Fighting the menace of fake degrees

Telangana police to help TSCHE digitise varsity certificates to end the fake degrees menace

The fake certificates menace has been haunting universities in Telangana for long despite several security features introduced over the years, and the Telangana State Council of Higher Education (TSCHE) now wants to end it forever with the help of technology.

Officials of TSCHE in association with the Telangana police are planning digital lockers where potential employers or foreign varsities can check the veracity of the certificates online itself bypassing the cumbersome process of personal visits to campuses. “The verification will be swift and authentic sitting from the comfort of their own offices as they would get access to the servers on request,” an official said.

To kick off the process of digitisation with the intervention of the present technology available with the Telangana government, TSCHE chairman R. Limbadri and vice-chairman V. Venkataramana had a meeting with Director General of Police M. Mahender Reddy, who assured them the technology to streamline the system permanently.