Indian Research: Policies and Practices to Enhance the Quality of Research through Indian Open ETD Repository
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Indian Research: Policies and Practices to Enhance the Quality of Research through Indian Open ETD Repository
New education policy (NEP2020) is getting implemented in India to revamp and reform the higher education sector with changes in policies and practices with access, equity, quality, affordability & accountability which is also giving focus on Indian research. The University Grant Commission (UGC), an apex body of Govt. of India which is entrusted with responsibility of regulation, monitor and policy making for higher education institutions (HEIs). Research works in Indian Universities are made available in open ETD repository called Shodhganga for world wide access as per the policy and practices followed in country. The open access to the research repository is a boon to the Indian scholars for enhancing the quality of research. This paper finds the work flow, growth, and major thirst area raised on the analysis of Indian repository which is hosting 3,50,000 theses from 530+ contributing Universities. This paper discusses polices and practice based on important regulations/notifications which has lead India in improving the quality and quantity of research in terms of scholarly publications as well as awarding of PhD degrees. Growth of the India ETD repository along with tools provided under Govt schemes (ShodhShuddhi) to academic Institutions for quality monitoring is also discussed.
2022