University Grants Commission (UGC) has announced that it is enough if the applicants sign on the duplicate copies of their certificates.
The press release:
As already announced, self-signed copies of the applicants’ certificates will be enough for checking purposes.
Wherever the checking of certificates could not be carried out, copies of certificates should be endorsed by a government official.
All universities and educational institutions are ordered to bring this into effect immediately and confirmation report of this should be sent to UGC within the next 15 days.