<p>Bengaluru: From November, the Bangalore University (BU) has deployed the DrillBit software, recommended by the University Grants Commission (UGC), to detect plagiarism in PhD thesis.</p>.<p>The university had deployed the anti-plagiarism software in 2015, but has switched to DrillBit for greater accuracy.</p>.<p>Recently, the varsity’s Baba Saheb Dr BR Ambedkar Central Library in partnership with the UGC and INFLIBNET held a regional training on the software for its faculty. More than 90 librarians, PhD guides and other faculty from varsities across Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh participated in the training.</p>.Bangalore University rejects claims of poor quality food at hostels .<p>BR Radhakrishna, librarian and coordinator for the programme, said that BU follows the UGC regulation (Promotion of Academic Integrity and Prevention of Plagiarism in Higher Educational Institutions) passed in 2018.</p>.<p>Data from the university reveals that around 2,500 candidates are doing PhD and it awards more than 300 PhD degrees each year.</p>.<p>While demand for PhD degrees in science subjects are the highest, the varsity also finds widespread interest in PhDs in management subjects.</p>
<p>Bengaluru: From November, the Bangalore University (BU) has deployed the DrillBit software, recommended by the University Grants Commission (UGC), to detect plagiarism in PhD thesis.</p>.<p>The university had deployed the anti-plagiarism software in 2015, but has switched to DrillBit for greater accuracy.</p>.<p>Recently, the varsity’s Baba Saheb Dr BR Ambedkar Central Library in partnership with the UGC and INFLIBNET held a regional training on the software for its faculty. More than 90 librarians, PhD guides and other faculty from varsities across Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh participated in the training.</p>.Bangalore University rejects claims of poor quality food at hostels .<p>BR Radhakrishna, librarian and coordinator for the programme, said that BU follows the UGC regulation (Promotion of Academic Integrity and Prevention of Plagiarism in Higher Educational Institutions) passed in 2018.</p>.<p>Data from the university reveals that around 2,500 candidates are doing PhD and it awards more than 300 PhD degrees each year.</p>.<p>While demand for PhD degrees in science subjects are the highest, the varsity also finds widespread interest in PhDs in management subjects.</p>
