UIDAI-IIT-Bombay join hands to develop touchless biometric capture system

The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has joined hands with Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (IIT-Bombay) to develop a robust touchless biometric capture system for easier usage by people anytime, anywhere.

As part of the memorandum of understanding, UIDAI and IIT Bombay will carry out joint research to build a mobile capture system for fingerprints along with a liveness model integrated with the capture system, according to a press statement issued in Mumbai on Monday.

The touchless biometric capture system, once developed and operational, will allow fingerprint authentication from home alike face authentication.