Open Skill FoundationBharat's Skill Infrastructure
The Open Skill Stack

Public-interest infrastructure for India's workforce.

Eight layers, open standards, and federated trust, designed as digital public infrastructure for the next century of work.

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  1. 01
    Proof Council
    Independent multi-stakeholder governance for skill trust.
  2. 02
    Open Skill Protocol
    Open interoperability standards across the ecosystem.
  3. 03
    Skill Chain
    Distributed trust infrastructure for credential integrity.
  4. 04
    Skill Certs
    Infrastructure for issuing tamper-evident credentials.
  5. 05
    Skill Verifier
    Instant, consent-led credential verification.
  6. 06
    Skill Passport
    Portable, lifelong skill identity for every worker.
  7. 07
    Bharat Skills Commons
    Open public-interest workforce data infrastructure.
  8. 08
    Open Standards
    Public, royalty-free standards for skill trust.
Layer 0 · Public InterestLayer ∞ · Workforce Outcomes
Modules

The infrastructure components

Skill Passport

A portable, lifelong skill identity owned by the worker. Consent-led, federated, and verifiable across issuers and verifiers.

Skill Certs

Open infrastructure for issuers to publish tamper-evident, machine-readable credentials anchored to open schemas.

Skill Verifier

Verification rails for employers, governments and platforms, instant, consent-based and compliant by design.

Open Skill Protocol

The interoperability protocol governing how identities, credentials and verifications move across the ecosystem.

Skill Chain

A federated trust substrate that anchors credential integrity without centralising data.

Trust Anchor Registry

Public registry of accredited issuers, verifiers and councils, the source of truth for trust.

How It Works

From issuance to verification, in one workflow.

  1. STEP 01
    Institution issues credential

    Issuer publishes a Skill Cert anchored to open standards.

  2. STEP 02
    Worker stores credential

    Stored in the worker's Skill Passport, owned, portable, consent-led.

  3. STEP 03
    Employer verifies instantly

    Verifier resolves the credential via the Open Skill Protocol.

  4. STEP 04
    Skill Chain secures trust

    Integrity is anchored in the federated trust substrate.