AICTE asks institutes to upload academic records online on Digilocker

Earlier, NAD was being implemented through NSOL Database Management Limited (NDML) and CDSL Ventures Limited (CVL).

The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) asked all technical institutions approved by it to upload academic awards of their institution on Digilocker, under the National Academic Depository (NAD). According to the official reports, the institutes are also asked by the council to designate nodal officers and set up dedicated NAD cells and reflect the details on their websites. Earlier, NAD was being implemented through NSOL Database Management Limited (NDML) and CDSL Ventures Limited (CVL). It was discontinued by the Ministry of Human Resource Development (now Ministry of Education) in March this year.

In an official circular dated November 23, AICTE stated,“It is hereby informed that Digilocker is the single depository for NAD and previous depositories NDML and CVL are not part of NAD now. For seamless transfer of data from NDML and CVL to NAD-Digilocker, UGC has already written letters to both depositories to transfer the data and to Digilocker to take charge as the sole depository of NAD.” “NAD to be implemented as a permanent scheme without levy of any user charges, by Digilocker through the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) as a single entity,” AICTE said.