Doctoral Research Output in Social Sciences in India during 2010-2014 : A Study

Ramesh K Pandita; Shivendra Singh

doi:10.14429/djlit.37.5.10637

Ramesh K Pandita Assistant Librarian, BGSB Univesity, Rajouri, J & K
Shivendra Singh Baba Farid University of Health Sciences, Faridkote Punjab

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14429/djlit.37.5.10637

Keywords: India, Higher education, Social science research, Doctoral research output, AIU

Abstract

Presents a trend of doctoral research activities undertaken in social sciences across the institutes of higher learning in India. The study is based on the secondary data compiled from the bibliography of doctoral dissertations, published on an annual basis by the Association of Indian Universities in India, in the field of social sciences during 2010-2014. The study revealed that in all, 5788 doctoral degrees were awarded across 171 institutes of Higher Learning in India in as many as 17 different social science subject disciplines, with an average of 340.47 doctoral degrees in each subject field. On an average, each individual, institution has awarded 33.84 doctoral degrees. Education, commerce and economics are the three leading subject disciplines, in which maximum doctoral degrees were awarded, while as Tourism stands at the bottom. Similarly, at the state level, the maximum doctoral degrees were awarded from Gujarat, which is followed by Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh, while as at institutional level; Dr B.R. Amedkar Marathwada University, Jawaharlal University and Maharishi Dayanand University are the three leading institutes across the country, which awarded the maximum number of doctoral degrees.

Author Biographies

Ramesh K Pandita, Assistant Librarian, BGSB Univesity, Rajouri, J & K

Mr Ramesh Pandita is working as Sr Assistant Librarian at BGSB University, Rajouri, Jammu and Kashmir, India. Mr Pandita has more than 70 research papers and over 100 popular articles to his credit, published in various journals and conference proceedings, both at the national and the international level and in popular newspapers. He is the recipient of ILA C.D. Sharma Award (2011) for the best paper written and presented.

Shivendra Singh, Baba Farid University of Health Sciences, Faridkote Punjab

Dr Shivendra Singh is working as an Assistant Librarian at Baba Farid University of Health Sciences (BFUHS), Faridkot, Punjab. Dr Singh is the recipient of the UNESCO prize in the category of National participant in UNESCO DSIR-IIMK International workshop on Green St01, Digital Library software, 2006. He has more than 30 research publications to his credit, published in both national and international journals.