Monuments & heritage sitesTicketed entry and visitor identity without a register at the gate.
An identity foundation for India
One credential.
One credential.
Every gate in the country.
Verify once. Prove anywhere. Share only what is asked for.
Every day, at gates like these,
a photocopy is still being taken.
Parichai replaces it with a proof.
Government buildingsVisitor passes against a verified credential, not a paper register.
Forts & palacesCrowd-hour entry that moves, with an auditable record behind it.
Temples & pilgrimagesSlot-holder verification at the hours when queues actually form.
HospitalsAdmission and attendant identity, kept apart from the clinical record.
Airports, airlines & transportLounges, meet-and-assist, ground transport — the journey beyond the terminal gate.
Stadiums & eventsTicket-holder identity at the door, without building an attendee database.
Plants & critical infrastructureContractor and visitor identity at the gate, with a record that holds up in an audit.
HotelsHospitalsHeritageGovernment
AirportsTemplesBusesEvents
Car rentalWorkplacesSchoolsPlants
Three steps for the citizen.
One question for the business.
Verify once
Against a government source. Parichai keeps the outcome, not the document.
Consent at the counter
The citizen sees which fields, for what purpose, for how long — and can decline.
Answer, log, expire
The gate opens. Both sides hold the same record. Access closes on schedule.
Parichai — परिचय,
the act of being known.
Built and operated by iVerifi IAM Private Limited, under Startwise Foundation. Governments issue identity; the citizen holds it; the business asks one narrow question.
Parent Startwise Foundation
Operator iVerifi IAM Pvt Ltd
Product Parichai
परिचय
Parichai Credential- PurposeHotel check-in
- Age over 18Yes
- Name matches bookingYes
- Aadhaar numberNot shared
- Document imageNot shared
- AddressNot shared
Answers, never documents. Logged on both sides, expires on schedule.
0Document copies held by verifiers
1Credential across every segment
27Claims in the filed patent application
2Sided audit trail
Privacy stays at the core.
Foundation-level commitments, above any commercial contract.
DPDP Act 2023
Consent, notice, erasure and grievance redressal designed in from the start.
W3C standards
Verifiable credentials and self-sovereign identity architecture.
Aadhaar, offline first
Offline verification is the baseline, online only where the law permits it.
ISO/IEC 27001
Certification in progress for the operating company.
No copiesMinimum disclosurePurpose limitation
Time-bound accessRevocation that bitesTwo-sided audit
AES-256 & TLS 1.3No secondary use
The partnership behind the Foundation
Ganesh Shankar
General Partner
Venkat Donela
Managing Partner & Chief Executive
Naresh Pai
Advisor & General Partner
Varun Shreedhar
Managing Partner, Strategic Initiatives
Sonal Dave
Managing Partner, Human Resources
Satya Samhitha
Managing Partner, Marketing
Mahesh Donela
General Partner
FAQs
Does Parichai store my Aadhaar number or a copy of my documents?
No. It holds verified outcomes — that a check passed — not the document that was checked. A verifier gets an answer to a narrow question and nothing more.
What happens when I withdraw consent?
Verifier access closes immediately. Only records a business is legally required to retain survive, and you are told which ones and under which obligation.
How does this sit with airport identity schemes?
Alongside them. Airport schemes run the terminal gate under their own policy instrument. Parichai covers everywhere else, and we do not touch screening, watch-lists or immigration — those are sovereign functions.
How does a business start using Parichai?
A verifier account, a device that can show a QR code, and an agreement covering purpose and retention. Most go live within a couple of days, with no hardware to install.
Stop collecting photocopies.
The first conversation is short and costs nothing.