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Mangaluru, Feb 17: Bharathi H Prabhu (Shevgoor) of Mangaluru has been awarded a PhD in English by Srinivas University, for her thesis titled ‘Urban spaces as third space: An exploration of select city novels by Anjum Hasan, Aravind Adiga, and T S Tirumurti'. She received the degree at the university's 7th Annual Convocation, held at the Mukka campus on Thursday, February 13. Her research was guided by Dr A Lourdusamy, research professor of English, department of social sciences and humanities, Institute of Management and Commerce, Srinivas University.

Bharathi is an alumnus of St Ann’s School, Mangaluru, and a graduate of St Agnes College. She completed her MA in English from Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) in 2004 and her MPhil from Alagappa University in 2009. She is married to Vishnudas Kamath Shevgoor from the illustrious Shevgoor family of artists in Mangaluru.

She began her career as an HR trainer, coaching students and professionals in leadership and employability skills. She later served as professor and vice-principal at the college for leadership and HRD, Mangaluru, and also taught in the department of English at St Aloysius College. Currently, she is the editor at Tarjani Communications, Mangaluru, where she specializes in curating coffee table books, videos, and content for print and online media.