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Table 13.1. Chronological growth of Ph. D. theses in LIS

Sl. No. Year Number of Ph. D. theses
1 1957 1
2 1963 1
3 1966 1
4 1972 2
5 1973 1
6 1977 4
7 1978 3
8 1979 2
9 1980 4
10 1981 4
11 1982 3
12 1983 11
13 1984 13
14 1985 21
15 1986 18
16 1987 12
17 1988 9
18 1989 22
19 1990 18
20 1991 32
21 1992 51
22 1993 38
23 1994 36
24 1995 38
25 1996 36
26 1997 21
27 1998 22
28 1999 33
29 2000 30
30 2001 20
31 2002 33
32 2003 49
33 2004 46
34 2005 52
35 2006 30
36 2007 46
37 2008 39
Total 802

The above table depicts the number of doctoral degrees awarded in the field of LIS starting
from the year 1957 up to the year 2008. It is clear from the table that research activity was
quite rare till 1982 and all of a sudden, the research productivity increased from the year 1983.
This was due to the need and emphasis on recruiting qualified faculty and librarians mainly

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