DU first in India to issue highest number of digital degrees DU, India's premier university, has issued 1,76,790 digital degrees till now Sunday February 28, 2021 7:24 PM, IANS New Delhi: The Delhi University has become the first educational institution in the country to award the highest number of degrees digitally. The premier university has issued 1,76,790 digital degrees till now, becoming the first institution in the country to do so. "The DU has issued degrees digitally to 1,76,790 students on the occasion of the university's 97th convocation," DU's Dean of Examination, D.S. Rawat, told IANS. These digital degrees issued by the DU have been made available to the students of both undergraduate and postgraduate courses.