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MHRD to digitally issue academic certificates soon
Although it is not done voluntarily but most of the students lose their academic certificates and to curb the fake certificates MHRD has come up with an innovative initiative National Academic Depository, (NAD) that will digitally issuance, storage and access of all academic certificates issued by academic institutions in the country.
Hyderabad: Although it is not done voluntarily but most of the students lose their academic certificates and to curb the fake certificates MHRD has come up with an innovative initiative National Academic Depository, (NAD) that will digitally issuance, storage and access of all academic certificates issued by academic institutions in the country.
The Ministry of Human Resources Development (MHRD), Government of India, University Grants Commission (UGC) and All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) during “National Conclave on Digital Initiatives in Higher Education” at an impressive ceremony at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi.
Vice Chancellors of all the Universities in India, Directors / Heads of IITs, IIMs and other Academic Institutions participated in the conclave.
Under NAD every student will have a digital account to which all certificates issued by various academic institutions will be credited in digital format. Students will be identified uniquely by their Aadhaar number.
NAD will eliminate paper, mitigate the risk of fake and forged certificates and enable online, electronic authentication of certificates by employers and higher education institutions.
Speaking on the occasion, G V Nageswara Rao, MD & CEO, NSDL said, “NDML is proud to be part of NAD initiative and NDML looks forward to bringing to educational sector the same benefits that NSDL as a securities depository brought to capital markets.
” Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) became the first academic institution to join NAD through NDML. CBSE certificates for the academic year 2016-17 have been made available in NAD.
At this event some of the most awaited student-centric digital initiatives for higher education were dedicated to the service of the nation.
Besides the National Academic Depository, President Pranab Mukherjee also launched “SWAYAM”, a large portal of massive open online courses for Indian students and “SWAYAM Prabha”, a bouquet of 32 online DTH channels dedicated to higher educational content.
