Maharashtra Government announced It recently partnered with Indian blockchain startup LegitDoc to implement a system developed by Ethereum for tamper-proof certificate verification.
To curb the growing increase in document falsification, the Maharashtra State Skill Development Council (MSBSD) has opposed the narrative that cryptocurrencies are banned in India and will move to adopt a public blockchain based on the Ethereum network. In an exclusive statement to Cointelegraph, LegitDoc CEO Neil Martis highlighted that while certificates can continue to be verified using traditional methods, MSBSD will only adopt the digital verification method from next year.
Speaking of the interest of other local government officials, Martis said:
“We have an active work order from the Government of Karnataka (Department of Information Technology and Biotechnology). We are in talks with Government of Telangana (Department of School Education) and Department of Higher and Technical Education in Maharashtra to implement LegitDoc in their student communities. “
Martis said some of the premier institutions in the education sector, such as the National Institute of Technology (Suratkal) and Ashoka University, are currently in talks to implement similar solutions to combat the ongoing document counterfeiting.
The partnership with LegitDoc puts India at the forefront of implementing an e-governance system for education, along with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and educational institutions in Malta and Singapore.
Citing the potential of blockchain to prevent fraud related to document forgery, MSBSD chairman Anil Jadho explained:
“Over the past 10 years, there has been a huge increase in falsification of documents issued by the government, causing huge financial and reputational damage to the parties involved.”
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Following the implementation of a tamper-proof blockchain-based diploma by MIT, Cointelegraph highlighted Stuart Madnick’s view that blockchain technology presents a unique and new set of challenges.
As a reminder, Madnick commented:
“The conclusion is this: although the blockchain system represents an advance in cryptography and security, in some ways it is just as vulnerable as other technologies except for its own particular vulnerabilities. In fact, human actions or inactions are still critical to blockchain security. There are results.”
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