During the coronavirus outbreak, the world dealt with online learning, and the University of Delhi (DU) took it a step further by awarding digital degrees to graduating students. During the 97th convocation, the university issued more than 1.7 lakh digital degrees, a first.
It all began when 21 doctors who received their MBBS degrees from DU-affiliated institutes in 2018 and 2019 filed a petition because they did not receive their diplomas until 2020. The Delhi High Court ordered DU to award these students digital degrees.
Printed degrees have a certain allure that digital degrees simply cannot match. Furthermore, the software can be tampered with, posing a risk to data privacy and authenticity. It can be a viable option for students who are unable to obtain their degrees in person, but it should not become the new norm.
Digital degrees are beneficial for students that are either residing very far away fro their colleges or either doing courses from foreign university but making it a new norm in this world has multiple pros as well as cons.