Open Skill FoundationBharat's Skill Infrastructure
Open Skill Research Network

An institutional research network for workforce systems.

OSRN convenes universities, labs and think tanks producing rigorous, public-interest scholarship on India's workforce economy and the digital public infrastructure underpinning it.

Research Vision

Knowledge as infrastructure.

We invest in long-horizon, public-interest research that is openly published, peer-reviewed, and oriented toward institutional outcomes.

Workforce Intelligence
Labour Mobility
Future of Work
Credential Trust
DPI Governance
Workforce Transformation
Publications

Working papers & policy briefs

Working Paper
Verifiable Credentials in Informal Labour Markets
Policy Brief
Designing Trust Anchors for Public-Interest Infrastructure
Working Paper
Cross-State Skill Mobility in India: A Structural View
Policy Brief
Open Standards and the Skill Economy
Working Paper
Federated Identity for Workforce Systems
Policy Brief
DPI Governance for Skill Infrastructure
Research Collaborations

Joint research programs with universities and government.

Academic Network

Affiliated faculty and research fellows across institutions.

Calls for Participation

Open calls for working groups, papers and reviewers.