Accreditation Process

Accreditation Process

Steps in the accreditation process:

Step 1: Application Submission

Interested Institutes/Organizations submit the Online application form along with a non-refundable application fee INR 5,000/- plus applicable taxes .

Apply for Accreditation

Step 2: Application Evaluation

Council evaluates the application and may seek additional information, if needed.

Step 3: Accreditation Recommendation

Accreditation committee makes recommendation to Council after scrutiny based on which Council takes the final decision.

Step 4: Grant of Accreditation

In case ‘conditional’ accreditation is granted, Council may suggest changes to the course curriculum, administrative capacity, etc, where required prior to accreditation. The applicant must incorporate the required changes, inform and obtain approval from Council prior to accreditation.

Application Fees

a) On the basis of the likely expenditure associated with the process of accreditation, the applicant Institute/organization has to submit a non-refundable application fee of INR 5,000/- plus applicable taxes per application.

b) Subsequently, on the grant of accreditation, the applicant organization should pay Accreditation Fees of INR 35,000/- plus applicable taxes per certification accreditation, within 7 calendar days of communication of accreditation application status.

c) Accreditation shall be granted for an initial period of 1 year and thereafter it may be further renewed for a period of 2 years subject to fulfilment of Council requirements. Renewal Fees for accreditation shall be INR 25,000/- plus applicable taxes per accreditation.

d) For maintaining the database of certified professionals on GSDCI Skills Registry, a fee of INR 500/- per candidate per certificate shall be charged by GSDCI. This is subject to periodic revision by GSDCI. The certifying institution shall provide this fee in bulk, along with the data of the certified candidates as required by GSDCI.

Maintenance of Database for Certified Individuals

Upon completion of the process of accreditation of a certification examination, GSDCI shall seek details of candidates who have passed the accredited certification examination from the certifying institution. Such details may be provided on a continuing basis at a periodicity that shall be decided by GSDCI in GSDCI prescribed formats. The information will include details of the candidates and validity of the certificates.

The details of the candidates who have been certified by the virtue of their holding the accredited certificate may also be made available on GSDCI Skills Registry.

GSDCI’s Skills Registry database maintains the details of all the certified candidates and makes it available to the general public for checking the veracity of the certificates held by the candidates.