INDEST-AICTE Consortium: A decade of service for engineering, science and technology community of the country

Abstract

The article discusses various consortia operating in India, the inception of INDEST-AICTE Consortium, objectives, administrative structure, membership, services, and activities of INDEST-AICTE Consortium. It also discusses the selection of e-resources, review of e-resources, license agreement with publishers, fair use, usage analysis of various e-resources, economics of expenditure, research output of core members, archival access of e-resources for the core as well as other member of the consortium and future plan for the consortium.