<p class="title">State-run, private and deemed-to-be-universities can now log in to more than 15,000 “core and peer-reviewed journals” and anti-plagiarism free software at e-ShodhSindhu, an online repository created by the Human Resource Development ministry.</p>.<p class="title">Apart from journals in multiple disciplines, the repository also has a number of bibliographic, citation and factual databases from numerous publishers and aggregators, which can be accessed at very low cost.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Earlier, access was restricted to universities and other higher education institutions run or funded by the Central government<br /><br />“We have decided to be non-discriminatory and provide access to all universities, including State and private universities,” HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar said on Friday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The decision was taken at a national conference of vice-chancellors and directors of higher education institutions.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The three-day closed-door conference, which began on Thursday, was organised by the HRD ministry to chalk out action plans for improving the quality of higher education and research.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The ministry has also readied a software called "Turnitin" to help universities and other higher education institutions to detect plagiarism in PhD theses and other research works.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The software, which was until now available to centrally funded institutions, will be uploaded on University Grants Commission's (UGC) website, the minister said.</p>.<p class="CrossHead">Research funding</p>.<p class="bodytext">The ministry also decided to invite research projects for funding under IMPRINT, from State, private and deemed-to-be-universities.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The minister launched the All India Survey of Higher Education 2017-18 along with a manual for Swachhta Ranking of Higher Education Institutions.</p>
<p class="title">State-run, private and deemed-to-be-universities can now log in to more than 15,000 “core and peer-reviewed journals” and anti-plagiarism free software at e-ShodhSindhu, an online repository created by the Human Resource Development ministry.</p>.<p class="title">Apart from journals in multiple disciplines, the repository also has a number of bibliographic, citation and factual databases from numerous publishers and aggregators, which can be accessed at very low cost.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Earlier, access was restricted to universities and other higher education institutions run or funded by the Central government<br /><br />“We have decided to be non-discriminatory and provide access to all universities, including State and private universities,” HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar said on Friday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The decision was taken at a national conference of vice-chancellors and directors of higher education institutions.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The three-day closed-door conference, which began on Thursday, was organised by the HRD ministry to chalk out action plans for improving the quality of higher education and research.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The ministry has also readied a software called "Turnitin" to help universities and other higher education institutions to detect plagiarism in PhD theses and other research works.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The software, which was until now available to centrally funded institutions, will be uploaded on University Grants Commission's (UGC) website, the minister said.</p>.<p class="CrossHead">Research funding</p>.<p class="bodytext">The ministry also decided to invite research projects for funding under IMPRINT, from State, private and deemed-to-be-universities.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The minister launched the All India Survey of Higher Education 2017-18 along with a manual for Swachhta Ranking of Higher Education Institutions.</p>
