1. Hierarchical Structure
   1. Administrator: University Librarian, is the Administrator of TURNITIN. The Administrator has control of the operations of the software and coordinates with the software vendor in case the need arises.
   2. Instructor: The Administrator creates Instructor accounts of the PAU PG faculty in TURNITIN on demand under the instructions/ guidelines from Dean, Postgraduate Studies. These accounts are used to check plagiarism in the theses, synopses, research proposals, research papers, and other research documents of PAU students and faculty.

2. Percentage of Similarity Permitted

The similarity of PG research will be checked at two stages, at the synopsis stage, and at the time of the submission of the final thesis.

1. 1. At the synopsis stage: Before the submission of the final draft of synopsis, the proposal should be run through this software. The maximum permissible percentage of similarity in the synopses of PG students is as follows:

The first and the last two pages of the report of the synopsis and the thesis/dissertation/project report in PDF format generated using this software shall be duly signed by the student, the concerned Major Advisor and the Head of the Department. A soft copy of these reports in PDF format should also be submitted to the o/o Dean PGS, along with the final synopsis.

1. 2. At the time of final submission of thesis/dissertation: The final draft of the thesis shall be run through the software before its submission to check for similarity. The permissible percentage of similarity is as follows:

The first two pages of the report generated using this software shall be duly singed by the student, the concerned Major Advisor and the Head of the Department. A CD of the report in the PDF format should also be submitted to the o/o Dean PGS, along with the final thesis. Any thesis/dissertation/project report having similarity more than the prescribed percentage shall be reviewed by the researchers and the concerned advisor till it reaches within the permissible percentage.

Any synopsis/dissertation/project report having similarity more than the prescribed percentage needs to be reviewed by the student and the concerned Major Advisor in TURNITIN.

The bibliography, definitions, operational definition and formulae shall be excluded from the plagiarism check. Text in quotes and less than 1% similar text shall also be exempted in the synopses, thesis, dissertation and project report.

3. Timeline: This policy came into force for the synopsis/final thesis/dissertation/project report submitted w.e.f. September 30, 2016.