Mangaluru, 22 Jan 2015: Santhosh Pinto Shirthady, Associate Professor, Department of Commerce and Management, Government First Grade College, Haleyangady, near here was awarded Ph D by Mangalore University for his thesis titled, Entrepreneurship Development among Minorities in Small Scale Sector - A Study with reference to Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts in Karnataka.
He was guided by Professor Dr A Raghurama, chairman, department of commerce, Mangalore University.
He is the son of the late Elias Pinto Shirthady and Epresina Pinto.