Shodhganga is a digital repository of theses and dissertations submitted to Indian universities. It is maintained by INFLIBNET Centre which is an autonomous Inter-University Center of the University Grants Commission (UGC) of India. More than 397 universities and centrally funded institutions contributing their research out put to the Shodh Ganga and 467 institutions signed MOU with the project.There are 231171 full text theses and 6450 synopses are currently available at the portal. The full text of all the documents submitted to Shodh Ganga are available to read and to download in open access to the academic community worldwide.
According to Shodh Ganga website "Theses and dissertations are known to be the rich and unique source of information, often the only source of research work that does not find its way into various publication channels. Theses and dissertations remain an un-tapped and under-utilized asset, leading to unnecessary duplication and repetition that, in effect, is the anti-theses of research and wastage of huge resources, both human and financial." To solve this problem since 2016 May UGC made mandate submission of electronic version of theses and dissertations by the researchers in universities with an aim to facilitate open access to Indian theses and dissertations. The online platform of electronic theses will help to easy access and archiving of theses and dissertation of all institution participating in the project. This facilitate to improve the standard and quality of academic research by avoiding duplication of research.
The Shodhganga depository is built using open source digital library software DSpace developed by MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) in partnership between Hewlett- Packard (HP). The DSpace uses internationally recognized protocols and interoperability standards. So the repository has the ability to capture, index, store, disseminate and preserve ETDs (Electronic Theses and Dissertations). Access the portal at https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in .
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