Contribution of Electronic Theses and Dissertations’ (ETDs) by the Universities of Andhra Pradesh to the Shodhganga Project of INFLIBNET: A Study

Abstract

Researchers can communicate their study findings stated in their doctoral theses with the whole academic community through the platform provided by Shodhganga. Present study is focused on ETDs submission made by various universities in Andhra Pradesh (i.e State, central, deemed, private) in Shodhganga project. One of the main objectives of the research is to present the ETD’s scenario in Andhra Pradesh's universities. In this study observation method was used to collect the data which is completely web based. Data analysis was done using the Excel programme. This report highlights the contributions made to Shodhganga from May to July 2023 from various universities of Andhra Pradesh. The data accumulated was divided into several important areas, such as total contributions, types of universities, top five departments contributing to the top five universities, language-wise contributions, and the universities in Andhra Pradesh with the highest contribution. Finally, it can be concluded that, total 20 universities of Andhra Pradesh contribute their theses 23,923, and among the total 22,860 ETDs are in English language is made by the researchers.