SMVDU: Ms. Akanksha Badyal D/o Mr. Sham Kumar and Mrs. Shashi Prabha, and w/o Mr. Akshay Mahajan has been declared qualified for the award of degree of Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in English by Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University (SMVDU), Katra, J&K. She has worked on the topic “Celebrating Femininity in Indian Post-Feminist Writings: Re- reading Contemporary Romance” under the supervision of Dr. Amitabh Vikram Dwivedi, Associate Professor, School of Languages and Literature, SMVDU, Katra. Ms. Akanksha has published many papers in SCOPUS-indexed journals and presented her papers at various international conferences. The scholar expresses her gratitude to her parents, spouse and supervisor for their invaluable guidance, as well as the School of Languages and Literature, SMVDU, for providing necessary facilities and support during her research. Professor (Dr.) Pragati Kumar, Vice- Chancellor, SMVDU, and other committee members congratulated Ms. Akanksha and wished her a bright future.