Puttur:  Mangalore University (MU), Mangala gangotri, Karnataka, India awarded Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Degree to Edwin S D’Souza, Assistant Professor in Chemistry, St Philomena College, Puttur for his thesis on the topic titled ‘A Systematic and Mechanistic Study of Some of the Bio Active Molecules by Electro chemical Sensors – A Voltametric Study’. 

His Research work was done under the supervision of Dr J.G. Manjunatha, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Field Marshal K M Cariappa College Madikeri, A Constituent College of Mangalore University.