Mr. Sachin S Bhat, Senior Assistant Professor in the department of Electronics and Communication Engineering at Shri Madhwa Vadiraja Institute of Technology and Management (SMVITM) Bantakal, was awarded PhD degree by Reva University of Bengaluru for his thesis titled “Design and development of deep learning algorithms for character recognition of Kannada inscriptions”, submitted under the guidance of Dr. Shashikala G., Professor in the School of Electronics at Reva University. Originally belonging to Shirali town of Uttara Kannada district, Dr. Bhat is the son of Sri Sadashiva Bhat, retired employee of Vijaya Bank, Kumta, and Teacher Smt. Shailaja. Recently he was honored with the Young Researcher award, by “Green Thinkerz” International Society.