Submitted thesis titled "Body kinetics and the Aesthetics in Kathakali - A critical study basedn Bharata's Natyasastra." at the Keralakalamandalam deemed University, Vallathol Nagar, Chruthuruthy, Trissur District, Kerala, India; on 20.06.2012. Viva-voce was held on 25th November 2013. PhD, awarded on 17. 12.2013.