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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

Sodhganga, an innovative program of MHRD and UGC to set up an opne source digital repository of Ph.D theses in various disciplines in India. The users can download full text Ph.D theses from Sodhgana – INFLIBNET after completing registration process on the portal http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/ . Following is the step by step procedure to register on the website.

Also Read: Sodhganga – Participating Universities

How to search Sodhganga for Ph.D Theses

1) Log on to http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/
2) Go to User Registration at the right end of the menu
3) Fill the details such as University Name, Department Name, Your name and address, State, Pincode, Date of Birth, Your Designation (Student / Faculty / Research Scholar), Guide, Certificate Description etc.

4) You must upload your Ph.D award certificate during registration. After completing all the fields, submit the data by pressing Add button. You will get user name and password to login. With this you can upload your Ph.D Theses.