{"id":67139,"date":"2021-12-31T06:24:27","date_gmt":"2021-12-31T06:24:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/?p=67139"},"modified":"2022-09-14T15:36:22","modified_gmt":"2022-09-14T10:06:22","slug":"pm-modi-launches-blockchain-based-digital-degrees-at-iit-kanpur","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/pm-modi-launches-blockchain-based-digital-degrees-at-iit-kanpur\/","title":{"rendered":"PM Modi launches blockchain-based digital degrees at IIT Kanpur"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Under the<strong>&nbsp;National Blockchain Project,<\/strong>&nbsp;Prime Minister&nbsp;Narendra Modi launched blockchain-based digital degrees at the 54th convocation ceremony of&nbsp;Indian Institutes of Technology&nbsp;(IIT)&nbsp;Kanpur. Later Prime Minister also inaugurated the completed section of the Kanpur Metro Rail Project and the Bina-Panki Multiproduct Pipeline Project. These digital degrees can be verified globally and are unforgeable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The blockchain technology being used by IIT Kanpur to award digital degrees has been developed in-house. It is being touted as a revolutionary technology for the education sector. The technology is already being used in the financial sector. The technology has been developed by the institute under the National Blockchain Project.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Under the&nbsp;National Blockchain Project,&nbsp;Prime Minister&nbsp;Narendra Modi launched blockchain-based digital degrees at the 54th convocation ceremony of&nbsp;Indian Institutes of Technology&nbsp;(IIT)&nbsp;Kanpur. Later Prime Minister also inaugurated the completed section of the Kanpur Metro Rail Project and the Bina-Panki Multiproduct Pipeline Project. These digital degrees can be verified globally and are unforgeable. 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