Anil Jain, University Distinguished Professor and the Douglas E. Zongker Endowed Professor of Engineering at Michigan State University, has joined a panel of experts for a strategic and technological upgrade of India’s digital identity platform.
The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) will shape a new Aadhaar Vision 2032, a forward-looking roadmap aligned with India’s Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act and emerging global standards of privacy and cybersecurity.
The expert panel will leverage cutting-edge technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), blockchain, quantum computing, advanced encryption, and next-generation data security mechanisms.
Jain is an internationally recognized innovator in pattern recognition and biometrics. He received the BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Awards and was inducted into the United States National Academy of Engineering (2016), Indian National Academy of Engineering (2016), The World Academy of Sciences (2019), Chinese Academy of Sciences (2019) and the National Academy of Inventors (2015).
Through his work with the Indian government, he helped design a secure, accurate and real-time identification system, called Aadhaar (translated to Foundation in English), for all 1.45 billion residents based on their fingerprints, face and iris. Currently, Aadhaar is used to process approximately 80 million biometric authentications every day for routine transactions involving banking, welfare benefits, pensions, etc., and has provided an identity to the marginalized in India.
Written by Patricia Mroczek
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