Plagiarism and Its Consequences

Dear All,

This is to inform you that Department of Library and Information Science, Central University of Tamil Nadu has organised a special online lecture series Anveshan: Online Lecture Series in LIS for Research Scholars. The third online lecture in the series was organised on 1st April, 2021 (Thursday) at 3:00 PM through Google Meet. Dr. Sneha Tripathi, Deputy Librarian, Sayajirao Gaekwad Central Library, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi has been invited as resource person and she delivered the talk on "Plagiarism and Its Consequences".

The program begin with the welcome address given by Dr. Akhandanand Shukla, Head, Department of Library and Information Science, Central University of Tamil Nadu, Thiruvarur followed by the introduction about Dr. Sneha Tripathi.

In her talk, Dr. Sneha Tripathi explained some notorious incidents connected with plagiarism. Speaker pointed out the issues related with Helen Keller and the controversies between Michelle Poonawalla and Kerby Rosanes over their artistic creation. According to her, human beings have an innate tendency to imitate others. But taking inspiration from one and simply copying the other cannot be grouped under the same definition. Examples of Anu Malik and Salil Chowdhury were quoted here. Some historical aspects of upsurge in academic publishing were discussed and issues regarding plagiarism were dealt in depth. Speaker mentioned some of the repercussions of plagiarism, such as withdrawal of published articles, rustication or even dismissal from higher position etc. Misconducts such as Ghost and Gift authorship were discussed and the speaker emphasized the ethical aspects of giving due credits to others. Tips for avoiding plagiarism while writing reviews were given. The importance of giving careful attention to copyright guidelines while publishing papers were mentioned. She also threw light on the new UGC regulations regarding plagiarism.

The lecture series was coordinated by Dr. V. K. Dhanyasree, Assistant Professor and conducted by the Department of Library and Information Science, Central University of Tamil Nadu, Thiruvarur and attended by 35 participants including faculties, research scholars, and MLIS students. The lecture series ended with a formal vote of thanks proposed by Dr. V. K. Dhanyasree. The program report was prepared by Mr. Abhijith B., Junior Research Fellow of the Department.

The glimpses of the program is given below:

Department congrats to all who attended the program and taken the benefit to listen Dr. Sneha Tripathi on plagiarism and its consequences in academic research.