The government of Maharashtra, India is utilizing an Ethereum blockchain-powered system to verify and issue its digital diploma certificates. The blockchain solution issues and verifies digital documents. Earlier, the state government had announced its partnership with Bangalore based tech company to implement the credentialing system powered by Ethereum (ETH). The system would provide tamper-proof diploma certificates.
LegitDoc is a unique SaaS-based platform that supports a combination of ethereum blockchain and Cryptographic techniques.
Speaking on the development, the CEO and co-founder of LegitDoc, Neil Martis, said that the implementation of LegitDoc in certificate issuance by the Maharashtra government has seen results.
Showcasing interest from other local government authorities, Martis added: “We have an active work order from the Govt of Karnataka (Dept of Information Technology and Biotechnology). We are in talks with the Government of Telangana (school education dept) and Higher & Technical education dept of Maharashtra to implement LegitDoc for their student community.”
The partnership makes India an early adopter to implement an e-governance system for education with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Malta, and Singapore.
Citing blockchain’s capability in curbing the frauds related to document forgery, Chairman of MSBSD Dr. Anil Jadhao pointed out: “In the last 10 years, there has been a rampant increase in forgery of government-issued documents which have caused huge financial & reputational losses to the stakeholders involved.”
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This would be the world’s largest blockchain implementation for educational certificates making Maharashtra the 1st Indian state to issue citizen-owned blockchain digital assets.
