Andhra University to implement Bio-metric Attendance

Vishakapatnam, Oct 14: The Andhra University students and staff members will have biometric attendance in the entire campus from January onwards, as per the Govt's order.

Right now the campus has about 100 Android-based machines placed at different departments on a pilot basis. All these machines will be replaced by Linux-based machines.

"We have floated a tender for the supply of 350 Linux-based machines and the tender has been finalized. The machines will be supplied by November-end and by December they will be installed at all departments and from January we wish to make them operational", said Vice-Chancellor Prof. G. Nageswara Rao.

The machines will be installed at a cost of Rs.50 lakh. Once installed, the entry and the exit of students and staff members will be digitally recorded and they cannot tampered.

CCTV coverage will increase the transparency and it can be monitored real-time from the V-C's and Registrar's chamber, as it will be linked to the main server.

Apart from biometric machines, the campus will also come under CCTV coverage. Tenders have been floated for the supply of 220 CC TV cameras at a cost of Rs.50 lakh.

"These cameras will cover all the departments and for the hostels, we will have a separate tender," said Prof. Nageswara Rao.

The V-C told that a team of police officers have already visited the campus and have selected the locations to install the cameras.