NSR is an initiative taken by NASSCOM. NASSCOM is the trade association of all the IT / ITeS / BPO companies in India. NASSCOM wants to promote the interests of IT & ITeS industry and help it grow. NASSCOM has taken up a significant initiative called "Trusted Sourcing". This initiative aims to develop and project the industry as a Safe and Trusted destination for sourcing, development, outsourcing and process work so that overseas clients develop confidence with the safety of our industry and assign more work.
One of the important attributes of the Trust and Safety environment is robust and credible information about industry employees. This is not available today, every company needs to collect information about employees, use its practices to get such information verified and than present to clients. This process is both costly and inefficient and also does not reflect upon trust environment in good light.
NASSCOM, at the request of its member companies, has taken up the initiative to develop a robust information infrastructure about all present and prospective employees of the industry called "National Skills Registry (NSR)". NSR facilitates development of Fact Sheet of Credible, Permanent and Accessible information about each registered person. This information can be accessed and used by the industry and its clients with the authorization of such registered person.
NSR is a progressive and positive initiative. It seeks to connect the professionals working or hoping to work for the industry with the companies who need information about professionals for reference, hiring, client assignments etc and background checkers who verify the information. It provides secure industry profile to professionals and credible quick reference to the participating companies. It works on the following principles.
Right to register
Every person working or aspiring to work for IT / ITeS industry has a right to register him / her and create profile on this industry reference system.
Right to declare information
Each person should register his or her correct and factual details relating to qualifications, experience and demographic information on the system. NSR does not collect information about employees / candidates from any source only the person can enter his / her information. So the person decides how to represent him / her to the industry.
One person - one profile
Each person can create only one profile on NSR thereby making identity secure and credible. Person's Identity and Uniqueness is established during the registration process. The profile and information becomes life-time permanent.
Information certification
The person has a right to seek third party verification (certification) of the information thereby enhancing the information acceptability. Information may also be verified at the request of present employer company or a company authorised by registered person to access his / her profile.
Right to share information
Registered person can choose to authorise a NSR registered company to view his / her profile. This ensures data privacy as only companies authorised by registered person can use the profile. The companies will access the profile for their reference and can request for a third party verification on the information represented by the registered professional. Present employer company declared by the person can access the profile and confirm present employ details without any specific authorization.
This fact sheet about each person contains personal, qualification and career information as entered by the person and his / her photograph. Registered professional or a participating company authorised by the professional can order for a verification of this information. The system will store results of source verification on the information as entered by empanelled third party background verification agencies (EBC). Detailed list of data-fields comprising profile of a professional is available at https://nationalskillsregistry.com/checklist.
The prospective employers who are part of this system can view the profiles of the registered professionals along with verification results, if authorised by such professional
NASSCOM has engaged the services of NSDL Database Management Limited (NDML) for creating, operating and maintaining this database. NDML is a subsidiary of National Securities Depository Limited- the first depository in India.
As of September 2022, 23 lakh professionals working in IT /ITes industry in India have registered their profiles on NSR. 304 leading companies, representing nearly 50% of industry employee strength have endorsed the initiative and are our members. List of these companies and detailed updates are available on the home-page.
NSR registration provides the registered persons with an industry preferred profile on a central system. All leading companies participate in this initiative and would request reference to such profile. Registration also provides with a secure identity and credible profile. NSR provides control over access to the profile to the registered person. NSR also deters persons faking and inflating their CVs from competing for jobs based on hyped details. So all honest persons must register their correct details on NSR and stop the menace of faked resumes.
Benefit to the IT and ITeS industry by developing client comfort and getting more work is benefit of the professionals working in the industry. Increasingly, the foreign clients, especially, government or public bodies, are insisting on background check of an individual before recruitment. Thus, NSR verified resume ready for showcasing to such clients will have better opportunities. NSR could result in faster completion of HR processes (formalities) that depend on background checks.
Yes. Only you, your present employer and companies authorised by you can access your data.
The data is entered in to the system by you and not by any data entry agency. Only you can modify your data. Only you can modify your data by authenticating such modification by using a password which has to be different from the login password.
Your data will be verified by an empanelled background checking entity selected at your own request or by your employer.
Each and every access to your resume is logged and an audit trail is maintained in the system. All other entities that you have authorized to access your data can access it using digital signature certificate. Thus, the information provided by you will remain confidential in the system. Of course you will have to take care that you do not compromise with your password.
Yes. You can register yourself in the database. In case you desire, you may even have your profile back ground checked.
