Research scholars to face stiff action for plagiarism
Soon a research scholar
could face cancellation of his or her registration if found to have
plagiarised someone else's work and faculty , if found guilty of the
same, could be debarred from publishing any work, denied annual
increments and disqualfied from supervising any student or scholar.
As part of its effort to have zero tolerance towards plagiarism, the
University Grants Commission, has drafted a new policy to curb the
menace. It says authorities of higher education institution (HEI) can
also take suo motu notice of an act of plagiarism and initiate
proceedings.
As per the draft policy , three types of penalties would be imposed on those found guilty of lifting someone else's work.
While in case of “Level 1 and 2“ offence, the researchers would get a
chance to revise their work, “Level 3“ offence, which is “60%
similarities“ would result in cancellation of the researcher's
registration.
That's for plagiarism in noncore areas. However for
plagiarism in core areas there will be `zero tolerance'. As per the new
policy “The core work carried
out by the student, faculty , staff and researcher shall be based on
original ideas and shall be covered by Zero Tolerance Policy on
Plagiarism. In case plagiarism is established in the core work claimed,
then Plagiarism Disciplinary Authority (PDA) of the HEI shall impose
maximum penalty.“ Core work shall include abstract, summary ,
hypothesis, observations, results, conclusions and recommendations.
The draft calls for setting up of PDA, Academic Misconduct Panel (AMP)
and installation of software to detect plagiarism, among other reforms
at universities and colleges across the co
untry . As per the new policy if any member of the academic community
has reason to suspect a case of plagiarism, he or she shall report it to
the competent designated authority of the university . Upon receipt of
such a complaint or allegation the university authority shall refer the
case to the AMP who in turn shall submit a report to the PDA.
All
students submitting thesis, dissertation, term papers, reports or other
such documents to the HEI shall submit an undertaking indicating the
document has been prepared by him or her and is hisher original work and
free of any plagiarism
Source: The Times of India dated 05/09/2017
