The university copied your name • Convocation is the deadline • Linking letter is normal

University Degree Name Correction in Jharkhand

Start with the fact that explains almost every degree name problem in this state. Your university did not choose how to spell your name. It copied it from the certificate you produced at admission, which for nearly everybody is the Class 10 certificate. So when a degree carries a spelling you do not recognise, the question is never only what the university will do. It is which record the university copied, whether that record is right, and whether fixing the degree alone will leave you with two documents that still disagree. There is a second thing worth knowing before you begin. On an old degree, most universities will not print you a fresh certificate in a different name. What you can usually get is a letter confirming both names are one person, and for job verification that letter does the work.

📞 Call 9540005002 WhatsApp 9540005064 Where the name came from

1960Ranchi University, the parent of most Jharkhand degrees

1992Vinoba Bhave University separated from it

2Records that must agree, the degree and the Class 10

1Letter that settles most verification problems

Reviewed by the Jharkhandnamechange.com documentation desk • Updated 17 September 2026

Quick answer

A university records your name from the documents you submitted at admission, so a degree name correction almost always begins by checking the certificate the university copied from, normally the Class 10 certificate, and then deciding whether the degree is wrong or the school record was wrong all along. If the Class 10 certificate is correct and the university mistyped it, this is a straightforward correction: a written application to the Registrar through your college, with the degree, all semester or year marksheets, the admission form if the college still holds it, the Class 10 certificate and identity papers, and the university's own prescribed fee. If the Class 10 certificate itself carries the error, fix the board record first, because correcting only the degree leaves the mismatch alive in the document every recruitment panel reads first. Timing decides how hard this is. Before convocation your name is still data in the university's records and a correction is comparatively simple; after the degree is printed and awarded it becomes a reissue, and where you have genuinely changed your name rather than corrected an error, most universities will not reprint an old degree at all, because the certificate correctly records the name you held when the degree was conferred. There the realistic outcome is a linking letter on university or college letterhead confirming both names belong to one person, kept with your gazette copy. One more Jharkhand-specific point: for an old degree, the university that awarded it may not be the university that exists in your town today, because Ranchi University was created in 1960 and several universities were later carved out of it, so the record may sit somewhere other than where you would expect.

If the board certificate is the one at fault, start on the JAC correction page. If you are not sure whether you need a gazette at all, the decision is on the correction or gazette page.

At a glance

Where the name came from: The certificate you produced at admission, usually the Class 10
Who decides: The university, on its own rules; there is no single state rule for degrees
Where you apply: To the Registrar, normally forwarded by your college
Best moment: Before convocation, while the name is still data
After convocation: A reissue, and for a genuine name change often a refusal to reprint
The realistic outcome on an old degree: A linking letter that both names are one person
Ranchi University: Established 12 July 1960; office at Shahid Chowk, Ranchi 834001
Old degrees: Colleges of this region were under Patna University before 1960, and Vinoba Bhave University was separated from Ranchi University in 1992
If records cannot be traced: An RTI to the university's public information officer, or the Registrar where none is named
Fee: Each university sets its own; ask before you pay anyone else

Key takeaways

The degree copied the school certificate, so check that first.
Fixing only the degree can leave the real mismatch untouched.
Before convocation is far easier than after it.
Old degrees may sit with a parent university, not the local one.
A linking letter is a normal and useful outcome, not a failure.
Every university has its own form and fee; no state-wide rule applies.

The root cause

Why Your University Spelt Your Name the Way It Did

University degree name correction in Jharkhand: the degree certificate checked against the Class 10 marksheet that the university originally copied the name from — A degree is a copy of a copy. Find the original before you fix the copy.

At admission the college filled your particulars from the certificates you produced and sent them to the university for registration. Everything printed later, the registration slip, the semester marksheets, the provisional certificate and the degree, comes from that one entry.

The chain runs one way

Class 10 certificate to admission form to university registration to every marksheet to the degree. An error anywhere upstream reappears on every document below it, which is why people find the same wrong spelling on five papers.

So the degree is rarely the origin

A university typing error does happen, and then it is quick to fix. Far more often the university copied faithfully from a school certificate that was already wrong, and the degree is simply the place you noticed it.

Which is why we ask for both

Send the degree and the Class 10 certificate together. Comparing the two takes a minute and tells you whether you are fixing one document or two, and in which order.

Ask the college for your admission form. Colleges often still hold it, and it shows exactly what was written and which certificate it was copied from. It is the single most useful paper in a degree correction and almost nobody asks for it.

