American Education system is very different from that of India. India has two types of universities. The one which are residential and offer on campus class-room education and the other which either do not offer any class-room education or only master’s classes and has a number of affiliated schools & colleges. For example all IIT’s and IIM’s falls under the first category, whereas University of Delhi or University of Mumbai would fall under the second category. In US all bachelor degrees irrespective of major subject or discipline are known as BS but it is different in India. A bachelor degree with commerce as major would be known as B.Com, a bachelor degree with history as major would be known as B.A. and a bachelor degree with physics as major would be known as B.Sc. The same criteria apply to Master degrees.

Social Security Number issued in US has no relevance in India. Date of birth is useful to identify a candidate but records are not maintained by date of birth. Father’s name in case of unmarried male and female candidates and husband’s name in case of married females plays important role in identifying a candidate.