Ph. D. declared by the University of Pune on 10 September 2011 for the thesis entitled ‘Linguistic Analysis of Advertisements in Print and Audio-Visual Media: A Comparative Study’ under the guidance of Dr. Ashok Thorat, University of Pune (Exempted from SET/NET as per UGC norms, as the registration was on 21st January 2009, i.e. before June 2009) ▪ M.A. (ENGLISH- LINGUISTICS) from Shivaji University, Kolhapur - 55% (B+), 1998 (Eligible as per UGC Norms) ▪ B.A. (ENGLISH) from Shivaji University, Kolhapur - 65.5% (First Class, stood First in the New College, Kolhapur), 1996

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