A Study on growth of Institutional Repositories in India

The rapid growth of information and communication technology leads in Open access movement and it become a path to create the Institutional Repositories. The growth of institutional repositories in Indian Universities and Research and Development Organisations in India is very fast in past decades. This paper provides an overview of some of the Institutional repositories in India and the present trend and developments of IRs in India and the importance of IR are discussed in detail. Analyses of websites of various IR were done. The result reveals that the growth and development of IR in India is encouraging with the significant proliferation of Open access and digital library initiatives. The study will help the institutions in India which are in their initial stages or planning stage to develop their own IRS.