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Table 1.Year wise distribution of Ph D theses in the field of LIS
Sl No Year No. of PhD theses
Percentage (%)
1 2013 119 21.72
2 2014 107 19.53
3 2015 126 22.99
4 2016 115 20.99
5 2017 81 14.78
Total 5 Years 548 100
Figure 1 Year wise distribution of Ph D theses in the field of LIS
Table 2. University wise contribution of PhD theses in the field of LIS
Sl.
No
Name of University 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 Total
% 1 University of Mysore,
Mysuru
2 7 12 6 12 39
7.12
2 Alagappa University, 3 1 10 12 8 34
6.20
119
107
126
115
81
0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140
2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
No. of PhD theses
No. of PhD theses
2 Tamil Nadu
3 Dr. Babasaheb
Ambedkar Marathwada University, Maharastra
8 - 7 13 3 31
5.66 4 Manonmaniam
Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli
6 4 9 6 6 31
5.66 5 Bharathiar University,
Tamil Nadu
5 11 14 - - 30
5.47 6 Gauhati University,
Guwahati
6 3 3 8 4 24
4.38 7 Tilak Maharastra
Bidyapeeth, Pune
1 1 10 6 5 23
4.20
8 Madurai Kamaraj
University, Madurai
9 6 5 - - 20
3.65 9 Gulbarga University,
Karnataka
- 4 2 5 7 18
3.28 10 Sri Venkateswar
University, Tirupati
3 2 8 3 1 17
3.10 11 Jadavpur University,
West Bengal
1 3 7 3 - 14
2.55 12 Annamalai University,
Tamil Nadu
3 9 - 1 - 13
2.37
13 Aligarh Muslim
University, Uttar Pradesh
4 2 2 4 - 12
2.19 14 Jiwaji University,
Madhya Pradesh
- 4 2 5 1 12
2.19 15 Kurukshetra University,
Kurukshetra
3 2 2 4 1 12
2.19 16 Karnataka University,
Dharwad
1 6 1 3 - 11
2.01 17 Savitribai Phule Pune
University, Pune
1 6 1 1 1 10
1.82
18 Swami Ramanand
Teerth Marathwada University, Nanded
- - - 2 8 10
1.82 19 Banasthali vidyapith,
Rajasthan
- 3 1 2 3 9
1.64 20 Sambalpur University,
Sambalpur
4 3 - - 1 8
1.46 21 Shri
Chandrasekharendra Saraswathi Viswa Mahavidyalaya, Enathur
3 2 1 1 1 8
1.46
3 22 Gujarat Vidyapith,
Gujarat
3 2 1 1 - 7
1.28 23 Guru Nanak Dev
University, Punjab
2 1 3 1 - 7
1.28 24 Karnataka State
Women’s University, Vijayapura
- - 1 - 6 7
1.28 25 Karunya University,
Coimbatore
1 2 2 1 1 7
1.28 26 Mother Teresa Womens
University, Kodaikanal
4 1 2 - - 7
1.28 27 Panjab University,
Chandigarh
1 2 - 3 1 7
1.28 28 Hindustan University,
Tamil Nadu
- - 2 3 1 6
1.09 29 Mangalore University,
Mangalore
6 - - - - 6
1.09 30 The University of
Burdwan, Bardhaman
1 3 1 1 - 6
1.09 31 University of Jammu,
Jammu
2 1 2 - 1 6
1.09 32 University of Madras,
Chennai
2 1 1 2 - 6
1.09 33 Manipur University,
Imphal
1 4 - - - 5
0.91
34 SNDT Women’s
University, Mumbai
3 - - 1 1 5
0.91 35 Osmania University,
Hyderabad
- 3 1 - - 4
0.73 36 Sardar Patel University,
Gujarat
1 1 - 1 1 4
0.73 37 Shri Krishnadevaraya
University, Anantapur
2 - - 2 - 4
0.73 38 University of Calcutta,
Kolkata
2 - - 2 - 4
0.73
39 University of Calicut - 1 2 1 - 4
0.73 40 Andhra University,
Andhra Pradesh
3 - - - - 3
0.55 41 Bharathidasan
University, Tamil Nadu
2 - 1 - - 3
0.55 42 Maharaja
Krishnakumarsinjhi Bhavnagar
University,Bhavnagar
- 1 1 1 - 3
0.55
43 North Maharastra 2 - 1 - - 3
0.55
4 University, Jalgaon
44 Shivaji University, Kolhapur
1 1 1 - - 3
0.55 45 University of Kalyani,
Nandia
- 2 1 - - 3
0.55 46 Bangalore University,
Karnataka
1 - 1 - - 2
0.36 47 Galgotias University,
Greater Noida
- - - - 2 2
0.36 48 Kuvempu University,
Shimoga
2 - - - - 2
0.36 49 Maharaja Sayajirao
