Academic Bank of Credits (ABC)
The University Grants Commission with the concurrence of Ministry of Education had notified “The University Grants Commission (Establishment and Operation of Academic Bank of Credits in Higher Education) Regulations.2021” in the Gazette of lndia on 28 th July, 2021. The Academic Bank of Credits (ABC) platform has been developed by the National e- Governance Division (NeGD) of Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) under DigiLocker framework. Academic Bank of Credits (ABC) will digitally store the academic credits earned by students from higher education institutions registered with ABC, for awarding degree/Diploma /Certificates taking into account credits earned by students.
Feature of ABC
The following features will be available for the students in the ABC application:
- Registration for a unique ABC ID (which can be shared between Academic Institutions for any course)
- Viewing of total credit accumulated under one window
- Selection of multiple credits of convenience for transfer or redemption
- Viewing of the Transfer request status
- Reinitiating credit transfer at their conveyance.
Benefits of ABC
- Increases the student’s freedom in choosing their courses and academics.
- Enables the student to drop out in any year and then exchange the credits earned so far with a certificate/diploma if they are eligible.
- They can redeem the credits and rejoin the same or any other institute in the future and continue their education.
- The institutes cannot keep the students in the courses against their will to earn money
- Students must provide this ABC ID to the corresponding academic institutions where they are pursuing/completed their courses, to enable the academic institutions to upload credits against the student’s ABC ID on DigiLocker – National Academic Depository.
For successful implementation and to enhance the reach of the ABC programme in the V R Siddhartha Engineering College,Vijayawada, following college personnel are assigned with the following capacity.
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CONTACT DETAIL
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Dr.T.S.R. Chowdary
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Nodal Officer
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Dr. K Hemalatha
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Member
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Sri M. Ramesh
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Member
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Sri P Kishore
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Member
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Sri P V V Murali Babu
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Member
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