Ms. Richa Vij D/o Sh. Naveen Vij and Smt. Bala Vij, has been declared qualified for the award of degree of Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in the School of Computer Science and Engineering by Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University (SMVDU), Katra, Jammu. The candidate has worked on the topic entitled "Hybrid Deep Transfer Learning-based Diagnostic Approaches for Retinal Manifestation of Systemic Diseases" under the supervision of Dr. Sakshi Arora, Assistant Professor, School of Computer Science and Engineering, SMVDU. Ms. Richa Vij has published various papers in SCI/SCIE-indexed journals and presented her research papers at various international conferences. At present, the candidate is working as a Project Scientist at IIT Jammu, under a DRDO- sponsored project. The scholar expresses her gratitude to her parents, spouse and supervisor for their guidance, as well as the School of Computer Science and Engineering, SMVDU, for providing all necessary facilities and support during her research. Prof (Dr.) Pragati Kumar, Vice-Chancellor, SMVDU, and other committee members congratulated Ms. Richa Vij and wished her a bright future.