Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Nov 13: In continuation to the series of lectures by eminent experts and internationally acclaimed personalities, Jammu University HRDC today organized 7th benchmark series lecture on “Plagiarism, its detection and avoidance vis-à-vis UGC plagiarism regulation 2018” by Prof Ramesh C Gaur, Dean and Director (Library & Information), Indira Gandhi National Centre, Minister of Culture, Government of India.
In his lecture, Prof Gaur exhorted upon anti-plagiarism strategies for students, researchers and educators and stressed on strengthening the library system. He expressed concern that inspite of India being the large producer of research outputs, unfortunately when it comes to citation, it lags behind, which is a matter of concern.
Prof Gaur articulated that in some cases, researchers resort to plagiarism not due to bad intentions but due to lack of knowledge about the ethics of writing or disorganization, poor study habits, lack of strict academic discipline and so on. He further contemplated that plagiarism is a form of theft so it needs attention as well as action.
Prof Manoj Dhar, Vice-Chancellor University of Jammu, in his presidential remarks, informed that University of Jammu had put in place a very effective policy for checking the menace and introduced various checks and balances to eradicate the problem of plagiarism. He expressed satisfaction that faculty members and research scholars are focusing more on the quality of research work and desisting from publishing their work in predatory journals .
Prof Dhar further informed that at University level, various committees have been constituted which are monitoring and suggesting various reforms to eradicate the problem of plagiarism. He advised the faculty members and the students that one should be well aware of the intellectual property rights and due credit should be given to the researcher whose work is cited in the research work.
Earlier, Prof Rahul Gupta, Director HRDC, delivered the formal welcome address. Prof Sangeeta Gupta, Head, Dept of Library and Information Sciences, introduced the keynote speaker to the audience. Ranjeet Kalra, teaching faculty, delivered the formal vote of thanks.
Among others, Prof Jigar Mohd, Prof K S Charak, Prof Pankaj Srivastava, Prof Lalit Sen, Prof Vinod Sharma, faculty members, students, scholars, staff were also present on the occasion.
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