MU LAUNCHES AN ONLINE DATABASE SYSTEM

THE UNIVERSITY OF MUMBAI RECENTLY LAUNCHED THE NATIONAL ACADEMIC DEPOSITORY TO MAINTAIN AN ONLINE DATABASE OF THE ACADEMIC RECORDS OF ITS STUDENTS

Rajan Welukar, vice chancellor, University of Mumbai(MU), recently launched the university's National Academic Depository (NAD) in the presence of Dinesh Bhonde, controller of examinations and senior officials of MU, Central Depository Services (India) Limited (CDSL) and Infosys.NAD is a national database set up by the CDSL to maintain an online database system of academic records of its students.

Speaking on the occasion Welukar said, “NAD will enable universities and employers to check the veracity of mark sheets and degree certificates issued by MU with the NAD database.“ The new system is aimed at facilitating online verification and easy retrieval of academic records, thereby eliminating the need for students to physically approach educational institutions to obtain attestations and transcripts of certificates. The system will also deal with issues revolving around forged certificates.

It will also offer an online interface that will enable employers and other academic institutions to verify the academic records of a candidate with their consent.

The mark sheets will be designed with watermark and print securities and can be printed by the candidates or authorised per sons institutions at any point in time. Moreover, convocation certificates will be printed with various security codes and will be stored in the depository system along with the database of convocation awards, thereby maintaining the authenticity of the degree.

CDSL had introduced NAD in 2010 with a view to obviate the issues associated with the issue of academic mark sheets, degrees and convocation certificates in paper form.

HOW IT WORKS

Qhttp:www.nad.co.in On the declaration of the result, the data will be uploaded on http:www.nad.co.in by authorised officers in the pre-determined database format. The data will be digitally signed and the mark sheet will be generated, verified and published onlinehttp:www.nad.co.in

Q Candidates can then download and print their mark sheet from the link provided on the university's website

Q The document will bear an encrypted digital signature of the controller of examination

Q Students can also use the NAD database to print duplicate certificates as well as attested copies of their documents

Q Employers, who wish to carry out verification of certificates, will have to a pay one-time registration fee. Each printed copy of the document will have a unique 2D barcode

Source | Mumbai Mirror | 24 June 2015