National Skills Registry : IT Professionals Database in India

NASSCOM, which is a forum of IT and ITeS companies, has taken initiative to create, operate and maintain the National Skills Registry (NSR) – a national database that will contain third party verified personal, qualification and career information of IT professionals (ITP) in India.

NASSCOM is India’s National Association of Software and Service Companies, the premier trade body of the IT software and services industry in India. NSR is a database of background check information of personal, academic and employment details of individuals employed / to be employed in the IT and ITeS industry.

Excerpt from a description of National Skills Registry

“The Basic objective of NSR is to facilitate sharing of back-ground check information about ITPs. However access to ITP information is controlled by ITP itself. It can decide on who can view its details available on NSR. All NASSCOM member companies will require the ITPs to submit their verified details before completing employment procedure. ITP can permit such employer to view its details by expressly authorising such employer using the front end given by NSR. Only such entities specifically authorised by ITP can view the data. Such employers may choose not to conduct back-ground check again as ITP is already verified. However, current employer can view the details at any time.”

Read the FAQ for IT professionals and companies for more information.