IUST becomes first University in J&K to go live on Digilocker NAD
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Awantipora, Apr 20: Islamic University of Science and Technology (IUST), Awantipora became first varsity in Jammu and Kashmir to opt for digitization of academic awards through Digilocker operated National Academic Depository.
A statement said, IUST has successfully uploaded the academic awards of the students graduated in the year 2019 on NAD through Digilocker.
Vice-chancellor IUST, Prof. Mushtaq A Siddiqi congratulated the NAD Cell for this achievement. Meanwhile, Nodal Officer NAD Cell informed that the university is in the final phase of uploading the student awards of three more years on Digilocker NAD, while the rest will be uploaded in a phased manner.
NAD is an initiative of the Union Ministry of Human Resource Development under Digital India campaign to facilitate the issuance, storage and verification of the academic awards of students through online depository system.
Pertinently, as per the University Grants Commission directions, it is mandatory for all the academic institutions to upload their student awards on NAD portal through Digilocker.