Apostille and Attestation of Documents

Ministry of External Affairs is responsible for Attestation and Apostille of documents for
use in countries abroad. This service is now being performed by its offices located at the
following places:

(1) Delhi CPV Division, Attestation Cell,

Ministry of External Affairs
Patiala House Annexe, Tilak Marg,
New Delhi-110011.
Telefax: 011-23387931, Email: sooi@mea.gov.in, usexoi@mea.gov.in

(2) Chennai MEA Branch Secretariat

68, College Road, E.V.K. Sampath Mallaligai,
7th Floor, Numgambakkam, Chennai -600006.
Phone: 044-28252200, 28251323
Fax: 044-28251034, Email: usbs.chennai@mea.gov.in

(3) Hyderabad MEA Branch Secretariat

Old Reception Hall, Near Old Gate,
Andhra Pradesh Secretariat,
Hyderabad-500022
Phone: 040-23456051, Fax: 040-23451244
Email: raviaisola@hotmail.com

(4) Kolkata MEA Branch Secretariat

2, Ballygunge, Park Road,
Kolkata-700019
Phone: 033-22879701, 22802686
Fax: 033-22879703, Email: meacal@dataone.in

(5) Guwahati MEA Branch Secretariat

House No. 307, Beltola, Basistha Road,
Guwahati-781028.
Phone: 0361-2229155, 2229156,
Fax: 0361-2229157, Email: hobs.guwahati@mea.gov.in

Apostille: India is a member of the Hague Convention of October 5, 1961, abolishing the
requirement of legalisation of foreign public documents. Apostille is acceptable in 94 member
countries of the convention and is issued for personal documents like birth, death, marriage
certificates, affidavits, power of attorney etc. and educational documents like degree, diploma,
matriculation and secondary level certificates etc. However, commercial documents are excluded
from the purview of the convention.

Procedure: All documents requiring attestation or apostille should be first authenticated by the
designated agencies in the State from where the document has been issued. In case of personal
documents, Home Department/General Administration Department are the designated authorities.
In case of educational documents, State Governments have opened Regional Authentication
Centres (RACs) (see list) in the States from where the document should first be attested.
Documents attested by these authorities then can be presented to the MEA offices for attestation
or apostille.
Fee: A fee of Rs. 50/- is payable by means of Postal order/Pay order drawn in favour of PAO,
MEA, New Delhi, for each apostille sticker. However, there is no fee for attestation of
documents.

