SMVDU: Mr. Shashi Bhushan Kotwal, Assistant Professor in the School of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University, Katra, has been declared qualified for the award of the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) by the Indian Institute of Technology, Jammu. He conducted his research work in the field of Wireless Communication on the topic “Physical Layer Security in Emerging Wireless Networks through Node Selection under Frequency-Selective Fading Channels” under the supervision of Dr. Sudhakar Modem, Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT Jammu.