UGC asks educational institutes to accept degree certificates, marksheets and other educational documents in DigiLocker

• UGC, on Friday, asked all educational institutions to accept degrees, marksheets and other educational documents in the DigiLocker account as valid documents.
• Many state and central educational boards in India like the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) and several universities have already started providing digital documents.
• Students can download the DigiLocker app and register themselves to access and share the digital copies of their documents.

The University Grants Commission (UGC) on Friday, issued a circular, requesting all educational institutions to accept degrees, marksheets and other educational documents in DigiLocker account as valid documents.

DigiLocker is a secure cloud based initiative by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology for the users to store, share and verify documents and certificates.

Many state and central educational boards in India like the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) and several universities have already started providing digital documents.

The notice further stated, “The Ministry of Education, Government of India has designated the University Grants Commission (UGC) as an authorised body to implement NAD as a permanent scheme without levy of any user charges in co-operation with DigiLocker as a single depository of NAD. Academic Institutions can register themselves and upload academic awards of their institution on NAD through DigiLocker NAD portal.”

NAD is an online storehouse for academic documents in a digital format and the Ministry of Education has designated the UGC to implement NAD as a permanent scheme in cooperation with DigiLocker, the UGC said.

The circular further said, “The DigiLocker platform of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology has the facility to pull students’ degree, marksheet and other documents into issued documents section in an electronic form once uploaded through the DigiLocker National Academic Depository (NAD) platform by the original issuer.”

Students can download the DigiLocker app and register themselves to access and share the digital copies of their documents.

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