Awarded for its innovative idea on
the topic “Teacher taking attendance after every class” to help the schools in
automating attendance system
New Delhi, India – March 22, 2016: Mahindra Comviva, the global leader in mobility solutions, today announced that it has
received the top honors at the Hackathon for Social Innovations 2016 for its innovative idea on intelligent attendance system for schools. The award was presented by the Hon'ble President, Shri Pranab Mukherjee at
the Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi on 19th March 2016 in the presence of eminent speakers like Karl Mehta, Founder of Code for India and founder-CEO of EdCast, and Mohandas Pai, Chairman, Manipal Global Education. The panel of judges included eminent personalities from industry and
commerce including Mohandas Pai,
R.Chandrasekhar (President of NASSCOM) and Sharad Sharma (Co-founder and Governing Council Member iSPIRIT
Foundation).
Mahindra Comviva’s team “Golden
Diggers” presented a solution that helps in automating school attendance systems
with the use of NFC enabled ID cards provided to students and teachers. In
order to activate the system, the teacher will have to tap the card on the NFC
enabled device to unlock the attendance system, which in turn will allow the student
to mark attendance by tapping their ID cards on the device. In the production phase, the process will be
carried out seamlessly using motion sensors, RFID enabled devices and ID cards,
so that neither the teacher nor the students have to record their attendance
manually.
This solution also provides
security mechanism which restricts unauthorized students from marking their
attendance by proxy, while allowing only authorized teachers to take the attendance.
It will have the capability to track movement into restricted/un-authorized
areas in the school/college premises raising an immediate alarm for such
un-authorized movements. Further, it will keep all the data at a centralized
server, in a secured and readily accessible manner for post analysis. This
analysis can be done in number of ways to improve the education system in schools.
The team demonstrated the concept in a short duration of less than 12 hours of
coding.
Expressing his delight at winning the award Mr. Manoranjan Mohapatra, CEO, Mahindra Comviva said, “We are
honored to receive this prestigious award in the field of Social Innovations in
India. This award is a testimony to our commitment to bring in innovative
technological solutions to support social causes and help the society at large.
We will continue to innovate and work closely with several schools to ensure
that this solution is widely used to usher in societal transformation.”
Congratulating Mahindra Comviva on its feat Karl Mehta, Founder of Code for India and
founder-CEO of EdCast said, ‘’Hackathon for Social Innovations is conceived
with the aim to provide a great opportunity for young engineers to be a part of
citizen participation with Government programs that work with a mission. We are
pleased to see Mahindra Comviva nurture young talents to develop cutting-edge
technological innovations and putting them into practice.”
The week-long Festival of
Innovation conducted by Code For
India that concluded on March 19, 2016 had a number of roundtable
discussions relating to the role of inclusive innovations in various social
sectors. The Hackathon aimed at creating a digital system that will take
forward the mission of large scale changes through social innovations. The
agenda and the themes of the Festival of Innovation have attempted to build
inter-linkages amongst various stakeholders essential for an inclusive society
based on inclusive innovations and technologies.
For award ceremony video at the Rashtrapati
Bhavan, New Delhi, please CLICK here.
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About Code For India
Code For India, a rapidly growing non-profit organization founded in
Silicon Valley is dedicated to inspiring millions of technologists,
designers, developers, and engineers to volunteer their time and talent to
give back to their communities and to the developing world. CFI partners
closely with non-profits, NGOs, and the government on a wide range of
projects such as civic infrastructure, elections, city governance, education,
women's safety etc. to help build technology-based solutions to enable faster
execution on the ground, increase efficiency, reduce turnaround times, and
reach greater masses. CFI has collaborated with over 25 NGOs, partnering on
close to 40 projects, with a 1400-strong volunteer base. Learn more at www.CodeForIndia.org
About Mahindra Comviva
Mahindra Comviva is the global leader in providing mobility solutions. It
is a subsidiary of Tech Mahindra and a part of the USD 16.9 billion Mahindra
Group. With an extensive portfolio spanning mobile finance, content,
infotainment, messaging and mobile data solutions, Mahindra Comviva enables service providers to enhance customer experience,
rationalize costs and accelerate revenue growth.
Its mobility solutions are deployed by over 130 mobile service
providers and financial institutions in over 90 countries, transforming
the lives of over a billion people across the world. For more information, please visit www.mahindracomviva.com
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