The University Grants Commission vide circular dated 22nd December, 2021 has directed all Higher Education institutes to adopt the e-Sign services of ‘e-Hastakshar’ under the Digital lndia programme. This initiative of ‘e-Hastakshar’ will facilitate the easy, secure and instant signing of documents online by citizens in a legally acceptable manner as per lndian lT Act 2000. It also secures online service which has compliance of guidelines for CCA and Aadhar. Any Aadhar holder can electronically sign a form/document anytime, anywhere, through their devices such as Laptop/Computer/Mobile. The privacy of the user is ensured by thumbprint of the document for signature instead of whole document.