REGIONAL AUTHENTICATION CENTRES FOR AUTHENTICATION OF

EDUCATIONAL DOCUMENTS/GENERAL DOCUMENTS

Sl Name of State Name of Officer/Address/Telephone No

No
1 Andhra Pradesh 1. Shri N. V. Ramana Reddy, Special Secretary (Protocol),
Gen. Administration Department.
2. Shri D. Ramakrishna, Joint Secretary (GPM & AR)
3. Shri W. Ganeshan, Joint Secretary (AIS) General
Administration Department
Old Reception Hall, Near Old Gate, A. P. Secretariat Building,
Hyderabad, Tele: 040-23454823 (O)
2 Assam 1. Shri Delwar Hussain, Inspector of College, Assam, Office
of Director Higher Education, Kahilipara, Guwahati, Assam.
Phone: 0361-2382286
3 Bihar 1. Shri Gopal Ji, Deputy director, Higher Education, Human
Resource Development Department, Patna for
(i) Magadh University, Bodh Gaya
(ii) Veer Kunwar Singh University, Ara
(iii) Tilka Manjhi Bhagalpur University, Bhagalpur
2. Shri Vijay Kumar Himanshu, Deputy Director, Higher
Education for Patna University
3. Shri Sunil Kumar, Deputy Director Higher Education for
(a) Baba Saheb Bhim Rao Ambedkar Bihar University,
Muzaffarpur (b) Jai Prakash University, Chhapra
4. Shri Suryadeo Kumar Paswan, Assistant Director Higher
Education for (a) Lalit Narain Mithila University, Darbhanga (b)
Bhupendra Narain Mandal University, Madhepura (c) Kameshwar
Singh Darbhanga Sanskrit University, Darbhanga.
Resident Commissioner’s office Phone: 011-23014945, 23015067
4 Chandigarh UT 1. Smt Kamla Bains, District Education Officer, UT
Chandigarh
2. Shri Gulzar Singh, Deputy Director, Adult Education, UT
Chandigarh
Delhi Resident office Phone: 011-2335359
5 Chattisgarh 1. Shri Sunil Kujur, Secretary
2. Dr. A.K. Shukla, Additional Director, Office of the
Commissioner Higher Education, Raipur
3. Dr. D. S. Bal, Additional Director (Technical)
DKS Bhawan, Mantralaya, Raipur-492001
Phone: 2221258, 4089345.
6 Dadra and Nagar 1. Shri V C Pandey, Director of Education, and
Haveli UT 2. Shri D Balalah, Assistant Director of Education
Administrator’s office Phone: 0260-2642777
7 Delhi NCT Shri Dharam Vir Singh, RDE (South), C-4, Vasant Vihar, New
Delhi. Phone: 26141613
8 Goa 1. Dr Bhaskar G Nair, Director of Higher Education,
Government of Goa, Junta House, 2nd Lift, 5th Floor, Panaji, Goa
Tel: 2425582/85, Fax: 2425582, Mobile: 9822802572
2. Dr Colsa Pinto, Director of Education, Government of
Goa, Panaji-Goa
3. Shri Aleixo F da Costa State Director of Craftsmen
Training, Sharam Shakti Bhawan, 3rd Floor, Patto Plaza, Panaji,
Goa 403001
4. Dr Chandrasekhar, Director, Directorate of Technical
Education, Alto Prvorim Goa, Phone:0832-2413571, Fax: 2413571
9 Gujarat 1. Shri A D Patel Under Secretary, Government of Gujarat
(GAD)
2. Shri Lalit T. Vyas Under Secretary, Education Department
Sachivalaya, Gandhi Nagar, Gujarat
Phone: 079-23250362
10 Haryana 1. Higher Education Commissioner/Director Higher Education,
Haryana in respect of certificate(s)/degree(s) issued by Universities
situated outside the State of Haryana
2. Registrar of the concerned University in the State which
has issued the certificate(s)/ diploma(s)/ degree(s).
3. Director Secondary Education, Haryana in respect of
certificate(s)/diploma(s)/degree issued by National Open School,
Central Board of Secondary Education, ICSE or any other State
Board of Education in the country
4. The Secretary Board of School Education, Haryana, Bhiwani
in respect of Matriculation and 10+2 certificates issued by it or by
the Haryana Open School.
Shri Rajan Gupta, Phone 2740960
Smt. Joyoti Arora, Higher Education Deptt., Shiksha Sadan,
Panchkula, Phone: 0172-2562036 2562042
11 Himachal Pradesh Shri P. Mishra , Secretary (Education), Himachal Pradesh, Simla.
Phone 0177-2621894
12 Jammu & Kashmir 1. Shri R. K. Sharma, Special Secretary to Government,
Technical Education Department, J & K, Civil Secretary
