India foundation
UGC university categories, UGC/DEB recognition and relevant regulator/council data form the initial intelligence spine.
Regulatory & Recognition Intelligence
Recognition is historical—not just current.
Institution · Campus · Programme · Mode · Period
Bonafide models recognition at the narrowest defensible level supported by official sources and preserves historical status so a later change does not automatically invalidate an earlier qualification.
Recognition historyEffective-date model
2018–2021✓
Programme recognized
Campus + mode + academic period matched
2022–2024✓
Recognition renewed
New official notice preserved as a new record
Current•
Status checked independently
Current change does not rewrite historical validity.
Source-firstAuthoritative routes outrank appearanceMinimum evidenceEscalate only what can resolve uncertaintyHuman gateSerious adverse outcomes require reviewAuditableMaterial actions preserve lineage
WHAT BONAFIDE DOES
Purpose-built verification capabilities.
Each capability is a visible part of the verification workflow—not a hidden AI score.
Period-aware records
Recognition records carry effective_from/effective_to or explicit unknown boundaries.
Programme/campus specificity
Institution-wide assumptions are avoided where the source supports campus, programme or mode-level decisions.
Historical truth
Current non-recognition or status change does not automatically rewrite the validity of credentials issued during an earlier recognized period.
Official language
Use regulator terminology exactly rather than generic labels such as “banned”.
Legal/data-use gate
Public availability does not automatically grant unrestricted commercial republication; ingestion and display follow data-use review.
EVIDENCE MODEL
The qualification is evaluated for the period that matters.
A 2018 credential should be evaluated against the recognition/campus/programme context that applied in 2018, not only against the regulator website today.
- Source URL and retrieval timestamp are retained
- Official notices and changes are versioned
- Unknown boundaries stay explicit rather than inferred
- International corridors require country-specific registry/legal/OCR/source profiles before launch
Recognition historyEffective-date model
2018–2021✓
Programme recognized
Campus + mode + academic period matched
2022–2024✓
Recognition renewed
New official notice preserved as a new record
Current•
Status checked independently
Current change does not rewrite historical validity.
WORKFLOW
From input to defensible evidence.
Bonafide follows the strongest available verification route and resumes only the affected lane when new evidence arrives.
01Resolve issuer/programme→
02Find official status record→
03Match effective period→
04Preserve source evidence→
05Return recognition dimension
DESIGNED FOR
One evidence model. Role-specific operations.
The same underlying case can be viewed differently by institutions, employers, reviewers, operations and candidates.
Universities
Admissions recognition review
BGV/employers
Qualification status evidence
DCS data operations
Change monitoring and source governance
DECISION DISCIPLINE
Unknown ≠ fake.
Unmapped issuer, new template, legacy document or unavailable source must route to uncertainty/manual verification rather than an automatic accusation.
DCS BONAFIDE · CREDENTIAL INTELLIGENCE PLATFORMEstablish what is bona fide.