TRANSFORMING INDIA

Innovation for Viksit Bharat

Initiative Details

Project Name Aadhaar Touching Lives With Face Authentication
Department/State/District UIDAI
Sector Boosting economy
Year 2022
Project Details

Summary

Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) carries out around 8 crore Aadhaar authentication transactions on a daily basis using various modalities like biometrics (fingerprint and iris), OTP and demographics. During the Aadhaar enrolment process, the identity information of the resident i.e. demographic information (name, address, gender and date of birth; mobile number and e-mail) and biometric information (face, fingerprint and iris) are captured. UIDAI has launched an in-house innovative initiative using Artificial Intelligence (AI)/ Machine Learning (ML) based Face Authentication Solution. UIDAI has developed a robust Artificial Intelligence-Machine Learning (AI-ML) based Face Authentication functionality, wherein a resident can perform Aadhaar authentication using ‘Face’ as a biometric modality... Read More