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What is HRD Attestation?

HRD full form is Human Resource Development. It is a Government department that oversees the overall skill development of the State. Our education department comes under HRD. So attestation for educational documents given by the HRD Department is known as HRD Attestation.

HRD Attestation confirms that the document is genuine, Original and given by the correct department.

HRD Attestation is not done for non Educational documents such as Birth, Marriage, Death etc.

4 Simple steps to get HRD Attestation on your Documents 

  1. Register on HRD Portal 
  2. Collect all  Documents that need HRD Attestation 
  3. Submit the Original / Photocopies of documents
  4. Receive Documents with HRD Attestation Directly 

HRD Attestation use cases

  1. Apostille purpose – If you are travelling to foreign country you need to get HRD Attestation and Apostille.
  2. Verification Purpose by Government – If you have got a job in government institutions in order to prove that your documents are genuine you need to get HRD Attestation.
  3. Verification Purpose by Private Companies – Private companies also request for HRD Attestation before joining.
  4. For Embassy Attestation – if you need to get embassy attestation, the first step is to get HRD attestation.

Documents required to get HRD Attestation

The documents required for HRD Attestation varies depending on state which issued the original document 

Below are list of documents required in general for HRD Attestation

  1. Original Documents that you need HRD Attestation on
  2. Passport scan copy first and last information page 
  3. Passport size photographs 
  4. Final year Marksheet

Process of Getting HRD Attestation

HRD Attestation is done by the secretary of the state Generally. There will be multiple departments where you can get HRD Attestation. 

  1. Submit The Original Educational certificate along with the supporting documents to Secretary of State or Education department ( Find your Secretary of State Here )
  2. Pay the Nominal fee.
  3. After verification for about 1 week secretary of state will draft a letter to University
  4. Get a letter from Secretary of state office addressed to university to verify the document 
  5. Submit the Original degree and letter to University examination department 
  6. University will take 1 week to verify the document and put a found and verified seal on it.
  7. Take the document with a found and verified seal to the Secretary of state office and deposit again to the office.
  8. Finally after checking the seal from the Examination department Secretary of state will attest the document with HRD Attestation.

This completed the HRD Verification Process.

How Much Time will it Take to Get HRD ?

HRD attestation is a Time consuming process. Time taken for HRD Attestation verified from state to state generally it will take 3 weeks to 5 weeks to get HRD Attestation.

Cost of HRD Attestation

  1. If you are doing it on Your own the cost will be little less but you need to spend a lot of time in travelling and submitting the document to different department 

    There will be generally 2 costs 

    1. Secretary of state fees – 2000₹
    2. University fees -2500-3000₹

    Total HRD Attestation cost will be somewhere between 4500₹ – 5000₹

    That too excluding other costs such as travelling, Food etc 

    If you include those as well it will come up to 6500₹ if you are in a different city other than the secretary of state.

Cost of HRD Attestation

You can get HRD Attestation online by registering for HRD Attestation 

If you are living in a different city / State  than the document issuing city/ State. Then it will be really difficult for you to get the HRD attestation because you will need to travel to and from multiple times to get HRD attestation, practically it will be not possible if you are a working.
If you are facing such Issue then you can request us to get the HRD attestation for you by registering in Below form.

