UIDAI Signs 5-Year Cutting-Edge R&D Agreement with Indian Statistical Institute (ISI)

UIDAI Signs 5-Year Cutting-Edge R&D Agreement with Indian Statistical Institute (ISI)

Description: The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) signed an umbrella agreement with the Indian Statistical Institute (ISI) for joint research and development (R&D) to further enhance the robustness, security and reliability of Aadhaar operations through data driven innovations. The agreement effective for a period of five years, will cover areas such as fraud and anomaly detection, development of biometric liveness detection tools, identification of high-risk enrolment/update categories, improvements in biometric matching algorithms, and other priority areas as mutually decided. The agreement was signed by Ms Tanusree Deb Barma, Deputy Director General (Technology Centre) at UIDAI and Prof B. S. Daya Sagar, head of Indian Statistical Institute, Bengaluru