IIT-Bombay and UIDAI join hands to develop touchless biometric system: The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has partnered with the Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay (IIT-Bombay) to develop a touchless biometric capture system that is easy to use and accessible from anywhere. The collaboration entails the two organisations conducting joint research to develop a mobile fingerprint capture system and a liveness model that is integrated with the capture system.
April 2023 Current Affairs Quiz
A new touchless biometric system is being developed that will enable people to authenticate their fingerprints from home, similar to face authentication. The system will have the capability to capture multiple fingerprints simultaneously, resulting in a higher success rate for authentication. It will be an additional feature to the existing facilities available in the Aadhaar ecosystem. The system will use a combination of signal or image processing and machine or deep learning, making it easily accessible to the public with an excellent user experience via a common mobile phone. This development is a significant step towards achieving Universal Authenticator. UIDAI has collaborated with IIT Bombay’s National Centre of Excellence in Technology for Internal Security (NCETIS) to jointly conduct research and development for this new system. NCETIS is a joint initiative by IIT Bombay and the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), which falls under the Digital India Programme.
Important takeaways for all competitive exams:
- Chief Executive Officer of Unique Identification Authority of India: Dr. Saurabh Garg;
- Unique Identification Authority of India Founded: 28 January 2009, India;
Unique Identification Authority of India Headquarters: New Delhi