Verification of Identity and Educational Certificates of Students Using Biometric and Blockchain

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Jignasha Dalal

University of Mumbai - Department of Computer Science and Engineering

Meenal Chaturvedi

University of Mumbai - K. J. Somaiya Institute of Engineering and Information Technology (KJSIEIT)

Himani Gandre

University of Mumbai - K. J. Somaiya Institute of Engineering and Information Technology (KJSIEIT)

Sanjana Thombare

University of Mumbai - K. J. Somaiya Institute of Engineering and Information Technology (KJSIEIT)

Date Written: April 8, 2020

Abstract

Blockchain technology is being adopted in various areas like finance, healthcare, and trade. It is adding value to the existing business methods with its features like transparency, security, and decentralization. It can also transform the working of education systems. In the current education systems, students identify themselves through multiple government-authorized identity proofs. Additionally, their previous degree certificates are manually verified by college authorities during the admission process. This requires lots of time and manpower. A blockchain-based system can offer more security, transparency and efficiency than the existing system. The proposed solution is the use of biometric to access all the previous degree certificates of a student using blockchain. The students will submit the hash of their biometric and a unique phrase. This hash will be stored on the blockchain. The degree certificate for a student will be issued by the college authorities. They will upload the hash of digitally signed certificate on the blockchain. For admission into higher studies, college authorities can fetch a student’s previous certificates from the blockchain using the hash of his/her biometric and a unique phrase. This concept can be extended to verify any documents by linking them to a person’s identity without involving a third party.

Keywords: Blockchain, Biometric, Document verification, Ethereum

Suggested Citation

Dalal, Jignasha and Chaturvedi, Meenal and Gandre, Himani and Thombare, Sanjana, Verification of Identity and Educational Certificates of Students Using Biometric and Blockchain (April 8, 2020). Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Advances in Science & Technology (ICAST) 2020, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3564638 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3564638

Jignasha Dalal

University of Mumbai - Department of Computer Science and Engineering ( email )

India

Meenal Chaturvedi (Contact Author)

University of Mumbai - K. J. Somaiya Institute of Engineering and Information Technology (KJSIEIT) ( email )

Somaiya Ayurvihar Complex
Eastern Express Highway
Mumbai, MA Maharashtra 400022
India

Himani Gandre

University of Mumbai - K. J. Somaiya Institute of Engineering and Information Technology (KJSIEIT) ( email )

Somaiya Ayurvihar Complex
Eastern Express Highway
Mumbai, MA Maharashtra 400022
India

Sanjana Thombare

University of Mumbai - K. J. Somaiya Institute of Engineering and Information Technology (KJSIEIT) ( email )

Somaiya Ayurvihar Complex
Eastern Express Highway
Mumbai, MA Maharashtra 400022
India

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