Sodhganga INFLIBNET

Shodhganga is the reservoir of Ph.D theses submitted to various Indian universities in the country. There are about 1.5 lakh Ph.D these online available for reference for the researchers / teachers and those interested in academic reading. Theses from all the disciplines such as sciences, social sciences, humanities, management, engineering etc are available on the portal. Following is the step by step procedure to avail Ph.D theses of Social Sciences:

How to get Ph.D Theses of Social Sciences?

1) Log on to http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/

2) See the search box in the middle of home page. You can select Advanced Search / Subject Wise Search or can just type the researcher / thesis title etc if you know one.

3) For example, if you type Economics, all theses on Economics will be displayed on another page. You can shortlist from there as well.

4) Under Search: You can type University name, subject to get the theses from that particular university. You can also add more filters like Title / topic / researcher to further shortlist the theses. For example, see theses from Jawaharlal Nehru University.

5) There displays all the Ph.D theses of Economics from Jawaharlal Nehru University. You can get the Ph.D thesis of your choice from there. You can download the PDF files and join them into a file.

6) You can get theses of any subject (political science, sociology, anthropology, history, etc) following the same procedure mentioned above.

Also Read: Search Shodhganga for all Ph.D Theses

More than 100 Universities are participating in Sodhganga INFLIBNET Ph.D. theses project. Out of these universities, only a few have contributed with good number of doctoral theses. Following are top 40 universities that submitted Ph.D theses.

The Universities / institutes that topped the list are Cochin University of Science and Technology, Pondicherry University, Mahatma Gandhi University, Bundelkhand University etc. Following is the list of top 40 Universities:

1. Cochin University of Science and Technology [1257]
2. Mahatma Gandhi University [1164]
3. Bundelkhand University [1110]
4. Pondicherry University [679]
5. Jawaharlal Nehru University [509]
6. University of Hyderabad [418]
7. Anna University [400]
8. Bharathidasan University [342]
9. Punjabi University [335]
10. University of Pune [290]
11. Aligarh Muslim University [263]
12. Saurashtra University [252]
13. Goa University [237]
14. Acharya Nagarjuna University [235]
15. Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad [233]
16. Maharshi Dayanand University [213]
17. University of Calicut [199]
18. Shri Jagdishprasad Jhabarmal Tibarewala University [191]
19. Shivaji University [183]
20. Andhra University [150]
21. Manipal University [137]
22. Sant Gadge Baba Amravati University [136]
23. Guru Nanak Dev University [134]
24. Homi Bhabha National Institute [133]
25. Jiwaji University [114]
26. Tilak Maharashtra Vidyapeeth [105]
27. Lakshmibai National University of Physical Education [102]
28. Karnataka Veterinary, Animal and Fisheries Sciences University [102]
29. Maharaja Krishnakumarsinhji Bhavnagar University [95]
30. Maharishi Markandeshwar University [89]
31. Karnatak University [89]
32. Sardar Patel University [83]
33. SNDT Womens University [83]
34. Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda [80]
35. Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Anantapuram [79]
36. University of Delhi [78]
37. University of Kerala [70]
38. Kannur University [69]
39. Gujarat University [61]
40. Guru Ghasidas University [60]