List of Regional Authentication Centers for HRD/Home Attestation- State Wise

State Regional Authentication Centers for Attestation
1. Special Secretary (Protocol), General Administration Department, Hyderabad.
2. Joint Secretary (Law & Order), General Administration Department, Hyderabad.
3. Office of the Resident Commissioner of Andhra Pradesh in New Delhi.
Arunachal Pradesh HRD/Home Department Attestation
1. Deputy Secretary (Home), Government of Arunachal Pradesh, Itanagar
2. Director, Department of Higher & Technical Education Government of Arunachal Pradesh, Itanagar.
3. Office of the Resident Commissioner of Arunachal Pradesh in New Delhi.
Assam HRD/Home Department Attestation
1. ACS, Joint Secretary (Home), Home Department, Assam Secretariat, Dispur, Guwahati
2. ACS, Joint Secretary (Political), Home Department, Assam Secretariat, Dispur, Guwahati
3. Director of Technical Education, Guwahati
4. Office of the Resident Commissioner of Assam in New Delhi.
Andaman and Nicobar HRD/Home Department Attestation
Assistant Secretary (Home), A & A Administration, Port Blair
1. Joint Secretary, Home (Special) Department, Patna
2. Deputy Secretary, Home (Special) Department, Patna.
3. Deputy Secretary (Verification), Bihar School Examination Board, (Senior Secondary), Patna.
4. Controller of Examination, Health Services, HRD for Medical Related Certificates, Patna.
5. Deputy Director (Higher Education), HRD Department, New Secretariat, Patna
6. Secretary, Sanskrit Siksha Board, Boring Canal Road, Patna
7. Secretary, Madarsa Shiksha Board, Vidyapati, Marg, Patna
8. Office of the Resident Commissioner of Bihar in New Delhi
Chandigarh UT HRD/Home Department Attestation
1. Secretary (Home)
2. Joint Secretary (Home)
3. Under Secretary (Home), Home Department, Chandigarh Administration
4. Joint Secretary (Finance), Home Department, Chandigarh Administration
5. Registering and Licensing Authority, Chandigarh.
6. District Education Officer, Education Department, Chandigarh Administration
7. Office of the Resident Commissioner of UT in New Delhi
Chattisgarh HRD/Home Department Attestation
1. Secretary, Technical Education, Chattisgarh Administration, Raipur
2. Under Secretary, Home (Passport) Department, Mantralaya, Raipur
3. Deputy Secretary, Home (Passport) Department, Mantralaya, Raipur
4. Under Secretary, Department of Higher Education, Government of Chattisgarh, Raipur.
5. Under Secretary, General Administration Department, Mantralaya, Raipur
6. Office of the Resident Commissioner of Chattisgarh in Delhi.
Dadra and Nagar Haveli UT HRD/Home Department Attestation
1. Deputy Secretary (Home), Home Department, Silvassa
2. Resident Deputy Collector, Silvassa for the UT of Dadar & Nagar Haveli.
3. Resident Deputy Collector, Khanvel for the UT of Dadar & Nagar Haveli.
4. Resident Collector (Head Quarter) for the UT of Dadar & Nagar Haveli. 5.Deputy Collector/SDM Collectorate, Daman 6. Office of the Resident Commissioner in New Delhi
Daman and Diu HRD/Home Department Attestation
1. Collector & District Magistrate, Diu
2. Deputy Collector/SDM Collectorate, Daman
3. Addl. Dist. Magistrate, Diu
4. Office of the Resident Commissioner in New Delhi.
1. Regional Director of Education (South)
2. Regional Director of Education (East),
3. Deputy Secretary, Home (Passport) and Superintendent, Government of NCT of Delhi
4. All District Judges (DJ) and Sub Divisional Magistrates (SDMs) in Delhi
5. Marriage Registrar, Indian Christian Marriage Act, Delhi Secretariat, New Delhi
Goa HRD/Home Department Attestation
1. Director(Higher Education), Panaji
2. Director (Education), Junta House, Panaji
3. Under Secretary (Home-I), Home Department (Foreigner’s & Citizenship Division), Secretariat, Porvorim-Goa
4. Under Secretary (Home-II), Home Department v 5. Addl. Collector-II, North Goa District, Panaji v 6. Office of the Resident Commissioner of Goa in New Delhi.
1. Deputy Secretary, General Administration Department, Government of Gujrat.
2. Under Secretary, General Administration Department, Government of Gujrat.
3. Section Officer, General Administration Department, Government of Gujrat
4. Office of the Resident Commissioner of Gujrat in New Delhi.
Haryana HRD/Home Department Attestation
1. Director Secondary Education, Haryana.
2. The Secondary Board of School Education, Haryana
3. Deputy Director Colleges-II O/o Higher Education Commissioner, Haryana
4. Deputy Director Colleges-II O/o Higher Education Commissioner, Haryana.
5. Special Secretary to Government Haryana, Home Department.
6. Under Secretary Home Department, Government of Haryana.
7. Deputy Dir. Cadet Corps, Director General Higher Education.
