Parliament Question: National Academic Depository rollout status

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION RAJYA SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-2898 ANSWERED ON-18/03/2026 National Academic Depository rollout status 2898 Smt. Ranjeet Ranjan: Shri Shaktisinh Gohil: Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state: (a) the number of recognised higher education institutions registered and live on the National Academic Depository (NAD) as on date, State-wise/UT-wise along with the number of academic records lodged and verified during each year since 2023; (b) the number of disputes, complaints, verifications rejected or corrections recorded since 2023, category-wise; (c) the details of protection and cyber security measures currently in place to safeguard student records and personal data; (d) the timeline for full coverage of all recognised higher education institutions; and (e) whether the Ministry proposes to publish annual usage and grievance metrics on a public dashboard and if so, details thereof? ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION (DR. SUKANTA MAJUMDAR) (a) to (e): The National Academic Depository (NAD) is a digital initiative of the Government of India. It aims to provide a secure digital repository for educational documents including certificates, diplomas, degrees and marksheets. The recognised academic institutions, boards, assessment bodies etc. upload the educational documents on the NAD portal. NAD facilitates easy access and retrieval of digital educational documents for all stakeholders, while ensuring their authenticity and preservation in an efficient manner. Digital India Corporation (DIC) under the Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology is the technical partner for Ministry of Education for implementing NAD initiative. To increase the adoption of NAD, the Ministry of Education in collaboration with DIC has taken several steps to promote the adoption of NAD through extensive outreach; including nationwide workshops, regular training sessions, and targeted awareness campaigns for the institutions that are uploading the educational documents. The portal provides a grievance handling mechanism through various modalities such as website ticketing system, e-mail and 24*7 toll free numbers for issues related to educational records. Since 2023, more than 56000 grievances received on the portal have been successfully resolved. Further, the portal has been designed in accordance with the data security and privacy guidelines/ regulations issued from time to time by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY). A total of 2911 Higher Educational Institutions (HEIs) registered on the NAD platform and have uploaded 103 Crore educational documents. The State/UT-wise details of Higher Educational Institutions (HEIs) registered and the academic records lodged on the NAD since 2023 is placed at Annexure. Further, details related to institutions registered and academic records uploaded are available on the NAD dashboard at https://nad.digilocker.gov.in/statistics. *****Annexure ANNEXURE REFERRED IN THE REPLY TO PART (A) TO (E) OF RAJYA SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2898 ANSWERED ON 18.03.2026 ASKED BY SMT. RANJEET RANJAN & SHRI SHAKTISINH GOHIL, HON’BLE MEMBER(S) OF PARLIAMENT REGARDING “NATIONAL ACADEMIC DEPOSITORY ROLLOUT STATUS” State/UT-wise details of HEIs registered and academic records lodged on the NAD Portal Academic Records Lodged HEIs Registered State/UTs Examination Examination Examination on NAD Year 2023 Year 2024 Year 2025 Andaman and Nicobar Islands 1 Andhra Pradesh 283 26,07,716 27,87,599 14,10,380 Arunachal Pradesh 13 9,602 14,111 6,468 Assam 59 2,64,882 4,02,365 2,47,574 Bihar 46 12,88,896 17,03,531 9,25,967 Chandigarh 6 53,320 1,72,781 38,279 Chhattisgarh 54 10,79,952 12,10,825 6,93,205 Delhi 51 11,84,425 18,47,078 7,63,358 Goa 7 19,165 29,383 13,062 Gujarat 138 22,92,909 28,31,587 15,92,484 Haryana 68 13,93,199 13,54,459 3,78,741 Himachal Pradesh 28 89,135 1,50,987 1,24,626 Jammu And Kashmir 23 3,49,112 2,72,231 1,40,193 Jharkhand 48 4,37,593 5,60,044 3,72,329 Karnataka 239 39,79,038 43,43,389 27,25,247 Kerala 94 7,00,436 8,26,316 6,03,579 Ladakh 6 211 3,834 4,067 Madhya Pradesh 188 30,16,852 28,71,970 16,98,457 Maharashtra 408 39,28,264 52,83,034 22,61,421 Manipur 16 52,228 76,676 23,008 Meghalaya 14 37,553 85,726 8,064 Mizoram 3 23,430 29,817 16,441 Nagaland 10 24,083 38,844 22,969 Odisha 104 10,23,585 10,38,153 3,62,619 Puducherry 13 47,561 64,648 54,352 Punjab 52 6,22,232 7,10,895 2,51,267 Rajasthan 123 34,11,246 28,85,945 15,12,675 Sikkim 12 28,654 60,452 25,521 Tamil Nadu 338 11,81,434 16,33,067 7,90,200 Telangana 167 10,82,432 14,37,244 7,29,958 Tripura 9 84,784 1,10,728 53,655 Uttar Pradesh 150 63,86,279 71,12,468 56,43,920 Uttarakhand 50 5,59,797 7,38,839 3,68,400 West Bengal 90 12,04,116 16,69,684 7,31,427