Saphidabha Lyngdoh Nongbri, daughter of Joit Sing Marbaniang and Sumarlin Lyngdoh Nongbri, has been awarded PhD for her thesis entitled ‘‘Synthesis and study of h5 and h6- cyclichydrocarbon of some platinum group metals containing O,O and N,O donor ligands’’ under he supervision of Prof K M Rao, Department of Chemistry, NEHU.