What is HRD attestation?
HRD attestation is a process done by the HRD department of the State. HRD attestation is a legalization process done to authenticate an educational document. It is the first step of educational document legalization in India. HRD attestation is possible for all educational documents issued under MHRD. All the educational documents requiring attestation and Apostille must be first authenticated by the State Human Resource Development (HRD) of the concerned state from where the document has been issued.
Many countries have made certificate HRD attestation compulsory for granting a visa, employment or higher education abroad. So, you have to go through the State HRD attestation procedure to get attestation from the embassy.
Documents Required for State HRD attestation:
For getting attestation from HRD, you need to submit the original degree certificate to the HRD office along with the copy of mark sheet, copy of the offer letter, copy of passport and two passport size photographs.
HRD attestation Procedure
There are two steps involved in
the HRD attestation procedure. All the steps are given below:
- Verification of documents: All educational documents are verified by the college/ Universities from where it was issued. A verification letter is sent by the HRD ministry to the college and university to verify the document. College verifies the document and send a letter to the HRD ministry about the authenticity of the educational certificate.
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HRD Ministry Attestation: On the basis of verification done by college/ universities, HRD will attest the document by putting their seal and signature.
Chennai Institute of Advanced Studies (CIAS) provide State HRD Attestation Services in Delhi, Chandigarh, Jalandhar-Punjab, Bangalore-Karnataka, Pune-Maharashtra, Kochi-Kerala, Hyderabad-Telangana, Trivandrum-Kerala Mumbai-Maharashtra, Goa, Kolkata-West Bengal, Bhopal-Madhya Pradesh, Ahmedabad-Gujarat, Raipur-Chhattisgarh, Guwahati-Assam and Dubai- UAE. We have been providing HRD attestation services for more than 12 years. We have an expert team of professionals who handle HRD attestation work very smoothly in the shortest time span.
Following are the Regional Authentication Centres and the designated authorities for Educational Document Attestation-
1.ANDHRA PRADESH
- Special Secretary (Protocol), General Administration Department, Hyderabad.
- Joint Secretary (Law & Order), General Administration Department, Hyderabad
2. ARUNACHAL PRADESH
- Director, Department of Higher & Technical Education Government of Arunachal Pradesh, Itanagar.
3. ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR
- Assistant Secretary (Home), A & A Administration, Port Blair.
4. ASSAM
- Director of Technical Education, Guwahati.
5. BIHAR
- Deputy Secretary (Verification), Bihar School Examination Board, (Senior Secondary), Patna
- Controller of Examination, Health Services, HRD for Medical Related Certificates, Patna.
- Deputy Director (Higher Education), HRD Department, New Secretariat, Patna-15.
- Secretary, Sanskrit Shiksha Board, Boring Canal Road, Patna.
- Secretary, Madarsa Shiksha Board, Vidyapati, Marg, Patna.
**The above authorities are subjected to change, alter and get modified. Please contact the Respective State Department for the upgraded information of the same or visit CIAS for assistance.