8. Assistant Director (Administration), Director General of Higher Education, Panchkula.
9. Assistant Director, Colleges VII, Higher Education Commissioner, Haryana.
10. Office of the Resident Commissioner of Haryana in New Delhi. v 11. Office of the Chief Secretary, Government of Haryana.
Himachal Pradesh HRD/Home Department Attestation
1. Deputy Secretary(Home) to the Government of Himachal Pradesh, Shimla.
2. Addl . Director(C), Directorate of Higher Education
3. Director(C), Directorate of Higher Education.
4. Joint Director (C-I), Directorate of Higher Education
5. Under Secretary(Home) to the Government of Himachal Pradesh, Shimla
6. Under Secretary(Home) to the Government of Himachal Pradesh, Shimla
7. Principal Secretary(Home) to the Government. of Himachal Pradesh, Shimla.
8. Office of the Resident Commissioner in New Delhi. v 9. Office of the Chief Secretary, Government of Himachal Pradesh.
Jammu & Kashmir HRD/Home Department Attestation
1. Principal, GGM Science College, Civil Secretariat, Higher Education Department, Jammu
2. Principal, Amar Singh College, Gogji Bagh, Srinagar.
3. Deputy Secretary, Home Department.
4. Director Colleges, Higher Education Department, Civil Secretariat, Srinagar/Jammu.
5. Office of the Resident Commissioner of J&K, in New Delhi.
Jharkhand HRD/Home Department Attestation
1. Director, Department of Human Resource Development, Ranchi.
2. Deputy Secretary, Department of Human Resource Development, Ranchi.
3. Under Secretary, Department of Human Resource Development, Ranchi
4. Deputy Secretary, Home Department, Ranchi.
5. Office of the Resident Commissioner of Jharkhand in New Delhi.
1. Additional Commissioner (Land Maintenance Projects and Misc.), Government of Karnataka, Bangalore
2. Additional Commissioner (Administration and Development), Government of Karnataka, Mysore
3 Under Secretary, Home Department (Passport and Foreigners), Bangalore.
4. Regional Commissioner, Mysore
5 Additional Commissioner (Land Maintenance, Projects and Misc.), Government of Karnataka, Mysore
6. Regional Commissioner, Gulbarga
7. Regional Commissioner, Bangalore
8. Regional Commissioner, Belagavi
1. Additional Secretary, General Education Department, Certificate Authentication, Thiruvanathpuram.
2. Deputy Secretary General Education Department Certificate Authentication Centre Ernakulam.
3. Additional Secretary General Education Department Certificate Authentication Centre Kozhikode.
4. Additional h Secretary h (HRD) Certificate Authentication Centre, Thiruvanathpuram.
5. Joint Secretary to Government, Home Department and Under Secretary, Home (Attestation) Department.
6. Additional Secretary to Government, Home Department, Secretariat, Thiruvanathpuram
7. Joint Secretary to Government of Kerala, General Education Department, Certificate Authentication Centre, Ernakulam.
8. Additional Secretary to the Government. of Kerala, General Education Department Certificate Authentication Centre, Ernakulam
9. Joint Secretary, GED, Certificate Authentication Centre, Kozhikode
10. Under Secretary, Home Department, Secretariat, Thiruvanathpuram.
11 . Joint Secretary, General Education Department, Certificate Authentication Centre, Kozhikode.
12. Office of the Resident Commissioner of Kerala in New Delhi.
1. Deputy Secretary, Higher Education Department, , Bhopal.
2. Under Secretary (HRD), Maltralaya, Vallabh Bhawan, Bhopal.
3. Under Secretary, Higher Education Department, Bhopal.
4. Office of the Resident Commissioner of Madhya Pradesh in New Delhi.
1. Joint Secretary, Higher & Technical Education Department, Mumbai.
2. Deputy Secretary, Employment & Self-Employment Department, Mumbai
3. Office of the Resident Commissioner of Maharashtra in New Delhi.
4. Section Officer, Home Department, Government of Maharashtra
Meghalaya HRD Attestation
1. Secretary, Education Department, Government of Meghalaya, Shilong.
2. Secretary, Political Department, Government of Meghalaya
3. Principal Secretary, Political Department, Government of Meghalaya
4. Office of the Resident Commissioner of Meghalaya in New Delhi.
Mizoram HRD Attestation
1. Under Secretary, Government of Mizoram, Higher & Technical Education Department
2. Additional Secretary, Home Department, Government of Mizoram.
3. Secretary, Home Department of Mizoram, Aizawl.
4. Office of the Resident Commissioner of Mizoram in New Delhi.
Manipur HRD Attestation
1.Additional Secretary, Home Department, Government of Manipur.
2. Under Secretary (Home), Government of Manipur.
3. OSD, University & Higher Education, Imphal.
4. Under Secretary (GAD), Government of Manipur.
5. Office of the Resident Commissioner of Manipur in New Delhi.
