Soon, getting duplicate PU degree will just be a click away

Aarti Kapur

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, September 16

Getting a copy of your Panjab University degree for any course will soon be just a click away as the authorities have decided to start issuing online degrees to students. From September 23, the services of issuing copies of degrees to students will be available online.

To make the process hassle-free for students, the university has decided that after an application for an online degree is received by the examination wing of the university, within three days, a duplicate of the degree will be sent to the student along with a username and password, using which he can access the copy.

Earlier, a duplicate of a degree was issued manually in 21 days by the examination wing.

The student who applies for the online degree will have to send a scanned photo ID proof to get the degree issued by the university. Under the new rules, a candidate also has the option of getting a copy of the degree by post.

To check any misuse of the online copy of the degree, the university has added some security features. To open a copy of the degree, a student will have to fill some details, which will be verified by the software and only after that the student will have access to the copy.

PU Controller of Examinations Parvinder Singh said the online degree would have several advantages for the students as it would be a verified degree and could be used for admission to any university and for immigration purposes by them. He said the fee for the online duplicate degree would be the same as that charged for issuing a degree manually.

A student can also apply for duplicate certificates online. From next year, the university plans to issue degrees carrying the photograph of the student.

The new degree will also have details of the student in Hindi and will carry a hologram which will have the profile of the student and details of his or her admission and parents. 

A first Panjab University will be the first university in the country to introduce online duplicate copies of degrees to students.