University of Baroda, Vadodara
1 1 - - - 2
0.36 50 Mizoram University,
Aizawl
2 - - - 2
0.36 51 North Eastern Hill
University, Shillong
2 - - - - 2
0.36 52 Periyar Maniammai
University, Thanjavur
1 1 - 2
0.36 53 Pt. Ravishankar Shukla
University, Raipur
2 - - - - 2
0.36 54 Shri Jagadishprasad
Jhabarmal Tibrewala University, Jhunjhunu
- - - 2 - 2
0.36 55 Tata Institute of Social
Sciences, Mumbai
- - - - 2 2
0.36 56 University of Delhi,
New Delhi
2 - - - - 2
0.36 57 University of Kashmir,
Shrinagar
1 1 2
0.36 58 University of Lucknow,
Lucknow
1 - 1 - - 2
0.36 59 Bharati Vidyapeeth
Deemed University, Pune
- - - 1 - 1
0.18
60 Guru Ghasidas
University, Chhattisgarh
1 - - - - 1
0.18 61 Hemchandracharya
North Gujarat
University, Gujarat
- - 1 - - 1
0.18 62 Kalasalingam
University, Tamil Nadu
- - - 1 1
0.18 63 Mewar University,
Chittorgarh
- - - 1 - 1
0.18
5 64 Mohanlal Sukhadia
University, Udaipur
- - - 1 - 1
0.18 65 Monad University,
Hapur
- - - - 1 1
0.18 66 Punjabi University,
Patiala
1 - - - - 1
0.18 67 Rai University,
Ahmedabad
- - - 1 - 1
0.18 68 Singhania University,
Jhunjhunu
1 - - - - 1
0.18 69 Solapur University,
Solapur
- - 1 - - 1
0.18 70 Swami Vivekanand
University, Sagar
- - - - 1 1
0.18 71 The IIS University,
Jaipur
- - 1 - - 1
0.18 72 University of Kerala,
Thiruvananthapuram
- 1 - - - 1
0.18 73 University of Kota,
Kota
- - - 1 - 1
0.18 74 Veer Narmad South
Gujarat University, Surat
1 - - - - 1
0.18
Total 119 107 126 115 81 548 100
Table 3. State wise contribution of PhD theses in the field of LIS.
Sl. No. State
No. of
Theses %
1 Tamil Nadu 168 30.66
2 Maharastra 89 16.24
3 Karnataka 88 16.06
4 West Bengal 27 4.93
5 Andhra Pradesh 24 4.38
6 Assam 24 4.38
7 Gujarat 19 3.47
8 Uttar Pradesh 17 3.10
9 Rajasthan 16 2.92
10 Panjab 15 2.74
11 Madhya Pradesh 14 2.55
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12 Hariyana 12 2.19
13 Jammu & Kashmir 8 1.46
14 Odisha 8 1.46
15 Kerala 5 0.91
16 Manipur 5 0.91
17 Chhattisgarh 3 0.55
18 Meghalaya 2 0.36
19 Mizoram 2 0.36
20 Delhi 2 0.36
Total 548 100.00
Table 4. Subject wise distribution of PhD theses in the field of LIS
Sl. No. Subjects
No. of
Theses %
1 Library survey/User studies/Library Use 105 19.16
2 Bibliometrics/Scientometrics/Webometrics 94 17.15
3 Information Technology 65 11.86
4 Information Needs/Seeking 44 8.03
5 Academic/public/college/special Library 27 4.93
6 Networking & Resource sharing 24 4.38
7 Information Sources/systems/services 22 4.01
8 digital library 22 4.01
9 information communication technology 19 3.47
10 management of Library and Information Centres 18 3.28
11 Citation Analysis 17 3.10
12 Information Literacy 15 2.74
13 Collection Development 13 2.37
14 Automation 8 1.46
15 Information Retrieval 6 1.09
16 knowledge management 5 0.91
17 Reference Services and sources 5 0.91
18 library System/services 5 0.91
19 Information Marketing/centres 4 0.73
20 Library education 4 0.73
21 Bibliographical Control 3 0.55
22 Classification 3 0.55
23 Preservation 3 0.55
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24 Librarianship 3 0.55
25 Cataloguing 2 0.36
26 Manuscript 2 0.36
27 Library and society 2 0.36
28 Information processing and retrivel 2 0.36
29 intellectual property right 2 0.36
30 Library Legislation 1 0.18
31 Library-Finance 1 0.18
32 Database 1 0.18
33 Indexing 1 0.18
Total 548 100
Table 5. Guide wise contribution of PhD theses in the field of LIS
Sl.
