University sources associated with the development told The Hindu that the finance sub-committee of the Syndicate had turned down the proposal for want of funds and shortage of time in implementing the process. The expected cost for implementing the biometric student identification project was about Rs. 18 lakh.Sometimes, the better part of valor is discretion. The part of the quote that caught my eye wasn't the cost (1,800,000.00 INR = 35,206.72 USD), but "time in implementing the process," which, if overlooked, can really cause problems.
As a smart man once said, "Automating a bad process just gets bad results more quickly."
