Union Minister of Human Resource Development Prakash Javadekar said on Friday that the Turnitin software to detect plagiarism in research, would be provided to all universities free of cost. He was speaking at a three-day national conference of vice-chancellors of universities and directors of higher education institutions here.
“A thesis has to be a new addition to existing knowledge. Plagiarism is not all right. We will upload software like Turnitin on the UGC website. It will be open for all universities in the country,” Mr. Javadekar said.
He added that e-Shodh Sindhu mass bargain journals would now be available for all universities, including State universities, deemed universities and private universities, at affordable costs.
