Soon Students will have D Mat Account for their Educational Certificates
by Shrutee K/DNS
Mumbai,,
July 11th, 2017: National Academic
Depository (NAD) is an initiative
undertaken by MHRD for digital issuance, storage and access of all academic
certificates issued by academic institutions in the country, will be implemented through NSDL Database
Management Limited (NDML), a wholly owned subsidiary of NSDL which is the
largest depository of India.
The National Academic Depository was launched by Hon’ble
President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee in the presence of Hon’ble Minister of
Human Resource Development, Shri Prakash Javadekar and Hon’ble Minister of
State for Human Resource Development (Higher Education), Dr. Mahendra Nath Pandey.
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, Shri 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, Hon’ble President also launched “SWAYAM”, a large portal
of Massive Open Online Courses for Indian studentsand “SWAYAM Prabha”, a
bouquet of 32 online DTH channels dedicated to higher educational content.
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