Once you get yourself registered in the system and obtain an identification number called "ITPIN", you will be provided an access to your profile on the database. You may then use the system to authorize any entity - say prospective employer - to view your resume. You may also view the status of your authorizations, i.e. whether the employer you have permitted to view your data has viewed your data or not. You may request for background check. The results of the background check will be registered in the database, which will enhance the value of your resume. You can modify or change your data as and when events that lead to a change in the data occur.
Create NSR profile
Visit NSR website (https://nationalskillsregistry.com) and register your profile using the link "Register for NSR". Detailed registration checklist is available at https://nationalskillsregistry.com/checklist.html. The site will guide you with the registration process following are important
- Read and understand the terms and conditions for registration and usage of the database.
- Declare the details of the company that has requested you to register.
- Ensure to enter only correct and accurate information, if you do not have any information readily available it can be entered later.
- Memorise your passwords for accessing your profile later.
- NSR registration process involves entering your personal details, educational details, employment details, completing Know your client (KYC) process (Aadhaar KYC or Video KYC) and making online payment. You will get a notification that NSR registration is completed successfully at the end of the process.
- Once the system processes your registration successfully you will be sent your 12 digit IT Professional Identification Number (ITPIN) by SMS and email to the mobile number and email id registered while creating your profile.
- Once your ITPIN is generated you can use your ITPIN or other convenient login options like Mobile One Time Password, Email Id One Time Password etc. for accessing your profile information.
- Write to nsr@nsdl.co.in for any queries or assistance required in NSR registration process.
In case you missed-out some information while doing registration or made some errors these can be completed / corrected after registration. In case you need to enter new information such as an additional qualification, change in address or employment it can always be added after registration.
Your details can be updated / changed only by you. Such modifications can be done by authenticating the modifications with a password different than your login password. Whenever there is a change in your details, the system will send you an alert mail at your email id registered in the database.
However, information which gets verified or which is under the process of verification cannot be edited.
Registration fee (Rs. 400 + Applicable taxes ) (Initial registration fee Rs.300 + First year usage fees Rs. 100 plus Applicable taxes). Annual Usage fee of Rs.100/- (plus Applicable taxes).
For detailed information on fee please refer to https://nationalskillsregistry.com/FEE_STRUCTURE.html
If you, on your own, decide to request a background check on your profile, you may have to pay the back ground check fee to the Empanelled Background Checkers (EBC). Details are available on: https://nationalskillsregistry.com/EBC.html
You can pay annual usage fees through the payment gateway facility made available on https://nationalskillsregistry.com/. If you do not pay this fee, you may be denied access to your data in the database. However, your access rights will be resumed as soon as you pay all your arrears.
There are no restrictions on number of authorizations you may give for viewing your resume however at any point of time, not more than 10 authorizations may be active. You may decide the period for which your resume can be seen by each employer the maximum duration is 60 days, after which the authorization will expire. If you want, you can again authorize the same company.
No. Your data and access thereto are confidential.
Background checking entities are the independent third party companies that have expertise and resources in the area of conducting verification of profiles. Such agencies apply to NSR to be able to provide background checking services through NSR system to companies and registered professionals.
The Empanelled Background Checking entities are selected jointly by NDML and NASSCOM for providing the background check services. These are selected after a selection committee has examined the applications of agencies applying for empanelment. These EBCs have agreed to follow standard verification procedures laid down by an expert group constituted by NSR.
If you desire to get your background check done, you may register your request for verification after logging into your NSR registered profile. You can select the details that want to get verified. The system will allocate an EBC from among the list of empanelled entities and intimation to that effect will be sent to you and to EBC by email.
EBC will contact you with the details of the documents required and fee to be paid for processing the request. The fee to be paid depends upon the scope of verifications i.e. how many details need to be verified. NSR has created a baseline verification package that can be availed (For details refer to: https://nationalskillsregistry.com/EBC.html). You may pay the fee and submit the documents to EBC.
EBC will conduct the verification and post the verification results against your NSR profile. This also makes background check process transparent as you can also view your verification report. NSR will also send you a mail once your verification is completed.
If the remarks inserted by EBC are not factually correct, you may approach EBC with clarifications / additional documentation etc. If the circumstances so require, EBC will re-verify its report and get the report corrected.
Your NSR profile is life-time permanent profile and there is no need to register a new ITPIN. If there is any change in your qualifications, employment or address same can be updated to existing NSR profile. You may regenerate the eCard by accessing its profile and selecting "Request for >> Generate NSR eCard " option.
You may write to NSR mailbox at nsr[at]nsdl[dot]co[dot]in.
After generation of your ITPIN you can access your profile on NSR and update your email ID and phone number details using the feature ¿Correct errors in data entry¿
To update the address (new address) , use the feature ¿Change in Permanent address¿ Or ¿Change in Present address¿