Research Trends in Library and Information Science of Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University Raipur, Chhattisgarh: A Study

The present study is an attempt to find out the research trends in the field of Library and Information Science of Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipurchhattiagarh.The study was based on the Ph.D. thesis awarded in the field of Library and Information Science between 1991 to 2020. This study was conducted to achieve following objectives like most working area of reaserch in this field, highest no. of thesis done under supervisor and highest research productivity between the year 2016 to 2020. In this context, result found that out of 24 thesis majority of thesis i.e. 07 – 07 were awarded in the area of Bibliometric study and Information seeking behavior. Highest 10 doctoral thesisawarded under the supervision of Prof. A.K. Verma. followed by Prof. Maya Verma with 09 Thesis, Dr.Superna Sengupta with 03 thesis and Dr. Md Imtiaz Ahemed with 02 thesis respectively. The highest research productivity was produced between the year 2016 to 2020.This study will be beneficial for the future researcher to conduct their research.