Verified, lifetime-valid credentials
Four full-length research-methodology programmes. Each issues a Platinum Certificate signed by both URN founders, with a QR code linking to a public verification page. Lifetime validity. No expiry, no renewals.
Pattern: URN-{RM|DA|HNA|AISRMA}-YYYYMMDD-XXXXXX
Each programme runs across 4 levels with 8 lessons per level. Completing all 4 levels earns the Platinum Certificate of Completion. Bronze, Silver, and Gold tiers track progress along the way.
Foundations → Design → Doing → Reporting
Aligned with: CONSORT · STROBE · PRISMA · STARD · TRIPOD
Statistics from descriptives to survival models
Aligned with: STROBE · CONSORT · STARD · TRIPOD
Population-focused, action-oriented public health
Aligned with: WHO HNA · STROBE · SRQR · GRAMMS · PRISMA-Equity
Protocol → Search → Screen → Extract → RoB → Synthesise
Aligned with: PRISMA 2020 · Cochrane Handbook · RoB 2 / ROBINS-I / QUADAS-2 · GRADE
The certificate is automatic. Complete the lessons; the Platinum tier unlocks the issue button; one click sends the cert to your inbox.
Join URN, activate any of the four academy modules from the workspace dashboard. Free.
Watch the URN Whiteboard lecture and pass the quiz at the end of each lesson. Track progress per level.
Bronze (L1), Silver (L1-2), Gold (L1-3), Platinum (all 4 levels). Each unlock is automatic.
At Platinum, click "Issue my certificate" on the course landing. Cert lands in your inbox in under a minute.
Every certificate carries a QR code linking to a public verification page that confirms it was issued by URN.
Scan the QR code on a certificate, or open utkarshresearchnetwork.in/urn-course-certificate-verify.php?id=URN-… with the certificate ID. The verification page is open to anyone — employers, IRB committees, journals, or alumni associations.