Harcourt Butler Technical University
Harcourt Butler Technical University (HBTU), formerly Harcourt Butler Technological Institute (HBTI), is an old STEM college currently operating as a public technical university, and is located in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India. Established in 1921, it is one of India's oldest engineering institutes, and also India's first technological institute for higher research in technical chemistry.
Verify users from Harcourt Butler Technical University
Harcourt Butler Technical University is a member of INFED, one of the national research and education federations that share academic identity providers through eduGAIN. That means you can verify a user's affiliation with Harcourt Butler Technical University by having them sign in with their Harcourt Butler Technical University account via SAML single sign-on — no document uploads, no passwords, no identity data stored on Studid.
- Persistent identifiers
- No
- Country
- India
- Federation
- INFED
Institution details
- Organization
- Harcourt Butler Technical University
- Description
- Harcourt Butler Technical University (HBTU), formerly Harcourt Butler Technological Institute (HBTI), is an old STEM college currently operating as a public technical university, and is located in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India. Established in 1921, it is one of India's oldest engineering institutes, and also India's first technological institute for higher research in technical chemistry.
- Country
- India
- Website
- https://hbtu.ac.in/
- SAML Entity ID
https://idp.hbtu.ac.in/idp/shibboleth- Federation
- INFED
SAML capabilities
Capabilities are read from the institution's SAML metadata. An advertised format is what the IdP declares it supports — not a guarantee of what every login returns.
- technical
- administrative
Frequently asked questions
Can I verify that someone is affiliated with Harcourt Butler Technical University?
Yes. Harcourt Butler Technical University participates in INFED, which shares academic identity providers through eduGAIN. Users prove their affiliation by signing in with their Harcourt Butler Technical University account via SAML single sign-on — no document uploads, no passwords, no identity data stored on Studid.
Does Harcourt Butler Technical University support persistent identifiers?
Not necessarily. Harcourt Butler Technical University does not advertise a NameID format, so identifiers are likely to be transient (per-login). authIdentifier may be null — you can still confirm which institution the user logged in from via entityId.
Which country is Harcourt Butler Technical University in?
Harcourt Butler Technical University is located in India.
How do I verify students from Harcourt Butler Technical University?
Create a verification session via POST /v2/auth/verification, redirect the user to the returned link, and poll GET /v2/auth/verification/{id} after they authenticate at Harcourt Butler Technical University. The integration guide has a complete walkthrough.
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