No Supervisor/guide 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
No. of theses
1 Chinnasamy, K 6 2 3 - - 11
2 Nithyanandam, K. 2 2 3 3 1 11
3 Khaparde, Vaishali S. 1 - 3 4 2 10
4 Chellappandi, P. 4 3 1 - - 8
5 Jeyashankar, R 1 1 2 2 2 8
6 Kumbar, Mallinath 1 2 2 2 1 8
7 Sharma, Narendra Nath 2 1 1 3 1 8
8 Balasubramanian, P. 2 1 2 1 1 7
9 Chandrashekara, M - 1 2 1 3 7
10 Dominic, J. 2 3 1 - 1 7
11 Kamble, V.T. - - 1 3 3 7
12 Lahkar, Narendra 2 1 1 2 1 7
13 Sonwane, Shashank S. 1 - 4 2 - 7
14 Chavan, S.P. - - - 6 - 6
15 Ganesan, P - - 1 3 2 6
16 Ramasesh, C.P. - - 3 - 3 6
17 Sarasvathy, P. 2 2 2 6
18 Suresh, B. 1 1 4 - - 6
19 Tadasad, P.G. - - 1 - 5 6
20 Thanuskodi, S 2 4 6
21 Adithya Kumari H. - 2 1 - 2 5
22 Baskaran, C 4 1 5
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23 Charan, Shivdanbhai 2 2 1 5
24 Das, Subarna Kr. 1 3 1 5
25 Sharma, Sanjeev 2 1 1 1 5
26 Kaliyaperumal, K. 1 2 1 4
27 Bhattacharya, Udayan 3 1 4
28 Dahibhate, N.B. 1 2 1 4
29 Esmail, S. Mohammed 1 1 2 4
30 Jalaja, V. 1 2 1 4
31 Kaur, Amritpal 1 1 2 4
32 Lalitha, K. Sami 2 1 1 4
33 Mahajan, Preeti 1 2 1 4
34 Malhan, I.V. & Gupta, Sangita 2 1 1 4
35 Muthusamy, C. 2 2 4
36 Naushad Ali P.M 2 1 1 4
37 Nikam, Khaiser 3 1 4
38 Patil, S.K. 3 1 4
39 Raja, S 1 2 1 4
40 Reddy, V. Pulla 2 1 1 4
41 Singh, S.K. 1 1 2 4
42 Srinivasaragavan, S. 3 1 4
43 Sudharma Haridasan 1 3 4
44 Shewale, Madhukar N. 2 1 3
45 Babu, K. Surendra 3 3
46 Barman, Rajani Kanta 1 2 3
47 Chandran, D. 3 3
48 Choudhury, Bijay Kumar 1 2 3
49
Choudhury, Bijay Kumar and
Goswami, N.G. 1 1 1 3
50 Choukhande, V.G. 2 1 3
51 Dalve (Patil), D.B. 1 2 3
52 Gohel, B.M. 1 1 1 3
53 Keshava 1 2 3
54 Khot, Namita 2 1 3
55 Kumbar, B.D. 3 3
56 Lawernce, Mary A. 1 1 1 3
57 Lomte, Shakuntala 3 3
58 Padmini, K. 1 1 1 3
59 Panage, B.M. 1 1 1 3
60 Patil, D.B. 1 2 3
61 Rath, P.N. 3 3
62 Ravinder, D 2 1 3
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63 Reddy, Aruna Prasad 2 1 3
64 Saravanan, P. 1 1 1 3
65 Sharma, B.K. 2 1 3
66 Sharma, Hemant 2 1 3
67 Shokeen, Ashu 1 2 3
68 Shrivastava, Jitendra 1 2 3
69 Singh, Ibohal 1 2 3
70 Thirumagal, A. 1 1 1 3
71 Tripathi, Tridib 2 1 3
72 Trivedi, Mayank J. 1 1 1 3
73 Veer, D.K. 1 1 1 3
