The Association of Australian Education Representatives in India (AAERI), the apex body representing certified Australian education agents in India, has launched AAERI Verify, a digital platform aimed at authenticating the academic, identity and financial credentials of Indian students applying to study in Australia.The platform was unveiled at AAERI’s annual convention in New Delhi by AAERI president Nishidhar Borra along with senior officials from the National e-Governance Division (NeGD) under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY).AAERI Verify leverages India’s digital public infrastructure, particularly DigiLocker, to enable consent-based verification of records directly from source issuers. The platform is designed to address concerns over forged documents, fake academic marksheets, and inaccurate financial information in international student applications.According to AAERI, the system can reduce traditional manual verification processes of five to nine days to digital checks taking around 120–240 seconds. It covers identity and address documents, academic records, and financial sponsorship credentials.Verification reports are cryptographically anchored on the Avalanche blockchain platform, creating an immutable audit trail that can be independently verified by overseas institutions.The platform technology partner is Zupple Labs, and is now live at aaeri-verify.com. The access is available to authorised AAERI member agents, partner universities and institutional verifiers. Published - August 09, 2026 08:37 pm IST