Reimagining Global Education: How Nirajan Acharya is Using AI to Transform Credential Evaluation

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In today’s hyper connected education ecosystem, the question of how international academic credentials are verified has become just as important as what they represent. Universities across the globe are racing to streamline their admissions processes, yet many remain bogged down by outdated methods, manual reviews, paper trails, and long turnaround times. The result? A frustrating bottleneck for both institutions and students.

But one technologist saw not just the problem, but the opportunity and built a solution that is rewriting the rules.

Meet Nirajan Acharya, co-founder and lead engineer of MyEvaluationPal, a SaaS platform that is shaking up the credential evaluation industry with the precision of AI and the vision of a global educator. A software engineer by training and an entrepreneur by spirit, Acharya’s journey is a masterclass in how deep technical knowledge paired with human centered design can yield impact at scale.

From AI Researcher to EdTech Trailblazer

Acharya’s roots lie in software engineering and artificial intelligence, having earned his Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from Youngstown State University. But what sets him apart isn’t just his academic background, it’s how he’s applied it. Before launching MyEvaluationPal, he led innovative projects at enterprise software firm xFact Inc., where he honed his ability to merge scalable architectures with cutting-edge AI frameworks, grounded in solid software engineering practices.

This insight proved critical when he turned his focus to the often overlooked challenges international students face in higher education, particularly the slow, expensive process of validating academic credentials.

The Birth of MyEvaluationPal

It was this pain point that inspired Acharya to co-found MyEvaluationPal. Built from the ground up with a dual engine approach, AI driven automation combined with human oversight, the platform provides faster, cheaper, and more reliable academic credential evaluations.

Think TurboTax but for international transcripts.

“MyEvaluationPal reduces a traditionally weeks-long process to mere hours,” says Acharya. “And it does so without sacrificing accuracy or compliance, which is critical for institutional trust.”

As co-founder, he oversees everything from product architecture to security compliance, ensuring the platform meets the highest standards for data privacy, user experience, and machine learning accuracy. The system can parse documents from over 100 countries and automatically generate institution ready evaluations, all while offering customizable settings to fit individual university policies.

Impact Beyond the Algorithm

The numbers speak for themselves: MyEvaluationPal has already helped admissions departments reasonably reduce administrative overhead while giving students a clearer, faster path into global classrooms.

Yet Acharya’s vision goes beyond efficiency. He sees the platform as a democratizing force, one that levels the playing field for students from diverse backgrounds, making international education more inclusive.

“My goal isn’t just to optimize workflows,” he notes. “It’s to remove barriers for talented students who deserve access to opportunity, no matter where they come from.”

That ethos is evident in how the platform is designed, not just secure and scalable, but also intuitive. His team is currently leading efforts to integrate MyEvaluationPal directly into universities’ existing student information systems, eliminating silos and further simplifying the admissions process.

Recognition, Leadership, and Giving Back

Nirajan exemplifies Recognition, Leadership, and Giving Back through his impactful research project, ‘Accelerating the Inference of the Exa.TrkX Pipeline’. In this work, he addressed the challenges of real-time particle tracking using graph neural networks (GNNs), a cutting-edge approach in high energy physics. Demonstrating both technical leadership and engineering excellence, he optimized a multi-step GNN-based pipeline—originally in Python—for high-performance inference. 

By leveraging GPU-enabled software libraries and developing a fully integrated C++ implementation, his team significantly improved the pipeline’s efficiency and compatibility with existing particle tracking systems. His work included CUDA-accelerated components such as fixed-radius nearest neighbor search and ONNX Runtime integration for deep learning inference, showcasing a deep commitment to scalable architectures and AI frameworks. Through this contribution, he not only advanced scientific computing but also gave back to the research community by enabling faster, more accessible particle reconstruction tools.

With MyEvaluationPal, Acharya is not just building a product, he’s laying the foundation for a new model of global academic exchange. One where paperwork no longer stands in the way of potential. Where universities focus more on student fit and less on document wrangling. And where AI doesn’t replace human judgment but enhances it.

It’s a vision that’s already gaining traction. And if Acharya’s trajectory is any indication, this is only the beginning.

As global education continues to evolve, innovators like Nirajan Acharya will play a pivotal role, not just as engineers, but as architects of a more accessible, intelligent, and equitable future.