Bharat Electronics Limited and GoSuraksha Infotech have signed a memorandum of understanding to co-develop a secure digital identity system combining encrypted QR codes, facial data and BEL-manufactured computing devices.
The proposed system will use GoSuraksha’s DigiSuraksha technology. The company describes it as a patented solution in which an encrypted QR code contains a user’s facial vector, the numerical representation used in biometric face comparison.
The partners plan to port that technology to computing devices manufactured by BEL, India’s state-owned defense electronics company. They will then jointly explore opportunities in government and public-sector markets for identity issuance and verification.
BEL’s contribution covers mechanical, electronic and software design, manufacturing and market outreach. GoSuraksha will contribute the DigiSuraksha technology for the joint development work.
The memorandum was exchanged by Anoop Kumar Rai, BEL’s director of marketing, and Nikhil Kothary, a director of GoSuraksha Infotech. The agreement establishes a development partnership and a route to exploring public-sector applications. It is for joint development and market exploration, rather than the award of a government deployment contract.
The proposed QR credential carries biometric information as part of the identity solution. Its facial vector is intended for identity verification, rather than functioning solely as a link to a webpage or an ordinary identification number.
BEL has also participated in government digital-identity procurement. It was among the Indian companies shortlisted for Sri Lanka’s electronic national identity project, which uses the Modular Open Source Identity Platform, or MOSIP.
That project involves a national electronic identity system and biometric enrollment. The GoSuraksha agreement concerns a separate co-development program using DigiSuraksha on BEL computing devices, with the partners planning to pursue government and public-sector opportunities together.
Malaysia has separately begun issuing new MyKad identity cards with restricted biometric QR verification. Its National Registration Department controls verification access, with the card program combining the physical credential and a regulated process for checking identity information.
The Malaysian system and the BEL partnership are distinct projects, but both incorporate QR technology into biometric identity credentials. In the Indian partnership, GoSuraksha supplies the encrypted facial-vector QR technology while BEL provides the computing hardware and development capabilities needed to implement the proposed solution.
Sources: PSU Connect
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By the ID Tech Editorial Team
