Journal of Information Management
  • Year: 2021
  • Volume: 8
  • Issue: 1

Role of Technology in the Prevention of Plagiarism and Promotion of Research Integrity in HEIs of India

  • Author:
  • Sharad Kumar Sonkar1, Maneesh Kumar Bajpai2
  • Total Page Count: 5
  • Published Online: Nov 23, 2021
  • Page Number: 15 to 19

1Associate Professor, Department of Library and Information Science, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Lucknow-226025, Uttar Pradesh, India

2University Deputy Librarian, Dr. Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University, Lucknow-226012, Uttar Pradesh, India

(*Corresponding author) email id: *sksonker@yahoo.co.in

**maneeshbajpai@rmlnlu.ac.in

Abstract

This paper explores the technology implementation to prevent plagiarism and to promote research integrity in the higher education and research institutions of India. Recently, The University Grants Commission passed the UGC Regulation 2018 for the promotion of academic integrity and prevention of plagiarism in higher educational institutions. This paper deals with the features and operations related to similarity checkers i.e. URKUND and TURNITIN. It highlighted the various shades of pictures of the software which are used for maintaining research integrity and prevention of plagiarism in the higher education system of India.

Keywords

Academic integrity, Plagiarism, Similarity checker, TURNITIN, URKUND