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Permalink Reply by Siddhartha Shankar Ray on December 29, 2013 at 6:14

Dear Ms. Naurin Ashraf,

Thanks for your post and for highlighting an issue which seems to be pretty uncommon!

To understand the issue properly, may I request you to please let me know who has/have asked for such COUNTERSIGNED EXPERIENCE CERTIFICATES??

Because, this is for the first time I have heard of any such  requirements!!

Well, yes, one can ask for copies of the certificates DULY ATTESTED BY empowered Govt.Officials and that's all.

The reason is quite simple; to get confirmation from a responsible person that the statement/s made in the document is/are TRUE.

I clearly understand that the task you have given is extremely complicated and practically speaking, quite uncalled for.

So far I know he bureaucracy, I have enough reasons to believe that in most cases you won't get the certificates instantly.

However, to by-pass the system, you can adopt the following easy way outs:

1. Get the document of UGC Affiliation of Punjabi University Patiala. You can get it from the UGC Website (I presume that your experience certificate,was given in the College letter head which must be bearing the statement that the College is affiliated to that University) Next you search the website of the Punjabi University, Patiala and download the lists of affiliated Colleges & as your's is one among them, it must be included in the list.

2. For the second Institution search AICTE website to ensure that PTU is affiliated to it.(here too, I presume that your experience certificate,was given in the College letter head which must be bearing the statement that the College is affiliated to that University) Like earlier, next you search the website of the PTU and download the lists of affiliated Colleges & as your's is one among them , it must be included in the list

3. For the third Institution, since it is a local Government College, it will be easier for you to collect a certificate.

With all these things you MUST include a statement that you have collected the Government Certificate for the local College and as the other two Universities are  not local, it was not possible for you to go all along the respective places to collect the certificates, as such, you have provided documents from the requisite websites that the Universities are affiliated to UGC & AICTE & that your institute is affiliated to them.

Sincerely,

Siddhartha S. Ray, Calcutta

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Permalink Reply by Naurin Ashraf on January 8, 2014 at 18:24

Thank you very much for reply. I got my experience certificates countersigned by The Director College Development who sits in the affiliating university of the college (i.e. PTU)

He asked for the copy of my daily attendance register, Appointment letter, salary slip and relieving from the college. He also stated that the representative from college will bring all this information for verification, not the relieved employee himself/herself.

I fulfilled all those requirements and got my experience certificates countersigned by the Director colleges development.

Countersign was asked by JAMMU AND KASHMIR PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION for PSC posts of librarian in Higher Education.

Regards

Naurin Ashraf

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Permalink Reply by Siddhartha Shankar Ray on January 8, 2014 at 20:52

Dear Ms. Ashraf,

Thanks for your post and the good news!

In fact, I have unofficially inquired locally and learnt that as of now they don't have such requirements and upon hearing your case some of them opined that because of mushrooming of private institutes, it has become quite critical for the govt. sector to ascertain the status of them as such  govt can certainly ask for such verified documents to be on the safe side!! because there are instances that many of such private institutes  don't have the valid credentials they advertise to lure students. This is true and even in the Research Gate, an important social Networking site for Research & Higher Education people (www.Researchgate.net) there was a discussion topic EDUCATION IN INDIA HAS BECOME BUSINESS; IS IT GOOD FOR THE NATION?  received 99  comments !!

Anyway, All's well that ends well. You have completed your mission successfully. I sincerely hope that you will certainly get the J&K PSC job.

Wish you good Luck

Siddhartha S. Ray, Calcutta

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Permalink Reply by Naurin Ashraf on January 9, 2014 at 19:24

Thanks for your wishes sir

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