Open access in India

In India, the Open Access (उन्मुक्त अभिगम) movement started in May 2004, when two workshops were organized by the M S Swaminathan Research Foundation, Chennai.

The Shodhganga, a digital repository for theses, was also established in 2011 with the aim of promoting and preserving academic research.

The University Grants Commission (UGC) made it mandatory for scholars to deposit their theses in Shodhganga, as per the Minimum Standards and Procedure for Award of M. Phil./Ph.D.

[25] As of April 2018, there are at least 78 collections of scholarship in India housed in digital open access repositories.

[30][31] The Open Access India earlier had launched AgriXiv, preprints repository for agriculture and allied sciences which is now currently with CABI as agriRxiv.