Medical colleges must use DigiLocker-NAD, says NMC

National Medical Commission has directed all medical colleges to register and upload their 10 years of academic certificate data through the government's DigiLocker-NAD at https://nad.digilocker.gov.in.

National Medical Commission (NMC) has issued direction to all medical colleges to register and upload academic certificate data to DigiLocker-NAD.

NMC's official notification reads, "It is requested to all medical institutions to comply with the instructions contained in the said D.O. letter and to register and upload their 10 years academic certificate data (Degree, Marksheet, Admit Card, Score Card etc.) through DigiLocker-NAD (https://nad.digilocker.gov.in) at the earliest."

The D.O. letter from the Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology says, "The realization and effectiveness of digitalization in the education sector depend upon how quickly all institutional bodies register and start accessing the DigiLocker-NAD system. DigiLocker in the education sector has more than 1650 academic institutions including Universities, Institute of National Importance(INIs), CBSE, State Boards, NEET & CUET, etc and more than 60 crore academic certificate data (Degree Marksheet, Score Card, etc.). Active participation of institutions is expected towards the timely roll out of DigiLocker-NAD services which will reduce the turnaround time in admission as well as the recruitment process."

"In this regard, I would request you to kindly issue the necessary direction to the medical institutions to registered and upload their 10 years of academic certificate data (Degree, Marksheet, Admit Card, Score Card etc.) through DigiLocker-NAD (https://nad.digilocker.gov.in)," added the letter.

“The digital copy available in the DigiLocker will be treated at par with the original physical document as per Rule 9A of the Information Technology (Preservation and Retention) by Intermediary providing DigiLocker facilities) Rule 2016. Besides, the ministry of education has assigned the National Academic Depository (NAD) implementation via DigiLocker to facilitate students to get authentic educational documents in digital format directly from their original issues," the letter further added.

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