Poor Visibility of Theses

Plagiarism

Poor Access

• Only 2 Universities digitized in 2005-06

• Research Result not accessible publically

• Duplication of Research

• Copying

• Sharing of theses restricted due to non availability of softcopy

• Non Continuity of Research’’

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Social, Financial and Technical

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Social

Technical

Financial

What UGC/INFLIBNET did?

UGC formed National Committee on ETD in 2009

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UGC issued Gazette Notification in 2009/2016

UGC Issued Guidelines in 2005

Responsibility Assigned to INFLIBNET Centre

Role of

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* Only 12 (B) Universities )Provided to 130)

Rs. 1 Lakh to 22 Lakhs/Univ Rs. 5-10 Lacs/Univ Rs. 3 Cr allocated

Rs. 16.00 Cr Allocated6

Key Features of SHODHGANGA Website

• Customized Ingestion Interface

• Advanced Search/ Browse Option

• Access Control and Authorization based on User privileges

• Alphabetically ordered listing of Reports based key fields

• University Structure Maintained

• Multilingual support (Malayalam, Tamil, Gujarati, Sanskrit, Urdu and Hindi Enabled)

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Views between Apr, 2017 to Jun, 2018(14 Months)

Major Subject Classification in Shodhganga

Ref: OECD

Ref: Library of Congress (LoC)

Common Subject ClassificationSubject wise Theses in Shodhganga

National and International Visitors of

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Top 10 Theses Viewed into Shodhganga (as below)

July 9, 2010

Sl. No. Title and Its Unique URL (As on 31 March 2018)No. of Views31.03.2018

No. of Views26.06.2018

1Humour in Malayalam short stories ഹാസ്യംമലയാളചെറുകഥയില്

20376 24312(http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/handle/ 10603/7650)

2Women freedom fighters in Tamil Nadu (http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/handle/10603/14211)

13126 14300

3A comparative study of life insurance Corporation of India and private life insurance companies in India (http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/handle/10603/3519)

9656 11342

4History of English literature in Pre-Post Independence India: a critical evaluation (http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/handle/10603/4901)

9245 11218

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Gujarati sonet kavitana sthityataro: ek adhyayan

8939 10375(ગજુરાતી સોનેટ કવિતાના સ્થિત્યાન્તારો: એક અધ્યયન)(http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/handle/10603/9687)

6A study of brand preference of mobile phones

8865 10201(http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/handle/10603/21293)

7A study on job satisfaction of bank employees with special reference to State Bank of India, Kanyakumari district 8768 10254(http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/handle/10603/13997)

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Tamilil Sirukadhai Thiranaaivu Thotramum Valarchiyum

8432 9020(தமிழில்சிறுகததத்திறனாய்வுததாற்றமும்வளர்ச்சியும்)

(http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/handle/10603/5754)

9Some topics in operations research

8254 9836(http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/handle/10603/74490)

10Students attitude towards entrepreneurship a study of MBA students of management institutes in Pune district 7983 9001(http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/handle/10603/95837)

Top 10 Viewed ThesesIncludes 4 Regional Language Theses

Sl. No. Title and Its Unique URLNo. of Views

No. of Views

1Humour in Malayalam short stories ഹാസ്യം മലയാള ചെറുകഥയില്‍

20376 24312(http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/handle/ 10603/7650)

5Gujarati sonet kavitana sthityataro: ek adhyayan

8939 10375(ગજુરાતી સોનેટ કવિતાના સ્થિત્યાન્તારો: એક અધ્યયન)(http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/handle/10603/9687)

8Tamilil Sirukadhai Thiranaaivu Thotramum Valarchiyum 8432 9020

(தமிழில்சிறுகததத்திறனாய்வுததாற்றமும்வளர்ச்சசிுமம்) (http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/handle/10603/5754)

610,297Urdu mein khaka nigari ka tanqeedi mutala ( ( اردو میں خاکہ نگاری کا تنقیدی مطالہ

(10603/9203)

http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in:8080/jspui/handle/10603/9203

Theses Uploaded in Other Languages In Tamil

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In Tamil

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In Malayalam

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In Malayalam

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In Gujarati

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In Gujarati

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In Hindi

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In Hindi

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In Sanskrit

In Sanskrit

In Urdu

In Urdu

In Urdu

Views in Lakhs Apr'17 May'17 Jun'17 Jul '17 Aug'17 Sep'17 Oct'17 Nov'17 Dec'17 Jan'18 Feb'18 Mar’18 Total

Page Views 376.81 339.85 241.56 267.03 308.46 343.18 309.68 353.84 493.02 570.33 434.6 355.83 4394.19

Theses Views 43.57 53.22 47.24 49.76 46.73 33.94 41.17 43.69 35.23 31.07 30.11 33.34 489.07

Deptt. Views 7.68 8.05 7.25 8.93 7.81 6.89 12.11 14.82 10.24 10.8 10.59 10.92 116.09

Univ. Views 3.39 3.51 3.38 3.78 3.18 2.71 3.32 3.85 4.1 4.3 4.28 10.92 50.72

Searches 25.37 26.72 24.21 23.83 30.11 24.24 25.15 38.95 4.1 38.36 37.92 33.36 332.32

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