Madras University to sign MoU with NSDL to digitise certificates
Siddharth Prabhakar | TNN | Nov 22, 2017, 06:37 IST
CHENNAI: Students graduating from University of Madras from the current academic year will no longer need to go through a laborious procedure if they have to get their certificate verified by a foreign university or a prospective employer.
The university has accepted a proposal given by a subsidiary of public sector National Securities Depository Ltd (NSDL), which will maintain academic records in a digital depository. This would give educational institutions, students and employers online access or retrieval as well as verification of records.
Moreover, this would also eliminate forgery of certificates and markheets.
The syndicate of University of Madras last week passed the resolution to have an agreement with NSDL. This is part of the National Academic Depository (NAD) scheme of the ministry of human resources development (MHRD) and University Grants Commission (UGC).
Many students of the university apply in foreign universities as well as for jobs in other countries. The prospective employers and the universities write to Madras University for verification of the records. Since the documents are in manual form, it takes many weeks. Same is the case when students lose their certificates and apply for a new one. Lack of manpower is a main reason for this. Some records are in storerooms often frequented by snakes, say professors.
"After the digitisation, students or prospective employers can directly ask NSDL and a digital copy of the record will be sent to them," a university official said.
An MoU with NSDL is likely to be signed very soon and the implementation will start by the end of this current academic year, the official said, adding a decision will also be taken if the older records can be digitised.
Siddharth Prabhakar | TNN | Nov 22, 2017, 06:37 IST
CHENNAI: Students graduating from University of Madras from the current academic year will no longer need to go through a laborious procedure if they have to get their certificate verified by a foreign university or a prospective employer.
The university has accepted a proposal given by a subsidiary of public sector National Securities Depository Ltd (NSDL), which will maintain academic records in a digital depository. This would give educational institutions, students and employers online access or retrieval as well as verification of records.
Moreover, this would also eliminate forgery of certificates and markheets.
The syndicate of University of Madras last week passed the resolution to have an agreement with NSDL. This is part of the National Academic Depository (NAD) scheme of the ministry of human resources development (MHRD) and University Grants Commission (UGC).
Many students of the university apply in foreign universities as well as for jobs in other countries. The prospective employers and the universities write to Madras University for verification of the records. Since the documents are in manual form, it takes many weeks. Same is the case when students lose their certificates and apply for a new one. Lack of manpower is a main reason for this. Some records are in storerooms often frequented by snakes, say professors.
"After the digitisation, students or prospective employers can directly ask NSDL and a digital copy of the record will be sent to them," a university official said.
An MoU with NSDL is likely to be signed very soon and the implementation will start by the end of this current academic year, the official said, adding a decision will also be taken if the older records can be digitised.
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