Which of the following is an online storehouse of all academic awards like certificates, diplomas, degrees, mark sheets etc.?

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  1. SWAYAM
  2. National Digital Library
  3. National Academic Library
  4. National Academic Depository

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Option 4 : National Academic Depository
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The digital revolution brought about innovative changes in the field of education.  Several initiatives have been launched by the Ministry of Human Resources and Development (MHRD) to support the same. These digital initiatives can revolutionize the complete education scenario in the coming future. 

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Various Digital Initiatives:

Digital Initiatives Purpose
SWAYAM
  • It stands for Study Webs of Active-Learning for Young Aspiring Minds.
  • It is a program initiated by the Government of India and designed to achieve the three cardinal principles of Education Policy viz., access, equity, and quality.
  • The objective is to take the best teaching-learning resources to all, including the most disadvantaged.
  • The adaptive tutorials in SWAYAM are designed to offer a personalized learning experience for every student.
National Digital Library
  • A project titled “Development of National Digital Library of India, Towards Building a National Asset” has been sanctioned to IIT, Kharagpur under NMEICT by MHRD.
  • NDL project aims to develop:
    • an overall framework to collate a large number of e-contents, virtual library, covering the needs of learners with differing abilities for different levels of education.
    • Design & development of “OAI-PMH” Server for Metadata Harvesting, Indexed, etc.
    • Pan-India virtual teaching-learning-evaluation-knowledge platform and for key national asset and
    • Collect resources from other Ministries.
  • There are more than 72 lakh digital books available through the NDL and available through mobile also.
National Academic Library
  • It is a digital platform developed by the National Informatics Centre, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Government of India for Government Libraries.
  • It provides a complete ICT solution with integrated Library Management Software.
  • It transforms traditional libraries to e-Library with Digital Library Services like automation of in-house activities of libraries, digital library integration, etc.
National Academic Depository
  • It is an initiative of MHRD to facilitate digital issuance, storage, access, and verification of Academic Awards like certificates, diplomas, degrees, mark sheets, etc. issued by Academic Institutions.
  • NAD is a Unique, Innovative, and Progressive initiative under the “Digital India” theme towards achieving the Digital enablement of the Education Records.
  • NAD aspires to make the vision of Digital Academic Certificates for every Indian a reality.
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