DIRECTIVES BY GOVERNMENT OF INDIA: PLAGIARISM AMONG ACADEMICIANS

Abstract

Purpose

Plagiarism is an outbreak in Indian academic that needs to be managed. When prominent personalities from elite institutes of the country have been named and shamed on the international level due to the blatant use of plagiarism in their work. As a result, this research intends to realize the concrete steps to curb the menace of plagiarism, the Indian government bodies such as UGC has put into practice a unique system which is based on tiers and punishes the offender commensurate.

Methodology

The paper draws from published literature on various instances of plagiarism in India by reputed academicians and discussed various strategies based on the tier system launched by the Indian government to punish people who practice plagiarism in their research writings.

Findings

The paper focuses on to what extent plagiarism is increasing in India, especially among well-known academicians and how the Government of India adopted different strategies to control plagiarism.

Practical implications

This study has strategic implications for the institutions of higher education. The study suggests that universities how the Indian government is taking steps to curb plagiarism and its impact on the plagiarism behaviour.

Originality

No study seems to have examined how the Indian government is going to control the plagiarism behaviour and how the tier system launched by the government will help to reduce the problem of plagiarism. This is an attempt towards bridging this important gap in the literature.

Keywords: Plagiarism, Academicians, Tier System, Indian Government, University Grants Commission (UGC)