04 June 2015 16:45 GMT
French biometrics firm Morpho has revealed that it will power an online hackathon devoted to India’s unique, biometrics-backed Aadhaar ID numbers.
Morpho will provide a biometric sensor for the event, to help the developers to create applications around biometric authentication.
The event aims is to encourage and promote the development of applications that utilize the open Aadhaar application program interfaces (APIs).
The online Hackathon is open to participants across India and will require them to take an online entry test to ensure they meet minimum eligibility criterion.
The event will see close to 4.500 participants indulge in a non-stop two-day coding marathon. On 6-7 June, developers will build products under any of the following categories: Government Benefits, Financial Services (banking, insurance, and brokerage), Payments, Healthcare, Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG), and Online + Offline (O2O).
The Aadhaar Hackathon will be administered via the HackerEarth Sprint, a unique tool developed by HackerEarth for conducting large-scale online Hackathons. All applications will be required to prove the successful use of the Aadhaar APIs and will be judged automatically for quality of code and added value of the application. A team of experts will judge the top five applications in each category and pick one winner from each category on 8 June.
“The Online Aadhaar Hackathon will provide a platform to developers in India to build applications around the Aadhaar architecture. Such applications will not only help the uptake of Aadhaar authentication, but also lead to a faster and smarter delivery of payments and trusted services,” said Sanjeev Shriya, SVP India at Morpho, and Managing Director, Smart Chip Limited.
The Indian government first unveiled the colossal, one-of-a-kind Aadhaar project in September 2009 as a way of raising working and living standards and offering all residents a unique, undisputable identity. Morpho began issuing Aadhaar numbers in August 2010. Today, with almost 1 million applications processed daily, over 800 million identity numbers have been issued.
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