This is a portal enabling electronic storage of academic records. As this initiative progresses and covers Pan India, this shall be a crucial link to international admissions and record submission.

Students pursuing higher education in India and planning to go Overseas, may please enrol. The storage and first download is free till age 27 years.

NAD will

• Operate in fully online mode
• Allow lodging of Academic awards in a digital format, maintaining the integrity of access to the database and of the awards lodged in the database.
• Allow students to retrieve their lodged academic awards at any time.
• Allow employers and other person with prior approval of the concerned student to verify the authenticity of any academic award.
• Maintain the authenticity, integrity and confidentiality of the database

Academic Institutions to be covered under NAD

Academic Institutions to be covered under NAD shall be the institutions listed by name by the University Grants Commission amongst the following categories:

• Central Educational Institutions comprising:
  • Central Universities
  • Central Higher Educational Institutions and institutions empowered by an Act of Parliament or State Legislature to grant degrees
  • Central Higher Educational Institutions awarding diplomas
• State Universities and Deemed to be Universities approved for participating in NAD by the University Grants Commission (UGC).
• Private Universities approved by University Grants Commission
• Institutions approved by the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) for participating in NAD.
• Central Board of Secondary Education;
• Other School Boards
• Eligibility test conducting bodies such as bodies listed by name by UGC and shall include University Grants Commission (UGC) for National Eligibility Test (NET) and CBSE for Teacher Eligibility Test (TET).

Source:  https://nad.gov.in/