MorphoTop, Morpho’s latest fingerprint image capture terminal has been officially certified for India’s unique identification (UID) program. The 3-year Certificate of Approval was issued by the Standardization, Testing and Quality Certification (STQC) Directorate for Government of India’s Department of Information Technology (DIT) and the UIDAI (Unique Identification Authority of India).

The terminal has successfully passed all the required stringent tests and trials, confirming that it offers highest-level image quality for capturing fingerprints in less than 2 seconds. This achievement positions Morpho (Safran group) as a trusted end-to-end provider of world-class hardware and software solutions in the Aadhaar program. Aadhaar is the world’s largest biometric project designed to secure the identity of 1.2 billion residents of India.

Morpho is involved in the Aadhaar project at several levels. In addition to providing high quality biometric acquisition and verification terminals, the company acts as an enrolment agency through its subsidiary Smart Chip and supplies the multi-biometric de-duplication system of UIDAI’s central database. [www.morpho.com]