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:  Trends in Information Management (TRIM), published by University of Kashmir, Srinagar;
                :  The  Indian  Journal  of  Animal  Reproduction,  published  by  Department  of  Animal
                    Reproduction, Gynaecology & Obstetrics,  Madras Veterinary College, Chennai; and

                :  Margins, published by Department of English, Gauhati University, Guwahati.


           6.2.  Shodhganga: A Reservoir of Indian Theses & Dissertations
                (http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in)

           Shodhganga  is  a  digital  repository  set-up  for  submission  of  electronic  versions  of  theses  and
           dissertations by students / research scholars in universities in India and make them available in open
           access  to  the  world-wide  academic  community  in  response  to  the  UGC  Notification  (Minimum

           Standards  &  Procedure  for Award  of  M.Phil.  /  Ph.D  Degree,  Regulation,  2009/2016)  where-in  the
           responsibility of maintaining the digital repository of Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETDs) is
           assigned to the INFLIBNET Centre. Shodhganga is set-up using DSpace, an open source software, that
           uses internationally recognized protocols and interoperability standards. The repository provides a

           platform to research scholars in universities to deposit, re-use and share their theses and dissertations.
           Figure 17 depicts the home page of Shodhganga website.



























                                               Fig.17: Shodhganga Website
           Organisation of theses in Shodhganga reflects the academic structure of every university in the country

           which  offers  Ph.D.  programme  to  facilitate  the  scholars  to  submit  their  theses  in  the  respective
           Department / Centre / College of their Universities. Ingestion interface of DSpace was customized to
           meet the specific requirements and make the process of submission easy. The customized ingestion
           interface is simple to use and involves lesser number of steps in comparison to default submission
           interface of DSpace. The interface facilitates submission of theses either by university administrators,

           university  representatives  or  researchers. The  interface  also  facilitates  self-registration  of  scholars
           wherein the user gets e-mail alerts and notifications at different stages of workflow. The Shodhganga
           website provides information that is helpful to the researchers, research supervisors and university



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