SriVenkateswara University, Tirupati, has been awarded Ph D in Hindi to Pamishetti Rajeshwari Devi, who works as a Hindi junior lecturer at Government Junior College (Old Town) in Anantapur. She received the doctorate for her research on ‘Familial Dysfunctions in Stories Written by Female Hindi Authors in the 21st Century.’ She expressed special gratitude to her research supervisor Prof Narayana, Head of the Department of Hindi and a member of Board of Studies, and to Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati.