IIT, IIM students can self-attest their certificates for admission- HRD ministry

Aspiring IIT and IIM students now don’t have to scout for attest copy from officers and waste their time. If the move from HRD ministry moves ahead, students can self-attest their documents and submit the same for further process.

This has brought a much needed relief to students, as it was a tedious work to get their documents attested. The original documents will have to be produced only at the time of admission.

The development comes in wake of a directive from the ministry of personnel, public grievances and pension asking ministries and departments to examine the proposal.

Terming the method as "citizen friendly", it said "obtaining either an attested copy or affidavit not only costs money but also involves wastage of time of the citizens and the government officials".

Students seeking admission from rural areas will immensely benefit from it along with those who face difficulty in finding an officer to get the photo copies of their certificates attested. 

Some ministries and state governments have already adopted the provision of self certification of documents like marksheet, birth certificate etc by the applicants, stakeholders instead of asking for an attested copy of the documents by a gazetted officer or filing of an affidavit.