BFUHS to issue digital certificates

FARIDKOT: Following Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of digital India, Baba Farid University of Health Sciences (BFUHS) has created a special cell for issuing digital certificates/degrees.

These certificates will be preserved digitally under the National Academic Depository (NAD). “NAD is aa initiative of the central government. It is kind of a bank where students will have digital accounts for procuring and preserving their digital documents that university issues,” said a senior official.

“If a student requires a transcription of his/her certificate anywhere around the globe, he/ she can simply access the documents from his digital account with NAD. Unlike the present scenario, students will not have to visit the university in emergency situations to get their certificates. They will not have to pay any fee.”

“NAD will provide free services to users for first two years and after that it will charge a nominal fee for preserving documents. Students will be identified by their respective Aadhaar number,” said the officer.

BFUHS vice-chancellor Dr Raj Bahadur said, “We have appointed a nodal officer on the instructions of ministry concerned,” said the VC.