VOI World/ Desk
DigiLocker has partnered with the Association of Australian Education Representatives in India (AAERI) to launch a digital platform aimed at making document verification easier for Indian students applying to Australian universities.
Called “AAERI Verify”, the platform was unveiled in New Delhi on August 7 by the National e-Governance Division (NeGD) under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) and AAERI. It is integrated with DigiLocker and enables students to securely share verified academic, identity and financial documents with participating Australian institutions.
The platform introduces a two-stage verification process. The first, known as the Student Check, takes place before a university application is submitted and focuses on verifying a student’s credentials. The second, called the Sponsor Check, takes place after admission is offered and is intended to verify financial documents provided by sponsors.
With the student’s consent, Australian universities can access digitally signed records issued directly by authorised institutions through DigiLocker. The system is intended to reduce reliance on physical documents and manual verification while helping institutions identify potentially fraudulent or altered records.
The initiative extends India’s digital public infrastructure into the international education sector. DigiLocker, which is operated under MeitY’s NeGD, has more than 72 crore registered users and is used to issue, store, share and verify digitally signed documents from authorised organisations.
For Indian students, the new system could reduce some of the administrative work involved in applying to Australian universities, particularly around the authentication of academic and financial records.
The partnership also comes as Australian higher education institutions continue to manage large numbers of international applications and seek more reliable ways to verify student credentials.
For Australia, the platform provides access to source-verified Indian documents, while for students, it offers a more streamlined process for sharing records without repeatedly submitting physical copies.
The collaboration represents a practical use of India’s digital infrastructure beyond domestic government services, extending DigiLocker’s document-verification capabilities into the international education process.
