Dear all One day '*User Awareness Programme on Shodhganga; repository of Indian theses & dissertations*' was organized on 5th December 2013 at the Conference Hall of the *Hamdard* Archive & Research Center, New Delhi. The program was initiated with a soulful recitation from the Holy *Qur’an* by the library staff pursuing knowledge. It was attended by Ph.D. research scholars from various University departments. *Mr. Manoj Kumar K*, senior scientist from INFLIBNET, Gandhinagar was the resource person. He made power point presentation which elucidated in detail the many advantages that institutions of higher education will gain by joining Shodhganga ETD repository. Highlighting by examples from several doctoral theses already uploaded by *Jamia Hamdard *University, he showed that these have been already receiving hundreds of hits across the globe from developed country like China to USA. He called upon the Ph.D. scholars to upload their synopses in the *Shodhgangotri* repository which will enable others to understand the current research trend in biological sciences. He dispelled the fear of the students regarding data theft and said that the *Shodhganga*authority has provision of putting embargo on certain portion of research work if the University Authority so desires. He also cited cases where *Shodhganga *authority has written to the Vice-Chancellors regarding plagiarism indulged in by some unscrupulous researchers. He suggested that research students may also directly upload theses if some Universities are not sincere in this regard. He informed that *Shodhganga* would shortly provide log-in and password to *Jamia Hamdard* to its anti-plagiarism software so as to check the cases of plagiarism, if any. Mr. M. Shoaib, the University Librarian, *Jamia Hamdard *underscored the need for resource sharing and told about the fundamental transformation that the library profession is experiencing on account of the advent of ICT. Dr. Gayas Makhdumi, University Librarian *Jamia Millia Islamia* opined that as all public funded research has to be made available in public domain, there is no better way than to host the research outputs of our academic institutions on the web for all interested to see and benefit. He also informed the gathering about his experience regarding another portal *Vidyanidhi*. Dr. S. Raisuddin, Director Research spoke about the need to observe ethics in research and publications. He averred that research students should not tailor-made their experiments to prove a chosen hypothesis and instead they shouldn't shy away with negative findings which belie their hypothesis. Dr. G. Qazi, the Vice-Chancellor of Jamia Hamdard in his Presidential address exhorted the students to take up newer and challenging research subjects so that they can have their mark of distinction among their peer. He lamented the practice in some institutions to produced doctoral theses with only incremental facts & figures. The highly successful session came to an end with a vote of thanks proposed by Dr. Firdous A. Wani, Registrar, *Jamia Hamdard*. The User Awareness Program was perfectly conducted by Dr. T. Shahab. Regards Dr. T. Shahab HMS Central Library Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.