NASSCOM creates a Skills Repository for background checks
and otherwise

Just a month ago, I was being bothered about my BGC (background check) Context being I was working in GE and they were shifting their premises from iLabs to Satyam. I got the final paper just in nick of time from our HR, but it was after a lot of following up with my managers and HR. Royal waste of everybodys time.

I was happy when heard about NASSCOM taking some measures to make a single repository of all the software professionals. (Also there have been quite lot of fake resumes and fake experiences circulating around. Especially in Hyderabad).

The link is https://nationalskillsregistry.com/
A few points
1) You have to fill a long form. (with all details of past employment etc will take you 30 min or more depending on your years of experience)
2) This gets you a userid/pwd there is also a transaction password - Not sure why ??
3) They give an acknowledgement number through which you print out a form and pay at Point of Service.
4) You need to shell out 337 Rs to get this done.
5) This includes your biometric details too - (Yay!!! we are the good guys remember)

Madhusudan, A friend from wipro told that they got it done from company itself. (A Good thing)
he also told that in future all consultancies will be digging their nose in this skills repository. (Do you think its bad news for Monster and Naukri???)

It seems to be a silver bullet to stop the time wastage next time onwards, makes sense to get registered.

For those who wantto dig deeper we have this description here

PS : Thanks to Som Mittal for this much neeeded initiative. Dont know why but suddenly remembered Dewang Mehta. If he was around to see. He would have been happy. God bless his soul.