Madras University to curb plagiarism in research papers

Updated on: Monday, February 20, 2012

In an effort to curb plagiarism in research papers, the Madras University plans to purchase a specialized software that would detect copied thesis papers. 

While speaking at an International Conference on Innovations in Contemporary IT research organized by Quaid-e-Millath College for Women recently, G Thiruvasagam, Vice-chancellor of Madras University, said that the varsity has been receiving several complaints on plagiarized research papers. Soon, the university would purchase a specialized software, Turnitin to track copied research papers after the approval of senate on Feb 21.

Briefing about the functioning of the software, Thiruvasagam said that research papers submitted by scholars will be stored in a database. When a new research paper or thesis is submitted, the software scans the database for content that may have been copied from an earlier scholar's paper. Plagiarism has affected the quality of research papers, he said.

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