Diagnose first

Which Record Is Wrong: the Degree or the School Certificate

Deciding whether to correct the degree, the school certificate or both
What you find	What it means	What to do
Class 10 correct, degree wrong	A university or college typing error	Apply to the Registrar through the college with the Class 10 certificate as the proof
Class 10 wrong, degree copied it	The school record is the origin	Correct the board certificate first, then take the corrected copy to the university
Both wrong in the same way	Almost certainly one original error, copied twice	Same as above; fixing the degree alone leaves the anchor document wrong
Only the degree differs, and you changed your name	Not an error at all	A gazette and then a linking letter; do not expect a reprint
Marksheets say one thing and the degree another	An error introduced at the final printing stage	The easiest case; the university's own records contradict the degree

Correcting only the degree is the expensive shortcut. A recruitment panel reads the Class 10 certificate first, for name and date of birth. A graduate with a corrected degree and an uncorrected Class 10 has moved the problem, not solved it, and has usually paid a university fee to do it.

In order

How to Apply for a Degree Name Correction in Jharkhand

Collect the chain

Degree, provisional certificate, every semester or year marksheet, the registration slip, the admission form from the college, and the Class 10 certificate the university copied from.

Write to the Registrar through your college

The exact wrong entry and the exact correct entry as two lines, your registration number, roll number, course, session and college, with copies attached and the college's forwarding letter.

Pay the university's own fee and take a receipt

Each university sets its own charge and its own form. Ask the examination or certificate section what the current figure is and note the file or diary number.

Follow up with the file number, and plan for either outcome

A corrected or reissued certificate, or a linking letter. Ask which one you are getting in writing, because the two are used differently at a verification desk.

If the college will not forward it, the same logic applies as with a school. Submit in writing, take a dated receiving stamp, and escalate to the Registrar directly with that copy attached. An RTI to the university's public information officer, or to the Registrar where none is named, is available for your own records.

Timing

Correcting a Name Before Convocation and After It

How a degree name correction changes with timing
Stage	What your name is	What it takes
At admission and registration	Data being entered	Check the registration slip the week you get it; this is the cheapest correction of your life
On the first semester marksheet	Data already printed once	Report it at once, before the same entry prints on five more documents
Before convocation	Data, with nothing conferred yet	A correction application; the degree is then printed correctly the first time
After the degree is awarded	A conferred certificate	A reissue, with the university's own form, fee and waiting period
After a genuine change of name	A correct record of a former name	Usually no reprint; a linking letter with the gazette copy instead

Students, read your registration slip. The single cheapest minute in this entire subject is the one spent reading the name on the university registration slip in your first year, letter by letter, including initials and spacing. Almost every expensive degree correction we see could have been a phone call to the college office in first semester.

Jharkhand history matters

Old Degrees and Which University Holds the Record Now

This is the part that catches older graduates. The university named on your degree may not be the university that serves your town today, because the map has been redrawn more than once.

Before 1960

Ranchi University was established on 12 July 1960 by an Act of the Bihar legislature. Before that, degree colleges of what is now Jharkhand, other than the Santhal Parganas, were affiliated to Patna University, so a degree older than that belongs to a different institution entirely.

From 1960 onwards

Ranchi University became the parent for the region, and its office is at Shahid Chowk, Ranchi 834001. A great many degrees held by people now living in other districts were awarded by it.

After the separations

Vinoba Bhave University at Hazaribagh was separated from Ranchi University in 1992, and other universities followed for their own regions. A degree from before a separation was awarded by the parent, so that is the office holding the record.

Technical and polytechnic qualifications have their own history. Jharkhand University of Technology at Ranchi was set up under its own Act to bring the state's technical and polytechnic institutions under one umbrella, so an older polytechnic or engineering certificate may have been awarded by a different authority than the one that governs the institution today. Ask the institution which body awarded your certificate before you write to anyone.

The real outcome

The Linking Letter, and Why It Usually Does the Job

People treat a linking letter as a consolation prize. In practice it is what solves the actual problem, which is almost never the certificate itself but a verification desk asking why two documents show two names.

What it is

A letter on university or college letterhead, signed and stamped, recording that the person named one way on one document and another way on another is one and the same person, with the registration number and course.

What to ask for

Ask by name, in writing, and ask for it to quote both spellings exactly and refer to the gazette notification or corrected certificate where one exists. A vague letter helps nobody.

What to do with it

Keep the original safe, give attested copies, and submit it together with the gazette copy and your affidavit. For employment, higher study and verification, that set is normally accepted.

Get it while people still remember you. A linking letter is far easier to obtain in the year you graduate than fifteen years later, when the staff, the letterhead and sometimes the college itself have changed. If your names differ anywhere, ask for it before you leave.

The narrow case

Where a Gazette Fits in a Degree Name Correction

A degree error by itself does not need one. The gazette enters in two situations, and both are posted to the same place, because no district in Jharkhand has a gazette counter: the Department of Publication, Civil Lines, Delhi 110054, with publication in Part IV of the Gazette of India.

