Summary:
The report brought to fore the fact that none of the 16 universities followed the governor’s order, dated April 21, 2017, making it mandatory for the research work of PhD scholars to be uploaded on their websites. There have been cases in the past where after the PhD is awarded, claims of plagiarism were made. Jaipur: Governor Kalyan Singh has issued a notice to all the 16 universities in Rajasthan seeking reasons regarding their failure to upload research work of PhD scholars on their websites.TOI in its Wednesday’s edition had carried a report under the headline “Varsities not adhering to Guv’s guidelines on PhD’, on page 2. The decision was made to make the system more transparent so that any form of plagiarism will be caught at the earlier stage. However, proving it is a very lengthy process..