Central government under its National Academic Depository initiative has started digital archiving of educational certificates. Mumbai University has deposited 9 lakhs degree certificates as informed by it under a RTI query to RTI activist Anil Galgali. By making available degrees from 2014 to 2018 online, it hopes to prevent use if fraudulent educational certificates.
RTI activist Anil Galgali had asked in his query that Mumbai University provide details of number of degrees that have been deposited with the National Academic Depository. Senior systems programmer has informed him that the process was started on 22 February 2018 and in the five year period from 2014 to 2018, a total of 8 lakhs 99 Thousand 60 Degrees from the faculties of Arts, Commerce, Science, Management, Technology and Law have been uploaded on the Central Government's National Academic Depository. Comparison of the 5 year period showed that in 2014, 1 Lakhs 93 Thousand 398 degrees were uploaded where as in 2018, 1 Lakhs 89 Thousand 538 degrees were uploaded online. Faculty wise Commerce Degrees were the largest standing at 3 lakhs 98 Thousand 650 followed by arts at 1 Lakhs 50 Thousand 680 . Number for Technology stood at 1 Lakhs 29 Thousand 603 while that for science was 1 lakhs 11 Thousand 625, Management was 76 Thousand 851 and that for law stood at 31 Thousand 652.
While informing Anil Galgali in writing it was stated that no fees are charged for this service and degree and other educational certificates are made available online at the depository.
Anil Galgali has said that this revolutionary initiative of government has resulted in reduction in use of fake educational certificates and that the lengthy process of verification after selection will also be consigned to history. One one side verification of degree will be now easy for students on the other, they will have access to copies of their degree and educational certificates online.
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