Authors : Charanjit Singh Raju; Dr. Saurabh Sharma

Volume/Issue : Volume 11 - 2026, Issue 3 - March

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DOI : https://doi.org/10.38124/ijisrt/26mar1361

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Abstract : Academic credential fraud and the inefficiencies of manual, paper based verification procedures continue to weaken trust in educational records and enforce significant time and cost burdens on institutions, employers, and graduates. Current blockchain-based approaches demonstrate that distributed ledgers can provide tamper evident, auditable storage and quick validation of certificates, yet many solutions lack a comprehensive tokenisation model and fine-grained access control tailored to heterogeneous academic ecosystems. This paper offers a blockchain based tokenisation framework for secure academic certificate verification, in which each credential is represented as a unique, verifiable digital token governed by smart contracts. The framework defines procedures for certificate issuance, ownership transfer, and withdrawal, along with role based permission mechanisms to ensure that only authorized institutions can mint or modify academic tokens while verifiers can efficiently validate their authenticity. To preserve privacy, the model combines on chain token metadata with selectively disclosed off chain certificate data, thereby preventing exposure of sensitive student information while maintaining endwise verifiability. A theoretical planning and orientation work flow are presented to validate incorporation with present institutional information systems, highlighting how the proposed framework can reduce verification potential, mitigate imitation, and support interoperable, cross institutional credential exchange at scale.

Keywords : Blockchain Tokenisation; Academic Credential Verification; Smart Contracts; Role Based Access Control; Privacy Preserving Credentials; Distributed Ledger Technology; Certificate Forgery Mitigation.

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