You are taking a different name

Then the gazette is the instrument, and the degree question becomes the linking letter above. It is also what Aadhaar treats as the proof of identity for a full or first name change. The route is on the gazette name change page.

The school register repeats the error

Then the board cannot correct the certificate the university copied, and the instrument is a public notice quoting the wrong spelling exactly as printed. That notice can name the degree and the school certificates together.

The fee is a Government fee, and it is not small. Commonly Rs 1,100 for an adult or Rs 1,350 for a public notice, revised each financial year, paid through BharatKosh only and non-refundable. That is exactly why nobody should buy one before the university and the board have been asked what they will actually do.

Cost and time

What a Degree Name Correction Costs in Jharkhand

Costs and timelines for a university degree name correction
Item	Cost	Note
University correction or reissue fee	Set by each university	There is no state-wide figure; ask the examination or certificate section and take a receipt
Board correction first, where the school record is the origin	The council's prescribed fee	Charged per certificate, so Class 10 and Class 12 are two fees
Linking letter	Usually nothing, or a small office charge	Ask for it in writing and keep the original
One-and-the-same-person affidavit	Commonly Rs 100 to Rs 500	Do it in week one if a job or admission deadline is close
RTI for your own university record	Rs 10	A reply is due within thirty days; address the public information officer, or the Registrar where none is named
Gazette, only where it is genuinely needed	Commonly Rs 1,100 adult or Rs 1,350 for a public notice	Revised each financial year, BharatKosh only, non-refundable
Time	Weeks for a correction, longer for a reissue	Convocation cycles and printing batches decide much of it
Our charge	Quoted per case; the route check is free	Full bill on the cost page

Avoid this

Degree Name Mistakes That Cost Graduates a Job Offer

The mistakes

Correcting the degree and leaving the Class 10 certificate as it was.
Never reading the university registration slip in first year.
Leaving the college without asking for a linking letter when names differ.
Applying after convocation for something that could have been fixed before it.
Writing to the university that serves your town today for a degree awarded by its parent.

The myths

"A gazette makes the university reprint the degree"; it does not act on university records by itself.
"All universities follow one rule"; each sets its own form, fee and practice.
"An affidavit is enough"; it explains a mismatch, it does not correct a record.
"A linking letter is worthless"; it is what most verification desks actually want.
"Fix Aadhaar and the rest will follow"; the anchor is the Class 10 certificate, and Aadhaar allows only two name updates in a lifetime.

Plain English

Degree Correction Terms Explained

Registration slip: The university's record of your enrolment, where your name enters the system; read it in first year.
Admission form: The college paper that shows what was written and which certificate it was copied from.
Registrar: The university officer a correction application is addressed to.
Convocation: The ceremony at which a degree is conferred; the line between a correction and a reissue.
Provisional certificate: The interim document issued before the degree; it carries the same name entry.
Reissue: A fresh certificate printed after a correction, normally against surrender of the old one.
Linking letter: A signed letter that two names belong to one person; the usual outcome on an old degree.
Parent university: The institution that awarded a degree before a newer university was carved out of it.
Public information officer: The officer an RTI is addressed to; write to the Registrar where none is named.
Anchor certificate: The Class 10 certificate, which panels read first and which the university copied from.
Public notice: The gazette instrument where the school register repeats the error.
One-and-the-same-person affidavit: A notarised statement joining two spellings while a correction runs.

Coverage

Degree Correction Help Across Jharkhand

The college and university visits are yours; the diagnosis, the drafting and the follow-up plan run over WhatsApp from our Ranchi desk.

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Send the degree and the Class 10 together

Photograph the degree, the final marksheet, the registration slip if you have it and the Class 10 certificate. The first reply tells you which document is actually wrong, whether the university or the board has to move first, whether a linking letter will settle your verification problem without any reprint, and what each step costs. If you are still studying, say so, because your answer is much simpler. Details on the contact page.

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FAQ

University Degree Name Correction: Frequently Asked Questions

My degree has the wrong spelling. Where do I start?+

With your Class 10 certificate, not with the university. The college filled your particulars at admission from the certificates you produced, and the university printed from that entry. So the first question is whether the university mistyped a correct certificate or copied a certificate that was already wrong. Compare the two documents side by side before you write to anybody.

Can I correct only the degree and leave the school certificate?+

You can, and it is usually a waste of money. A recruitment panel reads the Class 10 certificate first for name and date of birth, so a corrected degree sitting next to an uncorrected Class 10 does not end the mismatch, it moves it. Fix the origin first and bring everything else to it.

Whom do I apply to at the university?+

The Registrar, normally with the application forwarded by your college. Ranchi University's office is at Shahid Chowk, Ranchi 834001. Attach the degree, all semester or year marksheets, the registration slip, the admission form if the college still holds it, the Class 10 certificate and identity papers, and write the wrong and correct entries as two exact lines.

