Government of India | Ministry of Education

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Benefits of NAD


For Academic Institutions


  • Permanent and safe record of keeping all academic awards issued;
  • No need for issuing duplicate academic awards, students can get it from NAD;
  • Effective deterrence to fake and forged paper certificates;
  • All academic awards verification needs can be addressed by NAD;
  • Efficient, effective and transparent administration.
  • Reduced Administrative Overhead: Aimed at the concept of paperless governance. It reduces the administrative overhead by minimizing the use of paper and curtailing the verification process.
  • Digital Transformation: Provides trusted issued documents.
  • Secure Document Gateway: Acts as a secure document exchange platform like payment gateway between trusted issuer and trusted Requester/Verifier with the consent of the Students.
  • Real Time Verification: Provides a verification module to verify data directly from issuers after obtaining user consent.

For Students


  • Immediate availability of academic awards upon upload by Academic Institution
  • Online, permanent record of academic awards
  • No risk of losing, spoiling, damaging the academic awards
  • Anytime, anywhere and convenient access to academic awards
  • Important Documents Anytime, Anywhere!
  • Authentic Documents, Legally at Par with Originals
  • Digital Document Exchange with the consent of the student.
  • Faster service Delivery- Government Benefits, Employment, Financial Inclusion, Educational admission, Health.

For Verification Users(Employer Companies, Banks etc.)


  • Online, quick and reliable verification of academic awards (with prior consent of the student concerned)
  • Access to authenticated copy of academic awards
  • No risk of fake and forged Certificates.
  • Reduction in cost, time and efforts for verification

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