The Government of Maharashtra, in India, has recently announced a partnership with national blockchain startup LegitDoc for the implementation of an accreditation system that will be powered by the Ethereum network. The purpose of this system is to verify certificates and diplomas against falsification. The system aims to make verification more secure and address the increase in document falsification.
The Maharashtra State Board of Skill Development (MSBSD) has decided to oppose the narrative of the ban of cryptocurrencies in India, as well as the use of public blockchains that are based on Ethereum. Although certificates are verified through traditional manual methods, MSBSD will seek to defend the digital verification method for all manual verification requests starting next year 2022.
«We have an active work order from the Government of Karnataka (Department of Information Technology and Biotechnology). We are in talks with the Government of Telangana (Department of School Education) and Department of Higher and Technical Education of Maharashtra to implement LegitDoc in their student community.» These were the words of the CEO of LegitDoc, Neil Martis.
The main institutions such as the Ashoka University and the National Institute of Technology are in negotiations for the implementation of a similar solution. In this way, they will try to face the growing document falsification. The partnership with LegitDoc will position India as one of the first countries in the world to implement an e-governance system in the education sector. However, it will not be the first, since other countries and institutions such as the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Malta and Singapore have done it previously.
Stopping counterfeits
India’s intention with this measure is to address the fraud related to document falsification. Over the last decade there has been a constant increase in the falsification of documents issued by the Indian Government. This has caused large financial losses, in addition to the fact that the reputation of the parties involved has been called into question on more than one occasion.
In this way, thanks to the benefits of technology blockchain will fight to confront them. The blockchain system comes with numerous advances in the crypto and security world, and although it is vulnerable in some aspects (as is the case with other technologies), it is considered to be can go a long way in solving the problem..
Although problems with document falsification continue to occur in many countries, at the moment there have been few territories that have chosen to rely on blockchain technology to address them. However, surely in the future there will be similar systems in the vast majority of parts of the planet. Blockchain technology is here to stay, and given all its advantages, it will be a large part of our daily lives in the near future.
Although, as experts emphasize, blockchain must still face the vulnerabilities that other technologies have, in addition to those inherent in itself, it is a technology that must continue to be explored for all the advances it represents in the world of security and communication between people. Thanks to it, many of the processes that are currently developed will be simplified; and all this can be done with greater efficiency. In fact, it is already being implemented in very diverse areas thanks to its versatility.
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