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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 liveness model integrated with the capture system.The touchless biometric capture system once developed and operational will allow fingerprint authentication from home alike face authentication. The new system is expected to capture multiple fingerprints at one go and aid authentication success rate further. The new system once in place will be an addition to the existing facilities available in the Aadhaar ecosystem.Such a system will use an intelligent combination of signalimage processing and machine learningdeep learning with a common mobile phone available to most citizens with a good user experience. This will be a step forward in making Universal authenticator a reality.The collaboration between UIDAI and IIT Bombay through its National Centre of Excellence in Technology for Internal Security NCETIS will lead to joint engagement in research and development RD for development of a system for UIDAI. The NCETIS is a joint initiative by IIT Bombay and the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology MeitY under its flagship Digital India Programme. The NCETIS is aimed at developing indigenous technology solutions for Internal Security forces in broad areas of Electronic System Design and Manufacturing.