Jammu/Srinagar. Tel#(J) 0191-2546284, (K) 0194-2485765,
941940885 (M)
2. Professor (Dr) Ali Mohammad Mir, Principal, SP.
College, M A Road, Srinagar, (J&K), Fax: 0194-2476828, Mob-
09419010839, Residential Address-Chandpora, Harwan, Srinagar,
Kashmir 191123, Phone-0194-2462156
3. Professor Vijay Kotwal, Principal C. G. M. Sc. College,
Jammu
13 Jharkhand 1. Shri Prem Prakash Sinha, Deputy Director
2. Shri Arvind Kumar Jha, Deputy Director
3. Shri Achutanand Thakur, Deputy Director
Department of Human Resource Development, Ranchi
Resident Commissioner’s office Phone: 011-261 92274, 26180743
14 Karnataka Shri H C Nagendra, Deputy Secretary/Smt Alice Gonsalves,
Under Secretary, Home Department, Passport and Foreigners,
Room No 224, IInd Floor, Vidhana Soudha, Bangalore-560001
Tel: 080-22033371 (O)
Resident Commissioners of Gulbarga, Belgaum and Mysore
15 Kerala Shri K. S. Gopinathan Nair, Regional Authentication officer,
Lotus Villa, Sasthamangalam, Thiruvananthapuram Tel: 0471-
5575212 (O)
16 Madhya Pradesh Shri Mahendra Singh Raghuvanshi
Block 3 Green city, 35, Gulmohur Bhawan, Bhopal,
Phone 0755-2741024
Smt S. Khandate, Under Secretary, Higher Education
Department, M.P. Phone 0755-2765656 (R)
17 Maharashtra Smt Seema Dhanderi, Joint Secretary, Higher Education
Department 4th Floor Mantralaya Annexe, Mumbai-400032 Tel:
02222024237 (O), 24367773 (R)
18 Meghalaya Smt R V Suchiang, IAS, Commissioner & Secretary, Education
Department, Government of Meghalaya, Shillong
Phone: 0364-2210132
19 Mizoram Shri R Malsawrna, Under Secretary, Higher & Technical
Education Department, Govt of Mizoram
Phone: 0389-2317548
20 Orissa 1. Shri B C Jena, Special Secretary, Home Department
2. Shri Tarun Kanti Mishra, Secretary Assistant to Special
Secretary
3. Shri Chaturbhuj Mallick, Joint Secretary, Deptt. Of Higher
Education, Govt. of Orissa
Phone: 0674-2322512 Fax: 2238113, Mobile: 09839077600
21 Pudducherry Dr Jayanta Kumar Ray, Director, Fax: 0412-2254590, (O) 0413-
2257831
22 Punjab 1. Smt Neelam Mahajan/Smt Harleen Kaur Bedi,
Assistance Director/
Smt Manjeet Indra, Assistance Director/
Smt Sarita Chopra, Assistance Director/
Smt Sulakshna Kapur, Under Secretary/
Shri Piara Lal, Deputy Secretary,
Shri Anjul Dev Bhandari, Under Secretary
Smt. Manorama Devi, Under Secretary
Shri Vinod Bakshi, Under Secretary,
Department of Non-Resident Indian Affairs, Government of
Punjab, Ground Floor, Mini Secretariat, Sector-9, Chandigarh
2. Dr Atamjit Singh, Deputy Director (Colleges), Director of
Public Instruction © Punjab, Chandigarh
23 Rajasthan 1. Dr O P Gupta, Officer on Special Duty (OSD),
Department of Higher Education, Room No 203, 2nd Floor, Main
Building, Government Secretariat, Rajasthan, Jaipur Phone: 0141-
2227017 (O), 9829132131 (Mob), 0141-2227017 {Residence
Address: Dr O P Gupta, F-40, Vaishali Nagar, Jaipur (Rajasthan)
2. Shri Madhusudan Sharma Phone: 0140-22227724 (O),
9950999703 (Mobile), 0141-2227395 (Fax)
24 Sikkim 1. Shri G B Niraula, Joint Director (Examination)
2. Miss Diki Topenden, Deputy Director (Examination)
Resident Commissioner’s office Phone: 011-26113747
25 Tamilnadu 1. Shri K. Ganeshan, Secretary Higher Education,
Government of Tamil Nadu Phone 044-25670499
2. Under Secretary Government Public (Foreigners) Department,
Government of Tamilnadu, Chennai.
26 Uttar Pradesh 1. Shri Om Prakash Mishra, Under Secretary
2. Shri Ramanand Prasad, Joint Secretary
Department of Higher Education, Government of U.P., Lucknow
Phone 0522 2238001 Extension 3202 Fax 0522 2238287
27 Uttrakhand 1. Shri K. S. Bisht, Under Secretary GED
2. Shri N S Dungariyal, Secretary GAD, Phone: 0135-2712802.
Shri M S Khan
28 West Bengal 1. Shri A K Barua, Section Officer, Home (Foreigner & NRI),
2. Shri C Raychaudhuri, Joint Secretary, (Home Department)
Writers Building, Kolkata-700001 Fax: 22145479