Is there one rule for all universities in Jharkhand?+

No. Each university sets its own form, fee and practice for corrections and reissues, and central and private institutions run entirely on their own rules. That is why this page tells you what to ask for rather than quoting one procedure: ask the examination or certificate section what their current form and fee are, and get the answer in writing.

My degree is old and the university in my town is newer than it. Who holds my record?+

Whoever awarded it. Ranchi University was established on 12 July 1960, and before that degree colleges of this region, other than the Santhal Parganas, were affiliated to Patna University. Vinoba Bhave University at Hazaribagh was separated from Ranchi University in 1992, and other universities were carved out later. A degree from before a separation was awarded by the parent, so write to the parent.

Will the university print me a new degree after a gazette name change?+

Usually not. Where you have changed your name rather than corrected an error, the degree correctly records the name you held when it was conferred, so there is nothing for the university to fix. What you can normally get is a linking letter confirming both names belong to one person, which you keep with the gazette copy and your affidavit.

What exactly should a linking letter say?+

It should be on university or college letterhead, signed and stamped, quote both spellings exactly, give your registration number, course and session, state plainly that they refer to one and the same person, and refer to the gazette notification or corrected certificate where one exists. Ask for it in writing and keep the original safe.

I am in my first year. What should I do right now?+

Read your university registration slip letter by letter, including initials and spacing, and compare it with your Class 10 certificate. If anything differs, report it to the college office this week. A correction at that stage is data entry; the same problem after convocation is a reissue with a fee and a wait.

The college will not forward my application. What then?+

Submit it in writing and take a dated receiving stamp, or send it by registered post and keep the receipt, then write to the Registrar directly with that copy attached. For your own records you can also file an RTI with the university's public information officer, or address the Registrar where no officer is named.

Does a degree correction need a gazette?+

Not by itself. A gazette is needed when you are taking a different name, or when the school register repeats the error so the board cannot correct the certificate the university copied. In both cases the file goes to the Department of Publication, Civil Lines, Delhi 110054, and publishes in Part IV, because there is no gazette counter in Jharkhand.

My semester marksheets and my degree do not match each other. Is that easier?+

Yes, usually the easiest case of all. The university's own earlier records contradict the degree, so you are asking it to match its own file rather than to accept outside evidence. Attach all the marksheets and the registration slip and point out the difference plainly.

Can you handle the university side for me?+

We diagnose which record is wrong, draft the application to the Registrar, the college forwarding request, the linking letter request and the affidavit, and where a gazette is genuinely needed we prepare and check that file too. The applicant signs and submits their own papers, and the college forwards its own; that is how it works everywhere, whatever a website promises.

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Who wrote and checked this page

Written and maintained by the Jharkhandnamechange.com documentation desk, led by founder Vipin Chauhan, B.Tech LL.B. The dates and the institutional history are as the universities and public records state them: Ranchi University established 12 July 1960 by an Act of the Bihar legislature, colleges of this region other than the Santhal Parganas affiliated to Patna University before that, and Vinoba Bhave University separated in 1992. We deliberately do not publish a university correction fee, because each university sets its own and the figures circulating online are copied between institutions. That a reprint of an old degree in a new name is commonly refused, with a linking letter as the outcome, is our filing experience rather than a published rule, and we have said so instead of promising a result no one controls. Who we are is on the about page.

Last reviewed 17 September 2026 • 9540005002 • info@jharkhandnamechange.com • Jharkhandnamechange.com is a private documentation consultancy and is not any university, the Jharkhand Academic Council or a Government office. This page is general information, not legal advice.

Verify it yourself

Official Sources for a Degree Name Correction

Ranchi UniversityApplication forms, the certificate section and the Registrar's office at Shahid Chowk.
Vinoba Bhave University, HazaribaghThe university separated from Ranchi University in 1992.
Jharkhand University of TechnologyThe technical and polytechnic side of the state's higher education.
Jharkhand Academic CouncilThe board certificate the university copied your name from.
RTI OnlineThe route for asking a public authority for your own record.
Department of Publication, Government of IndiaThe gazette route, for the narrow cases that need one.

Quick Summary

Degree Name Correction in Eight Lines

The short version

The university copied your name from the certificate you gave at admission.
So compare the degree with the Class 10 certificate before anything else.
If the school record is the origin, fix that first.
Apply to the Registrar through your college, with the whole document chain.
Before convocation it is data; after it, a reissue.
Old degrees may sit with a parent university, not the local one.
After a real name change, expect a linking letter rather than a reprint.
Ask for that letter while people still remember you.

Your degree copied a certificate. Find out which one before you pay a fee.

Send the degree and the Class 10 certificate on WhatsApp and we will tell you which record is actually wrong.

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