Even in a volatile world of supply-chain decoupling, technological disruption, and immigration uncertainty, one truth holds steady — talent is global and mobile. Every nation today competes not just for investments, but for skilled professionals who can build resilience and drive innovation.

The 2025 Nobel Prize in Economics reminds us of a simple truth: The future will belong to societies that can spot talent, validate it, and help it move where it’s valued most.

Yet, while talent flows freely, the infrastructure has not kept pace. Degrees, certificates, and vocational credentials remain trapped in institutional silos — hard to verify, slow to authenticate, and inconsistently recognised across borders. This friction adds costs for workers and employers: redundant training, hiring delays, and an erosion of trust in qualifications.

From Digital identity to trust infrastructure: For decades, the way we prove what we know has barely changed. Degrees sit in drawers and gather dust. Employers still chase signatures and stamps. It’s a slow, leaky system built for an analogue world — one that hasn’t kept pace with global talent on the move.

Blockchain technology may have a solution here — make credentials tamper-proof, decentralised, and globally verifiable. It shifts us from mere digitisation to an interoperable network of skills and qualifications — an internet of trust.

Picture an Indian semiconductor engineer whose certification from the India Semiconductor Mission, postgraduate degree from IIT, and........

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