This document discusses electronic thesis and dissertation (ETD) initiatives in India. It notes that nearly 300 universities and 100 R&D institutions in India grant PhD and master's degrees, with around 10,000 PhD theses accepted annually. Several universities and institutions have established ETD repositories, including IIT Kanpur, IIT Delhi, Vidyanidhi, and INFLIBNET's national union catalog of doctoral theses containing over 150,000 records. The document aims to conduct a comparative study of prominent Indian ETD repositories to analyze how they function, identify constraints, and propose a model for a national ETD repository that allows participation from all universities and institutions.