Biometrics attendance mandatory in government colleges of Madhya Pradesh

Biometrics attendance will be applicable for all faculty members and employees of government colleges in Madhya Pradesh  

India: The higher education department of Madhya Pradesh has decided that the attendance of principals, teachers and employees of government colleges in the state will be done through  biometric machines. Department has linked e-attendance with disbursement of salaries of these employees and faculty members.

The reason behind the move is to provide a faster, easier and more accurate way of recording attendance of teaching and non-teaching staff in higher education institutes, and it will also help in tracking exact data about the availability of faculty in colleges.

TechSci Research depicts that with this installation, and increasing absenteeism among faculty and staff in the institutes, biometric attendance will enable the administration to analyse the presence of the faculties & employees and recording the faculty – student ratio as well. Further, with growing technological advancements and increasing deployment of the biometric systems, the biometrics industry will grow significantly in India. 

According to the recent report published by TechSci Research, “India Biometric Market By Type (Fingerprint Recognition, Iris Recognition, Facial Recognition, Voice Recognition and Hand/Palm Recognition), By End Use Sector (Government, Banking & Finance, etc.), Competition Forecast & Opportunities, 2011-2021”, biometrics market in India is projected to grow at a robust CAGR of over 35% till 2020. Growth in the market is anticipated on account of increasing use of various biometric products in government and BFSI sector across the country. Increasing use in corporate houses, schools and industries for time and attendance monitoring, coupled with rising demand from IT / ITeS to authenticate access to confidential data, are other factors that are expected to propel market growth over the next five years. The largest player in India biometrics market is HID, followed by SecuGen, NEC, eSSL, 3M, and Honeywell. Most of these major companies operate in India by importing products and subsequently supplying them through their distributors in the country