Themes and Trends in Knowledge Management Research in Indian Universities

Abstract

This study examines the research carried out on the subject ‘Knowledge Management’ (KM) by the Indian academic institutions from 2010 to 2018 to evaluate the veracity of the subject development in Indian scenario. This study accrued through reviewing the submitted Ph.D. thesis on KM in Shodhganga; which is a storehouse of ‘Thesis and Dissertations’ of Indian academic institution sustained by INFLIBNET. This study gets more pertinent as per UGC regulations 2009 its mandatory for the research scholars in universities to compliance with submission of electronic version of the thesis and dissertations. This study reveals that a new trend of research in KM has evolved in time due to its multidisciplinary aspects by Indian universities which are put through by different departments. This study finds that the department of management sciences and business management are the leading branches of Indian academic institutions to conduct research on KM for last eight years.