George Freddyleen Rapsang, S/o Late Balentin Lyngkhoi and Maria Rapsang of Myriaw, West Khasi Hills has been awarded the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Biotechnology by NEHU on his research topic ‘Study on probiotic activity of lactic acid bacteria characterized from traditional non alcoholic fermented floods of Meghalaya’ under the supervision of Dr SR Joshi, Associate Professor, Department of Biotechnology and Bioinformatics.