Verified reporting on the Automated Fingerprint Identification System, its national implementation and its recognition at the 2015 Manthan Awards in India.
Nikita Mehta’s feature explains the locally developed AFIS, latent-print processing, faster identification and the project’s 2015 Manthan recognition. Photograph by Ramesh Pathania/Mint.
Read and view at Mint →The archive identifies Harsha Wijayawardhana at the Manthan Award Exhibition, including photographs with Chaminda Nawardhan of the Sri Lanka Police fingerprint service.
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Contemporary reporting and an infographic on the fingerprint-identification capability, database scale and operational results.
Read at the Sunday Times →Coverage of the launch, locally developed algorithms, rapid identification and Harsha’s technical account.
Read at Daily FT →Includes a photograph of Harsha with Minister Sagala Ratnayake, IGP N. K. Illangakoon and SSP Priyantha Jayakody during the expansion of AFIS to 42 police divisions.
Read and view the photograph at Daily FT →Coverage of Theekshana’s development work, fragment identification, matching speed and examiner tools, including comments by Harsha.
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