Our PhDs
Dr. K. M. Vasudevan Pillai, Chairman and CEO, MES
| Subject of Research | English Literature (Poetry) |
| Name of the Thesis | William Wordsworth : His Ideology of Life as Reflected in His Poetry |
| Name of the Guide | Dr. A. N. Tiwari |
| University | University of Mumbai |
| Year of Completion | 2001 |
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Dr. Daphne Pillai, Secretary, MES
| Subject of Research | English Literature (Poetry) |
| Name of the Thesis | A Feminist Study of The Gender Bias in English Poetry- 1918-1988 |
| Name of the Guide | Dr. Urmila Rai |
| University | University of Mumbai |
| Year of Completion | 1999 |
Dr. Priam Pillai, COO, MES
| Subject of Research | Controls, Instrumentation and Robotics |
| Name of the Thesis | Development and Characterization of Conducting Polymer Actuators |
| Name of the Guide | Dr. Ian W. Hunter |
| University | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Year of Completion | 2011 |
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Dr. Lata Menon
| Subject of Research | Economics |
| Name of the Thesis | Infrastructural Impediments and Rising Costs of International Trade. A Case Study of India's Export Competitiveness in The Global Market |
| Name of the Guide | Dr. S. Sriraman |
| University | University of Mumbai |
| Year of Completion | 2005 |
Dr. Sally Enos
| Subject of Research | Education |
| Name of the Thesis | A Study of the Effect of Environmental Education as Perceived by Student Teachers |
| Name of the Guide | Dr. Veena Deshmukh |
| University | YCMOU, Nashik |
| Year of Completion | 2009 |
Dr. Sharda Sharma
| Subject of Research | Education |
| Name of the Thesis | A Comparative study of the perceived impact of the IB (International Baccalaureate) and the HSC (Higher Secondary Certificate) programs on the personality of students. |
| Name of the Guide | Dr. Sunita Wadikar |
| University | Mumbai University |
| Year of Completion | 2016 |
Dr. T. A. James
| Subject of Research | Education |
| Name of the Thesis | The Effect of the Missionary Schools in Imparting Ethical Values to the Students with Regard to their Personality Development and Social Adjustment |
| Name of the Guide | Dr. J. P. Srivastava |
| University | Chaudhary Charan Singh University, Meerut |
| Year of Completion | 2005 |
Dr. Celina Joy
| Subject of Research | Management |
| Name of the Thesis | Management of Human Capital in India |
| Name of the Guide | Dr. Vivek Deolankar |
| University | University of Mumbai |
| Year of Completion | 2014 |
Dr. P. S. Goyal
| Subject of Research | Physics |
| Name of the Thesis | Neutron Scattering from Condensed Matter Study of Molecular Rotational and Vibrational Motions |
| Name of the Guide | Dr. P. K. Iyengar |
| University | University of Bombay |
| Year of Completion | 1979 |
Dr. Reni Francis
| Subject of Research | Psychology |
| Name of the Thesis | Multiple Intelligences Approach to Curriculum Transaction Therby Catering to The Educational Objectives at The Secondary School Level |
| Name of the Guide | Dr. Vasundhara Padmanabhan |
| University | University of Mumbai |
| Year of Completion | 2012 |
Dr. Sandeep M. Joshi
| Subject of Research | Utilisation of Solar Thermal Energy |
| Name of the Thesis | Development of Solar Dryer |
| Name of the Guide | Prof. Milind V. Rane |
| University | Indian Institute of Technology Bombay |
| Year of Completion | 2017 |
Dr. Sandeep S. Shinde
| Subject of Research | Physical Education |
| Name of the Thesis | Construction of Test Battery for the Selection of Inter-collegiate Volleyball Players of University of Mumbai |
| Name of the Guide | Dr. R. R. Dhakne |
| University | University of Mumbai |
| Year of Completion | 2016 |
Dr. Arun Shridharan Pillai
| Subject of Research | Science Electronics (Processor Design) |
| Name of the Thesis | Design of an Instruction Based Methodology for Design of Processors and to Study the Timing and Power of the Designed Processor |
| Name of the Guide | Dr. S. K. Dubey, of Physics |
| University | University of Mumbai |
| Year of Completion | 2008 |
Dr. Betty Sibil
| Subject of Research | Business Policy and Administration |
| Name of the Thesis | Strategic Management of Human Resources Organizations; Challenges and Opportunities |
| Name of the Guide | Dr. Vivek Deolankar |
| University | University of Mumbai |
| Year of Completion | 2013 |
Dr. Manju Ranjit Pillai
| Subject of Research | Chemistry |
| Name of the Thesis | Evaluation of Chemically Modified Solid Surfaces for the Removal of Some Toxic Metal Ions from Aqueous Solutions |
| Name of the Guide | Dr. T. S. Anirudhan |
| University | University of Kerala |
| Year of Completion | 2001 |
Dr. Deepali R. Shrivastava
| Subject of Research | Polymer Chemistry |
| Name of the Thesis | Investigation on Polyimide Nanocomposites Comprising in Situ Generated Silica or Siloxanes Derived Nanoparticles |
| Name of the Guide | Dr. J. M. Keller |
| University | Rani Durgavati University of Jabalpur |
