Biometrics employed to crack down on proxy test takers

Students impressed (Hindu.com)

Sharmitha Sreshta, a doctor from Tamil Nadu, said everybody was excited to see the technology being employed. “While this means that fraudsters cannot trivialise this examination for us, it also means that the authorities are moving towards tightening the process. The existing system allows for a lot of fraud.”

Fingerprint biometrics are becoming ubiquitous in testing for graduate school admissions.