74 Vinitha, K. 1 2 3
75 Abraham, J 1 - 1 - - 2
76 Agarwal, Dilip Kumar - - - - 2 2
77 Agarwal, Umesh Kumar 2 2
78 Arora, Jagdish 2 2
79 Balasubramani, R. 2 2
80 Buragohain, Alka 2 2
81 Chadha, Ravinder Kumar 1 1 2
82 Chakrabarti, Rupak 1 1 2
83 Chakrabarty, Biplab 2 2
84 Chandraiah, I 2 2
85 Chatterjee, Sunil Kumar 1 1 2
86 Chikate, Anil Nanaji 1 1 2
87 Dasgupta, Sabuj 2 2
88 Ganesan, A 1 1 2
89 Gopalakrishnan, S. 1 1 2
90 Gupta, Sangita 1 1 2
91 Hangsing, P. 2 2
92 Hussain, Shabahat 1 1 2
93 Kannan, K 1 1 2
94 Khan, MTM 2 2
95 Kumar, B.T. Sampath 2 2
96 KUMAR, S. Kishore 2 2
97 Kumaravel, JPS 2 2
98 Maity, Gautam 2 2
99 Mallaiah, T.Y. 2 2
100 Manickavasagam C 1 1 2
101 Manoharan, A. 2 2
102 Muneebulla khan, Khaisar 2 2
103 Naik, Ramesh R. 1 1 2
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104 Nirmala, P.J. 1 1 2
105 Paithankar, Rajeev R. 2 2 106 Panda, K.C. 2 2
107 Pandian, N. Murugesa 1 1 2
108 Parvathamma, N. 1 1 2 109 Patil, Vinay Bhaskar 2 2
110 Pichappan, P. 2 2
111 Powdwal, Sushama 1 1 2 112 Rajaram, Shyama 1 1 2
113 Rajendra, Aparna 2 2
114 Rana, Madan Singh 1 1 2
115 Rao, Chandrasekhar V. 1 1 2
116 Rath, Pravakar 2 2
117 Sangam, S.L. 1 1 2
118 Satija, M.P. 1 1 2
119 Sen, Bharati 2 2
120 Sharma, B.K. and Sharma Hemant 2 2
121 Singh, Surya Nath 1 1 2
122 Sreekumar, M.G. 2 2
123 Thaker, Urmila A. 1 1 2
124 Verma, Maya 2 2
125 Vyas, S.D. 2 2
126 Alageswari, K.K. 1 1 127 Amudavalli, A. 1 1
128 Anandhalli, Gavisiddappa 1 1 129 Angadi, MalliKarjun 1 1 130 Anjaiah, M 1 1
131 Arockiasamy, C. Martin 1 1
132 Babu, B. Ramesh 1 1
133 Babu, B. Ramesh and Srinivasan M.R. 1 1
134 Bandyopadhyay, Amit Kumar 1 1
135 Bhavsar, Vaishali Ben L. 1 1
136 Biswas, Subal Chandra & Mukhopadhyay, Parthasarathi 1 1
137 Dahifale, Vikram 1 1 138 Darbar, Mahesh R. 1 1
139 Daya Sridhar 1 1
140 Deshmukh, Shamkant J. 1 1
141 Deshpande, N.J. 1 1
142 Devi, Purnima 1 1
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143 Dhahibate, N.B. 1 1
144 Divatankar, N.I. 1 1
145 Fatima, Nishat 1 1
146 Ganaie, Shabir Ahmed 1 1
147 Gandhi, RTD Ramesh 1 1
148 Geetha, V 1 1
149 Gopakumar, V. 1 1
150 Gowda, Purushothama 1 1
151 Gul, Sumeer 1 1
152 Gupta, Dinesh K. 1 1