| Year of Completion | 2010 |
Dr. Mahendra D. Khandkar
| Subject of Research | Computational Physics |
| Name of the Thesis | Random Sequential Adsorption : Some Analytical and Numerical Studies |
| Name of the Guide | Dr. A. V. Limaye |
| University | Pune University |
| Year of Completion | 2001 |
Dr. Malavika P. Sharma
| Subject of Research | Linguistics |
| Name of the Thesis | Test Taking Strategies in Reading Comprehension |
| Name of the Guide | Dr. Yasmeen Lukmani |
| University | University of Mumbai |
| Year of Completion | 2000 |
Dr. Anshu Murarka
| Subject of Research | Reliability Theory |
| Name of the Thesis | An Analytical Study of Some Design Reliability Models |
| Name of the Guide | Dr. Santosh Kumar Sharma |
| University | Ch. Charan Singh University, Meerut |
| Year of Completion | 2009 |
Dr. Biswajit Panda
| Subject of Research | Polymer Science and Engineering |
| Name of the Thesis | Fabrication and Characterization of Carbon Nanotubes Based Ternay Polymer Blends of Pa6, Pp and Abs |
| Name of the Guide | Dr. Ajit R. Kulkarni and Arup R. Bhattacharyya |
| University | University of IIT Bombay |
| Year of Completion | 2011 |
Dr. Ashish Tripathi
| Subject of Research | Business Finance |
| Name of the Thesis | Financial Management of Industries in India |
| Name of the Guide | Dr. Vivek Deolankar |
| University | University of Mumbai |
| Year of Completion | 2010 |
Dr. Rinkoo Shantnu
| Subject of Research | Economics |
| Name of the Thesis | Prospects of Housing Finance in India with Special Reference to LIC Housing Finance Ltd. |
| Name of the Guide | Dr. R. K. Rastogi |
| University | M. J. P. Rohilkhand University, Bareilly |
| Year of Completion | 2009 |
Dr. Lata Krishnan
| Subject of Research | Business Administration |
| Name of the Thesis | A Study of Self -Financing Institutions in The Mumbai Region |
| Name of the Guide | Dr. Vivek Deolankar |
| University | University of Mumbai |
| Year of Completion | 2007 |
Dr. Kumud Singh
| Subject of Research | Botany |
| Name of the Thesis | Biomass Yield of Selected Aromatic Plants on Soil Affiliated By Salanity and Alkalinity |
| Name of the Guide | Dr. Mahesh Pratap Singh |
| University | Purvanchal University, Jaunpur, U.P |
| Year of Completion | 2005 |
Dr. Avinash Tukaram Gatade
| Subject of Research | Analytical Chemistry |
| Name of the Thesis | Standardization of Traditional Herbal Preparation Used in Treatments. |
| Name of the Guide | Dr. R. T. Sane |
| University | University of Mumbai |
| Year of Completion | 2011 |
Dr. Manvendra Vashistha
| Subject of Research | Hydrogen Storage Materials, Ion Beam Irradiations |
| Name of the Thesis | Growth, Charecterization and Hydrogenation Behaviour of Thin Film Metal Hydride |
| Name of the Guide | Dr. I. P. Jain |
| University | University of Rajasthan, Jaipur |
| Year of Completion | 2000 |
Dr. Kumudini Das
| Subject of Research | Statistics |
| Name of the Thesis | A Demographic perpective of couple characteristics in India - Variation and Implication |
| Name of the Guide | Dr. P. K. Thripathy |
| University | Utkal University |
| Year of Completion | 2012 |
Dr. Vivekanand Pawar
| Subject of Research | Human Resource Management |
| Name of the Thesis | Employee Engagement: An empirical study of teachers engagement in higher education |
| Name of the Guide | Dr. Manjari Srivastava, Dr. Vidya Naik, Dr. Animesh Bahadur |
| University | NMIMS University |
| Year of Completion | 2014 |
Dr. Bhavna Dave
| Subject of Research | Education |
| Name of the Thesis | A study of the effectiveness of Brain Compatible Instructional Intervention on Knowledge Acquisition and Problem Solving Ability of students of Upper Primary School. |
| Name of the Guide | Dr Sally Enos |
| University | University of Mumbai |
| Year of Completion | 2016 |
Dr. Jayanta K. Behera
| Subject of Research | Physics |
| Name of the Thesis | Study of Sub-Auroral Dynamics using Integrated Measurement |
| Name of the Guide | Dr. Ashwini K. Sinha |
| University | University of Mumbai |
| Year of Completion | 2017 |
Dr. Sharvari S. Govilkar
| Subject of Research | Natural Language Processing |
| Name of the Thesis | Semantic Informationa extraction Using Ontology for Devnagari script documents |
| Name of the Guide | Dr. J. W. Bakal |
| University | University of Mumbai |
| Year of Completion | 2017 |
Dr. Divya MV Padmanabhan
| Subject of Research | Nanoceramic synthesis and processing |
| Name of the Thesis | Salt Incorporated Precursor spray based synthesis of nano zirconia |
| Name of the Guide | Prof. Parag Bhargava |
| University | Indian Institute of Technology Bombay |
| Year of Completion | 2017 |
Dr. Basavaraj S. Talikoti
| Subject of Research | Physical Education |
| Name of the Thesis | Construction of Test Battery for the Selection of Inter-collegiate Volleyball Players of University of Mumbai |
| Name of the Guide | Dr. R. R. Dhakne |
| University | University of Mumbai |
| Year of Completion | 2016 |
