Nagendra Prasad].

G.V. Sharmila has been awarded Ph.D in Faculty in Civil Engineering Sciences for his thesis ‘Assessment and a Role of Precipitation on Groundwater Quality’ [Guide: Dr. G.P. Shivashankara]