Chettinad Academy of Research and Education is a Deemed to be University under Section 3 of the UGC Act, 1956 offering courses in the Faculty of Medicine, Allied Health Sciences, Nursing, Law, Architecture, Pharmaceutical Sciences and Physiotherapy. NAD Cell of Chettinad Academy of Research and Education facilitates the registration of students on DigiLocker portal. National Academic Depository (NAD) would be an online store house of all academic awards (certificates, diplomas, degrees, mark-sheets lodged by the academic institutions in a digital format. It will be on 24 x 7 online mode for making available academic awards and shall help in validating their authenticity, their safe storage and easy retrieval.