📜 NPTEL Certificate Verifier

This project automates the process of verifying certificates issued by NPTEL (National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning).

✅ Overview

The tool compares submitted certificates with the official NPTEL versions by extracting and validating data through embedded QR codes.

🔄 Workflow Steps

  1. Prepare Certificate Folder
    Place all submitted NPTEL certificates in a folder named submitted-certificates.

  2. Extract Submitted Certificate Data
    The tool extracts key fields such as:
    • Name
    • Roll Number
    • QR Code Data
      and stores them in submitted_certificate_details.csv.

  3. Download Official Certificates
    Using the URL from each QR code, the tool downloads the official version of the certificate from the NPTEL server into a folder called certificates-from-nptel.

  4. Extract Official Certificate Data
    The downloaded certificates are parsed similarly and saved in downloaded_certificate_details.csv.

  5. Compare & Verify
    The tool compares both .csv files and generates a final report:
    • File: all_certificates_details.csv
    • Fields:
      • verified (Yes/No)
      • reason (Mismatch explanation or confirmation)

📂 Output Files

File Name Description
submitted_certificate_details.csv Extracted data from user-submitted PDFs
downloaded_certificate_details.csv Extracted data from NPTEL’s version
all_certificates_details.csv Final comparison results

🚀 Benefits