Haryana State Board of Technical Education (HSBTE) is all set to issue digital diplomas and detailed mark certificates to its students from the current academic session 2017-18. A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed with Central Depository Services (India), a firm referred by the MHRD for utilising the National Academic Depository (NAD) services, said a spokesman of the Board.
He said that NAD provides an online store house of all academic awards and it is a 24X7 online store house of all academic awards viz. certificates, diplomas, degrees, DMCs etc. duly digitised and lodged by academic institutions, boards and eligibility assessment bodies. NAD not only ensures easy access to and retrieval of an academic award but also validates and guarantees its authenticity and safe storage.
These digital depositories will keep the academic awards in digital format and ensure data integrity. Only the concerned student is authorised to access academic awards in the digital mode, which could be DMC, Diploma Certificate through the NAD online, said the spokesman.
He said that the students of 182 polytechnics affiliated with HSBTE and enrolled in the first year diploma programmes would be covered initially. Data of all other students will be gradually synchronised with the National Academic Depository.
The spokesperson further said that the creation of a digital database will negate the possibility of fake, forged certificates and recruiters or verifying agencies who want to get the credentials of applicants verified from the Board will be able to utilize NAD services for verification.