The theses and dissertations submitted by students to a particular university in print form were the property of that university and were not easily accessible or visible to others. But Electronic Thesis and Dissertation (ETD) repositories are addressing this problem by making institutional knowledge available online and thereby increasing its visibility and use. Electronic version of traditional thesis and dissertation explaining research of students is capable of distribution through telecommunication networks to global users. ETD initiatives at the University levels were with the initiatives of INFLIBNET when it has created a database of theses in the form of bibliography records covering all subjects of all universities. Shodhganga is being executed by INFLIBNET as a national repository centre of theses and dissertation of India.
