DOST, to Register Online Degree Admissions in TS using T App Folio

Hyderabad: The Telangana State Council of Higher Education and Commissionerate of Collegiate Education has presented a new feature this year in view of the CoronaVirus and Social distancing for online admissions into standard degree courses through “Degree Online Services, Telangana” (DOST) 2020 can now subject to registration using the T App Folio, a real-time digital face identification system.

However, this service is applicable only for students who passed out Intermediate Education (TS BIE).

For registering,

  • Candidates must download and install the T App Folio on their mobile phone, which contains DOST ID generation service.
  • The students should enter in their BIE hall ticket number, date of birth, Aadhaar number and mobile number in the app.
  • On verification of these details along with authentication of a live photograph (selfie photo) with photograph available with the TS BIE, a DOST ID is generated.
  • Students can go in for the additional process of registration and exercise of web options through the DOST online web portal https://dost.cgg.gov.in/.

Students can also register with DOST at the helpline centres or MeeSeva centres. A total of 60 Help Line Centres (HLCs) including one State HLC, six university HLCs, 33 district HLCs and 20 college HLCs.

Apart from registrations, MeeSeva centres will help students in correcting any discrepancy with Aadhaar details and rectify any wrong uploading of certificates, TSCHE vice-chairman and DOST convener Prof. R Limbadri said.

Students whose Aadhaar number is already linked with a number can directly register on the DOST website with mobile OTP authentication. If a student’s mobile number is not linked with Aadhaar details, such student will be required to link his/her parent’s mobile number to their Aadhaar number.

In order to solve issues of the candidates, an online grievance system has also been introduced. A WhatsApp Chatbot with number 7901002200 has been integrated into the DOST system. Apart from the DOST web portal, students can also receive updates through the DOST Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/dost.telangana and DOST Twitter: https://twitter.com/dost_telangana.

T App Folio 

T App Folio is an integrated app for government to citizen provided by Government of Telangana in India. The service, as a part of Mee Seva 2.0, an integrated app that provides services like Mee Seva services, RTA services, fee payments and bill payment services etc. It is available in Telugu and English.

It was launched on 28 February 2018 by IT minister of Telangana, K. T. Rama Rao.

Around 150 services including the most used services like MeeSeva, RTA services, fee payments and bill payments.

Other informational services like location services like MeeSeva centers, Ration shops, Hy-Fi hotspots are available on the app.

The platform supports single sign on feature for using multiple services in on go. It is now extended to mobile platform under M-Governance. T app folio is an app with 180 services from various departments bundled into one single app, similar to Government of India’s, UMANG.