Pramod Damodaran, Co-founder, HeadStreamTechnologies
Profential, a digital credential platform from US/Chennai-based edtech start-up Headstream Applied sciences, is on monitor to associate with over 600 establishments within the subsequent 18 months.
The platform permits educational establishments to recognise college students with digital tokens for all achievements, each educational and extracurricular.
Presently the corporate has partnered with instructional establishments like Panimalar Engineering School, College of Administration DG Vaishnav School and Jaya School of Engineering and Expertise in India and the College of Michigan and different Ok-12 colleges within the US to supply the platform to their college students. In all, the corporate has partnership with 16 faculty districts and universities within the US and so rely 5 greater schooling establishments in India.
In line with the co-founder Pramod Damodaran, in contrast to conventional doc storage platforms like DigiLocker, Profential is designed to transcend simply being a easy repository of certificates. “We wish to construct an ecosystem the place pupil achievements past simply marksheets and levels, however a wider vary of abilities and accomplishments, might be documented, shared, and verified,” he mentioned.
Attainable credentials
The beginning-up’s workforce works with establishments and suggests doable credentials for occasions listed within the faculty’s calendar. Following this, a repository of predefined credentials is created, and the college in cost is given permission to concern particular credentials. College students can then accumulate credentials in a digital pockets and use the platform’s built-in resume creator to showcase achievements and share it with recruiters by way of QR codes.
“The credentials will give a verified reference to the sort of actions the coed has taken half in and abilities that they’ve developed in consequence,” Damodaran mentioned.
He mentioned that whereas corporations have such wallets internally for worker skilling programmes, Profential is the one Indian platform that’s student-centric with credentials and profile builders for Ok-12 and better schooling.
“With speedy digitisation in India, we see giant potential for this market, and since there aren’t many important Indian opponents, we expect an early-mover benefit within the Indian schooling ecosystem,” he added.
Printed on October 26, 2025