UGC launches Good Academic Research Practices to counter plagiarism and enhance research integrity
New Delhi, 30 Sept 2020: The University Grants Commission (UGC), the regulator for higher education in India, on 29 September 2020 released a new guidance document related to academic research in India, titled Good Academic Research Practices (GARP). The guideline document is the first of its kind that provides a general framework for promoting research […]
Read More →Republishing, recycling own published work will amount to ”self plagiarism” and violate Plagiarism Regulations: UGC
New Delhi: Republishing or re-cycling of ones own published work in academia without proper citation will now amount to self plagiarism, which is prohibited, according to the University Grants Commission (UGC). In a notice issued on 20 April 2020, the UGC, the Higher Education regulator, has mentioned that in 2018, the UGC issued the Promotion […]
Read More →Discover Ten Key Points of UGC Prevention of Plagiarism Regulations
New Delhi, 24 December 2019, By Rudra Narayan Sahoo: Copied content in PhD thesis, duplicate work in research and plagiarism academic research is a great concern in higher educational institutes (HEI) including universities and colleges. To curb plagiarism in academic research ecosystem, the UGC has already notified norms such as University Grants Commission (Promotion of […]
Read More →HRD Minister launches Plagiarism Detention Software
New Delhi, 21 Sept 2019: Union HRD Minister Mr Ramesh Pokhriyal ’Nishank’ has launched the Plagiarism Detention Software (PDS) “ShodhShuddhi”. This service is being implemented by INFLIBNET, an Inter University Centre (IUC) of UGC. PDS will significantly help to improve the quality of research outcome by ensuring the originality of ideas and publication of the […]
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