AMU introduces biometric identification for admission seekers

Updated on: Monday, July 04, 2011

To check impersonation during admission process, the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) has for the first time issued biometric smart cards for candidates.

 

A spokesman of the University today said cases of 10 aspirants in the faculty of engineering have been referred to a forensic laboratory for verification after discrepancies were found.

 

The University is using the new procedure based on biometric identity check for preventing growing malpractice of impersonation in some admission tests for professional courses, especially in the faculties of medicine and engineering, he said.

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