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Anti-Plagiarism Check

Plagiarism is a form of academic dishonesty. The University is strictly against plagiarism in any shape or form.
Plagiarism is defined as submitting as one’s own work, irrespective of intent to deceive, that which derives in part or in its entirety from the work of others without due acknowledgement. Plagiarism means:
- turning in someone else’s work as one’s own;
- copying words or ideas from someone else without giving credit;
- copying and pasting from the Internet;
- failing to put quotation marks when material is reproduced verbatim;
- giving incorrect information about the source of a quotation;
- paraphrasing by changing a few words but copying the sentence structure from the source without giving credit;
- submitting work for assessment that has already been submitted, as one’s own (partially or in full) to fulfill the requirements of another degree, course or examination; and
- copying from the media (especially words and images) or from websites and claiming ownership on them.
The University shall impose the following penalties in case instances of plagiarism are found in the thesis.
- Level 0: Similarities upto 10% - Minor Similarities, no penalty.
- Level 1: Similarities above 10% to 40% - Such a scholar shall be asked to submit a revised script within a stipulated time period not exceeding 6 months.
- Level 2: Similarities above 40% to 60% - Such a scholar shall be debarred from submitting a revised script for a period of one year.
- Level 3: Similarities above 60% -Such scholar’s registration for that programme shall be cancelled. (As per UGC Regulations about Prevention of Plagiarism in Higher Educational Institutions, 23 July 2018)
If a thesis is rejected on grounds of plagiarism by an external examiner, and the charges are found to be true by the Review Committee, the thesis shall be rejected and the scholar’s admission to the programme will be cancelled.