This blog is with regards to the NSR -National skill Registry (https://www.nationalskillsregistry.com)
Its an initiative by NASSCOM ,in which they have setup a infrastructure to store IT Professionals data at a single database .Once an IT Professional is registered by NSR ,it will generate a ITPIN (IT professional PIN number) ,They will get e-Card & physical ID card can be ordered by paying Rs 113 + taxes.
Companies which are registered to NSR via Nasscom will be able to view candidate profiles & will help to identify desired resources ,also to it can be used for EBC (Employee Background check ).
As we know that IT firms are getting wiser to employees faking experiences ,NSR is helping them to do this by providing a one stop shop for any kind of IT Employee verification .(Source NSR website : https://nationalskillsregistry.com)
National Skills Registry (NSR) is set-up and managed by NDML on behalf of NASSCOM www.nasscom.in. National Skills Registry is a NASSCOM initiative to have a robust and credible information repository about all persons working in the industry. This develops trusted and permanent fact sheet of information about each professional along-with background check reports. This is a security best practice for the industry and assures identity security, industry acceptance to honest professionals.
NSR develops a permanent fact sheet of info for each IT professional along with BGC reports .On a per employee basis, the cost involved at NSR is Rs 250 as one-time joining cost and Rs 50 as annual fee. Still, just over 6.6 lakh of the total 22 lakh professionals are registered.Those who are interested can refer to the NSR portal for getting these details ,I was working with TCS earlier so they done the registration for me ,so you can even ask your employer to do the same & save registration fees :) .Sample NSR ID Card :
