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Senthilkumaran, Deputy Librarian welcomed the guests and participants, he spoke about the
importance and purpose of this User Awareness Programme. Prof. (Dr.) G. Gopa Kumar, Vice Chancellor

inaugurated the programme. In his inaugural address, he appreciated the initiatives taken by the library
for organizing such kind of workshops jointly in collaboration with INFLIBNET Centre for the faculty
members, research scholars, students and library professionals. He also emphasized the need of such
programmes in the changing scenario of digital era. He said that anti-plagiarism facility would raise the
standard of research of the University. He added that anti- plagiarism monitoring could be extended to

PG courses in future. Prof. (Dr.) K. P. Suresh, Registrar, appreciated the library team for organizing user
awareness programme on Shodhganga and anti- plagiarism software.

Mr. Manoj Kumar K, Scientist D (CS), INFLIBNET Centre, made a detailed presentation on Shodhganga,
Shodhgangotri and URKUND: a plagiarism detection tool. He demonstrated the process of uploading
theses into Shodhganga and checking chapters of the thesis for plagiarism using URKUND. He pointed

out that Shodhgangotri host synopses or approved research proposals submitted to the universities in
India by research scholars for registering themselves for the Ph.D programme. He also presented
statistical data on Shodhganga and requested the University to upload their theses into Shodhganga.
Dr. Shivarama Rao, K., Assistant Librarian, CUK concluded the session and extended a warm vote of
thanks at the end of the programme. 120 participants took part in the programme.

8.6. One-day Workshop on URKUND: A Plagiarism Detection Tool under Shodhganga &
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Mendeley: Referencing Tool and Inauguration of ETD Lab, Assam University, Silchar, 7
November, 2016

One-day Workshop on URKUND: A Plagiarism Detection Tool & Mendeley: Referencing Tool was
organised by Assam University, Silchar in collaboration with INFLIBNET Centre, Gandhinagar on 7
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November, 2016 at Bipin Chandra Paul Seminar Hall, Assam University, Silchar. Dr. Arun K Sharma,

Librarian coordinated the programme and welcomed the guests and participants. Prof. Dilip Chandra
Nath, Hon’ble Vice-Chancellor inaugurated the programme. Mr. Manoj Kumar K, Scientist D (CS),
INFLIBNET Centre made detailed presentations on URKUND: A Plagiarism Detection Tool& Mendeley:
Referencing Tool. He demonstrated method of generating similarity report and preparing references
using Mendeley and integrating it with word processing software. The programme ended with a
question answer session that addressed most of the queries of the participants. Around 120 participants

including faculty members and research scholars, participated in the programme. Dr. Arun K Sharma
tended a warm vote of thanks at the end of the programme.

Prof. Dilip Chandra Nath, Hon’ble Vice-Chancellor, Assam University inaugurated the institutional
Digital Repository (IDR) along with ETD Lab under Shodhganga project at Central Library, Assam
University in presence of Mr. Manoj Kumar K, Scientist D (CS), INFLIBNET Centre and Dr. Arun K Sharma,

Librarian, Assam University.

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