Nagaland HRD Attestation
1. Special Secretary (Home), Government of Nagaland, Kohima
2. Secretary (Home), Government of Nagaland, Kohima
3. Office of the Resident Commissioner of Nagaland in New Delhi.
Odisha HRD Attestation
1. Higher Education Department, Government of Orissa
2 .Special Secretary, Home Department.
3. Principal Secretary, Home Department, Government of Orissa
4 .Joint Secretary, High Education Department, Department of Higher Education Government of Orissa, Bhubaneswar
5. Office of the Resident Commissioner of Orissa in New Delhi.
Puducherry HRD Attestation
1. Under Secretary to Government (Home), Chief Secretariat, Puducherry.
2. Under Secretary to Government (Administrative Reforms Wing), Chief Secretariat, Puducherry.
3.nDeputy Secretary to Government (Establishment), Chief Secretariat, Puducherry.
4. Under Secretary to Government (Enforcement), Chief Secretariat, Puducherry.
5. Office of the Resident Commissioner of Puducherry in New Delhi.
1. Deputy Secretary, Department of NRI Affairs.
2 .Assistant Director (Funds), and Assistant Director (CC), Punjab Education Department, Chandigarh.
3. Assistant Director, Office of Director Public Instruction (Colleges)
4. Under Secretary, Department of NRI Affair, Chandigarh
5. Director, Department of Technical Education & Industrial Training, Government of Punjab, Chandigarh
6. Office of the Resident Commissioner of Punjab in New Delhi.
Port Blair HRD Attestation
Assistant Secretary(Home), A&N Administration, Port Blair
1. Officer on Special duty (OSD), Home (Jail Department), Government. of Rajasthan.
2. Deputy Secretary (Administration), Education Department, Administration Secretariat, Jaipur.
3. Deputy Secretary (Administration], Education Department.
4. Deputy Secretary, (Coordination) Home Department, Government of Rajasthan,
5. Assistant Secretary, Higher Education (GR.III), Secretariat, Jaipur.
6. Deputy Secretary, Higher education department, Jaipur.
7. Office of the Resident Commissioner of Rajasthan in New Delhi
Sikkim HRD Attestation
1. Director(Exam), Human Resource Development Department, Government. of Sikkim, Gangtok
2. Assistant. Director/Exam, Cell, Human Resource Development, Government. of Sikkim, Gangtok
3. Joint Secretary(Protocol), Home Department, Government. of Sikkim,
4. Joint Secretary(Con), Home Department, Government. of Sikkim, Gangtok
5. Office of the Resident Commissioner in New Delhi.
6. Office of the Chief Secretary, Government of Sikkim.
1. Under Secretary, Government Public(Foreigners) Department, Government of Tamil Nadu, Chennai
2. Office of the Resident Commissioner in New Delhi.
3. Office of the Chief Secretary, Government of Tamil Nadu.
1. Special Secretary (Protocol), General Administration Department, Hyderabad.
2. Joint Secretary (Law & Order), General Administration Department, Hyderabad.
3. Office of the Resident Commissioner of Telangana in New Delhi.
Tripura HRD Attestation
1. Deputy Secretary to the Govt of Tripura, Agartala,
2. Deputy Secretary to the Government. of Tripura, Agartala
3. Office of the Resident Commissioner in New Delhi.
4. Office of the Chief Secretary, Government of Tripura
1. Special Secretary, General Administration Dept. Government of Uttar Pradesh
2. Special Secretary, General Administration Dept. . Government. of Uttar Pradesh
3. Joint Secretary, Dept. of Higher Education
4. Under Secretary, Dept. of Higher Education, Government of Uttar Pradesh
5. Joint Secretary, General Administration Dept., Government of Uttar Pradesh
6. Under Secretary, Department of Higher Education, Government of Uttar Pradesh
7. Under Secretary, Dept. of Higher Education, Government. of Uttar Pradesh
8. Joint Secretary, Dept. of Higher Education, Government. of Uttar Pradesh Department of Higher Education, Government of UP., Lucknow
9. Office of the Resident Commissioner in New Delhi.
10. Office of the Chief Secretary, Government of Uttar Pradesh.
Uttarakhand HRD Attestation
1. Under Secretary, General Administration Department, Government of Uttarakhand
2. Under Secretary, General Administration Dept., Uttarakhand
3. Office of the Resident Commissioner in New Delhi.
4. Office of the Chief Secretary, Government of Uttarakhand
West Bengal HRD Attestation
1. Section Officer, Home (Foreigners’ & NRI’s ) Department Government. of West Bengal
2. Section Officer, Home (Foreigners & NRIs) Dept. Government. of West Bengal
3. W.B.C.S (Exe), Joint Secretary, Home (Foreigners’& NRI’s) Dept., Government. of West Bengal, Kolkata
4. Office of the Resident Commissioner in New Delhi.
5. Office of the Chief Secretary, Government of West Bengal.

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