153 Hadagali, Gururaj S. 1 1
154 Harinarayana, N.S. 1 1
155 Humayoon, Kabir S. 1 1
156 Jaiswal, Babita 1 1
157 Joshi, Manoj K. & Verma, R.K. 1 1
158 Kanadiya, Prayatkar 1 1
159 Kanamadi, Satish 1 1
160
Kannan, K and Gnanasekaran,
D. 1 1
161 Karisiddappa, C.R 1 1
162 Kashyap, Vinay Singh 1 1
163 Kataria, Sanjay 1 1
164 Kavitha, S. 1 1
165 Konnur, P.V. 1 1
166 Krishnamurthy, M. 1 1
167 Kumar, A. Vijaya 1 1
168 Kumar, Naresh 1 1
169 Kumbhar, Rajendra 1 1
170 Maheswarappa, B.S 1 1
171
Majumdar, Krishnapada and
Maity, Gautam 1 1
172 Mandalia, Shishirkumar H. 1 1
173 Martin arockiasamy, C. 1 1
174 Mohan, V. Vishwa 1 1
175 Mugade, V.S. 1 1
176 Mukhopadhyay, Parthasarathi 1 1
177 Nagarajan, M. 1 1
178 Narang, Asha 1 1
179 Natarajan, R. 1 1
180 Oza, Nimesh D. 1 1
181 Parekh, Harsha 1 1
182 Patil, Dalve Daya T. 1 1
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183 Perumal, P. 1 1
184 Ponnudurai, R. 1 1
185 Pujar, Shamprasad M. 1 1
186 Ragavan, S. Srinivasa 1 1
187 Rajendra, Kumbhar 1 1 188 Rajendra, P. 1 1
189 Ramesh, R. 1 1
190 Ramesha 1 1
191 Rao, S. Sudarshan 1 1
192 Ravi, S. AND Latha J.K. 1 1
193 Ravichandran, P. AND Mary, A. Lowrence 1 1
194 Sami, Lalitha K. 1 1 195 Sanjeevi, K. AND Deverajan, G. 1 1
196 Sarkhel, Juran Krishna 1 1
197 Satyanarayana, N.R. 1 1
198 Seethai, RM 1 1
199 Sen, Subir Kumar 1 1
200 Senthilkumar V. 1 1
201 Sharma, C.K. 1 1
202 Sharma, S.K. 1 1 203 Shewale, Nanaji G. 1 1
204 Shivalingaiah, D. 1 1
205 Singh, Jagtar 1 1
206 Singh, Joginder 1 1
207 Singh, K.P. 1 1
208 Singh, UN 1 1
209 Sivasami, K. 1 1
210 Somasekhara Rao, K 1 1
211 Sudhier, K.G. 1 1
212 Th, Madhuri Devi 1 1
213 Thakar, Urmilaben 1 1
214 Thandavamoorthy, K. 1 1
215 Thirunavukkarasu, A 1 1
216 Vaishnav, A.A. 1 1
217 Valasayya, G 1 1
218 Varalakshmi, RSR and Sasikala, C. 1 1
219 Veerabasavaiah, M 1 1
220 Veerachamy, M. 1 1 221 Verma, Neerja 1 1
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222 Verma, Sarita 1 1
223 Vidhate, H.G and Veer, D.K. 1 1 224 Vohra, Ranjana 1 1
225 Vyas, Himjaben J. 1 1
226 Walia, Paramjeet K. 1 1
227 Wanare, R.S. 1 1
228 Waydande, Hindurao S. 1 1
229 Zaidi, S. Mustafa K.Q. 1 1
230 Nill 1 1 2 4
Total 119 107 126 115 81 548
