Finally, the call has been answered. Forget doing anything about research, UGC (University Grants Commission) is atleast taking a step in some direction. Regulation for Submission of Metadata and Full Text of Doctoral Theses in Electronic Format Regulations, 2005, Draft version1.2, is open for public review till June 15.
The objective of having a central thesis repository (electronic storage) for Ph d thesis is;
a) To facilitate electronic submission of doctoral thesis, develop data about bibliography-data (meta-data) so as to facilitate easy search and retrieval of Ph d thesis submitted in Indian Universities.
b) To build an electronic Phd thesis archive for future reference.
and; the most important in the Indian context
c) Detect plagiarised thesis passages, and authenticate the research work.
Please send your suggestions/reviews to pagarwal@ugc.ac.in within 15th June, 2005.
I welcome this technology initiative, but this is not a solution to the plagiarism bug in Indian universities The UGC needs to streamline and monitor admissions, registration, and research standards in every university. A UGC code of conduct for Phd guides and research scholars should be established. All doctoral scholars from Indian University will be legally bound by this code. They will be thus held responsible for all published research, data, and findings undertaken during the course of their Phd.
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