Digital Signature Certificates (DSC)


Digital Signature Certificates or DSC or Digital Signature are being adopted by various government agencies and now is a statutory requirement in various applications.

Arthsankya Edigital Private Limited offers a different class of certificates to help organize and individuals secure online transactions issued by CA Capricorn identity services Pvt. Ltd.

Certificates provided by us conform to x.509 standard of Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) in India wherein additionally these are issued as per IVG and IOG guidelines issued by the office of Controller of Certifying Authorities.

There are various Type and Class of DSC, the information below would help you to arrive in the right certificate for your needs.

Type of Certificates

  • Sign

    The DSC could only be used for Signing a document. (The most popular Certificate)

    The most popular usage is signing the PDF file for Tax Returns, MCA, and other websites.

  • Encrypt

    The DSC would be used to Encrypt a document, it is popularly used in the tender portal, to help your company encrypt the documents and upload.

    You could also use the certificate to encrypt and send classified information.

    We are selling Encrypt certificate as a standalone product as well.

  • Sign & Encrypt

    You could buy both Sign & Encrypt DSC by using this category.

Validity of the Certificate

You could buy certificates with a validity up to three years. (The validity is controlled by law, and you cannot buy certificates more than three years and less than One-year validity)


Classes of Certificates

The IT law allows us three Classes of DSC, however, we only sell Class 2 and Class 3 certificates. We are not selling Class 1 Certificates.

The difference between Class 2 and Class 3 is verification guidelines.

  • Class 2

    This is the most popular class of certificates, and most applications would recognize this class of certificates.

  • Class 3

    This level of assurance is required generally by Tender portals and some highly sensitive websites.

    If you opt for class 3 certificate, all applications which are created for Class 2, should be able to recognize your certificates.


Who could buy our certificate

There is no limitation on who could buy our certificates, people and organization from India and outside India can buy our certificates, provided they meet our Verification Guidelines. Please look at our list below to select an appropriate application form.

  • Individuals

    The DSC is for Indians, who do not want their organization name to be part of the certificate.

  • Organization

    Ths DSC is for companies (any type of entity), who want their organization name to be part of DSC.

  • Foreign Individuals

    The DSC is for foreigners and would like to use our certificate in their name.

  • Foreign Organization

    The DSC is for Organizations registered outside India would like to use our Digital Certificates.

  • Document Signer Certificate

    If you intend to use our certificate for bulk signing of documents, you could use our Bulk Signer Certificates. We would offer this certificate in PFX file for Class 2 and is sold to Organizations only.

  • IET Certificates

    We have a special Digital Signature certificate for IEC code holders, this certificate is specifically used for DGFT portal.


To serve you better the Digital Signature certificates are available locally in your area / city through our wide network of associates.

We are based in Himachal Pradesh and provide our services in adjoining states and other parts of the country. We offer our services to individuals, organisations and various government organisations. You can trust our agile and dependable network while availing Digital Signature Services/ DSC / Digital Signature and our other services in Dharamshala, Mandi, Chamba, Shimla, Kullu, Manali, Hamirpur, Sirmaur, Una, Kangra, Palampur, Pathankot, Amritsar, Bilaspur, Baijnath, Nagrota, Jawalaji, Jawali, Nurpur, Paprola, Dalhousie, Banikhet, Rehan, Jasoor, Ranital, Sarkaghat, Ghumarwin, Pontasahib, Nahan, Rampur Bushahr, Sundernagar, Barmana, Ner Chowk, Jogindernagar, Sujanpur, Nadaun, Bhota, Badsar, Mehre, Joshimath, Baddi, Barotiwala, Nalagarh, Solan, Parwanoo, Chandigarh, Delhi and list goes on and on.

You can also write to us at [email protected] or speak to our manager at +91-9811045962.