PhD Awarded on April 11, 2016 from the University of Mysore (Environmental science department) for the title “Studies on the impact of pollution on distribution and diversity of fishes in Bhadra river, Shimoga District, Karnataka”

• N.S.Raju, G. V. Venkataramana, S.T.Girish, V.B. Raghavendra and Shivashankar. P (2007) : Isolation and evaluation of indigenous soil fungi for decolourization of textile dyes, J.of.App.Sciences, 7(2): 298-301
• Shivashankar. P and G. V. Venkataramana (2012) : Ichthyodiversity status with relation to water quality of Bhadra river, Western Ghats, Shimoga District, Karnataka, Annals of Biological Research, 3 (10): 4893-4903
• Shivashankar. P and G. V. Venkataramana (2013) : Zooplankton diversity and their seasonal variations of Bhadra reservoir, Karnataka, India Int. Res. J. Environment Sci. Vol. 2(5), 87-91
• Smitha, Shivashankar. P and G. V. Venkataramana (2013): Zooplankton diversity of Chikkadevarayana canal in relation to physico-chemical characteristics, Journal of Env. Biol. Vol. 34, 819-824
• Smitha, Ajay D. and Shivashankar P (2013): Physico-chemical analysis of the freshwater at river Kapila, Nanjangudu industrial area, Mysore, India, Int. Res. J. Envi. Sci. Vol. 2(8), 59-65

National Level

• National Conference on Global climate change: perspectives and challenges(NCGCC-2011), Department of P.G Studies and Research in Environmental Science, Kuvempu University, Jnana Sahyadri, Shankaraghatta, 23rd & 24th March, 2011. “Fish diversity in relation to anthropogenic activity and industrial pollution in selected parts of Western ghats, Karnataka.”
• National Symposium on Biodiversity and Environment, Department of Studies in Zoology, Gulbarga University, Gulbarga in collaboration with Society for Advancement of Biological Sciences, Bangalore, 3rd , 4th & 5th November 2011, “ Diversity of fishes with relation to water quality of Bhadra river, Shimoga district, Karnataka”
• The 99th Indian Science Congress held at KIIT University, Bhubaneswar, 3rd-7th Jan 2012. “Water quality and fish diversity of Kapila river, Mysore district, Karnataka.
• National Seminar on energy resources, environmental impacts and industrial waste management – EEIWM 2012, February 27–28, 2012, Department of Studies in Environmental Sciences, Sri Venkateshwara University, Tirupati, “Zooplankton and fish diversity in relation to water quality of Bhadra river, western ghats of karnataka ”
• National Seminar on geospatial and ecological mapping of biodiversity tools and techniques, 2012, Department of Studies in Earth Science, University of Mysore, 30 & 31 May, 2012. “Diversity and its indices in freshwater fish with physico-chemical properties of Bhadra river, Western ghats of Karnataka”.