Introduction to Research in India

The current study has been taken up to fulfill the dire necessity to compile a comprehensive bibliographic list of all Doctoral Dissertations awarded and research in progress by the Indian Universities in Library and Information science. The necessity was felt while working on a research proposal for M.Phil to finalize a research topic when I discovered the paucity of a compilation or a publication showing the exact research thesis available. Dissertations are considered as Grey literature and primary source of information. Therefore, these documents are important for the growth of a discipline as they encapsulate formal and refined form of research and hold a mirror to the present position and trends in the discipline. It is therefore; quite imperative that these documents be by no means confined to the four walls of the University where in it is submitted to earn the degree. Very few publications which are having limited information are brought out, which, if documented properly, read more