kolhapur a recent infonet digital library consortium inflibnet report stated that the shivaji university kolhapur suk stands second in use of nature publications groups npg ejournal usage in the country the jawaharlal nehru university jnu stands third in the usage of the coveted scientific journalthe university grants commission ugc provides the inflibnet service to universities across the country the service offers over 8000 scientific journals in its network including the nature journal it also revealed that the number of nature scientific journal users in the suk have risen from a mere 34 in 2014 to more than 1800 in 2015devanand shinde suks vicechancellor said that it is a special achievement for the university after having also accomplished first rank in the national institution ranking framework nirf at the statelevel last monthshinde said that over 3000 computers are connected via inflibnet in the university campus and the service of journals is open 24x7 for the studentsnamita khot the university librarian said that the cochin university of science and technology has won the first prize of the npg ejournal usage award followed by the sukshe added rajendra kumar assistant general manager of npg emailed the university about the feat on april 22khot further said that the university subscribed to 8643 scientific journals via its own services and the inflibnet