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News & Updates

Coffee Vending Machine deployed in Design Program.

Coffee Vending Machine deployed in HSS.

Coffee Vending Machine deployed in CSE.

Access Control System deployed in HSS.

Electronic Attendance System implemented in IITK.

Swimming pool module deployed in IITK.

Student Attendance deployed in CSE IITK.

Applications of the Smart ID card at IIT Kanpur

 The students and  employees of IIT Kanpur are issued smart card based ID cards. These  are  multipurpose cards and are being used in various applications all over the  campus. Apart from being used for  identification, these cards are being used for marking attendance, as swimming  pool membership cards, and as e-purse as well. Some of the applications implemented are listed below with a brief description.
Student  Attendance

  
    
    The ID card  holders can mark their attendance with smartcards. Software has been built by  the smartcard application group at IIT Kanpur which allows this conveniently.  The user will inserts the smart ID card in the smart card reader at the terminal  where attendance can be marked and present a finger for fingerprint  verification. After successful verification, the attendance is marked. This  application is running successfully in the Computer science Department. Here  the Post graduate students are marking their attendance through this software.
  

 Recently it has been deployed at the Vistors Hostel and Directorate office as  well where it is being used to mark the attendance of the employees. Attendance  records can be viewed by using a web based application called Attendance Management  System.
Access Control System (ACS) 
    
	
	The smart ID cards  can be loaded with access rights of the individual to a particular building or  lab or office. The doors need to be fitted with electronic door locks and smart  card readers connected to a computer. On  insertion of the smart ID card in the reader, the ACS software will read the  access rights of the user and grant or deny access accordingly. Visitors can  also be issued with visitor passes with their access rights. On leaving the building, the visitor will  hand back his Access Card to the reception. In case the visitor does not return  the card, it will not matter as the card will automatically become defunct  after the date of validity. For added security and avoiding misuse of access  rights, there is biometric verification as well.
	
	
     
    Library:  Identification of user and self issue/return 
  


Identification of  students and employees at the library can be done easily with smart ID cards. A person can be  thoroughly authenticated with an additional biometric information verification  such as fingerprint. Once this has been established, then the person may be  allowed to issue / return books without assistance from staff.A software to  facilitate this authentication is ready and is now being integrated with  libsys, the library management system being used by the Central Library at IIT  Kanpur.

In self issue/return process, a user can issue  and return books without any assistance from the staff.

  
Health Center Application 
 

	The traditional way of issuing health Center booklets has been  to manually fill up the user information on the booklets. This takes a lot of  time. A module has been made which prints labels for the Health Center  booklets. This label contains the relevant information about the user and it is  pasted on the booklet. This has made the whole process of issuing Medical  booklets much faster. The labels also contain information about the kind of facilities  approved for the user, that is, whether they are allowed just OPD facilities or  more at the Health Center.


  Swimming  Pool Application

  
    
The Smart ID Card has been  extended to provide memberships to the swimming pool users. There is software to  register members and write the membership information on cards. Another  software called Swimming pool Front Desk software marks entry/exit of the  members into the swimming pool. Logs of all entries and exits on a daily basis are  maintained. These logs can be viewed a friendly format. The software has been deployed at IITK  swimming pool and is running successfully.Currently approximately more than 1000 unique memberships have been  created among the students, staff and their dependents and more than 300  entry/exits are marked each day by the members.


  Commands  Library
  Under this project  a standard library in C++ has been developed which is in accordance with the  ISO-7816 standards for smartcards and the PCSC API. This library abstracts the  way data is passed to the Smart-Card OS by applications in T0, T1 and Raw  protocols. The various features also include implementation of secure messaging  and various Cryptographic algorithms (DES, Triple DES). The above protocols and  features are being implemented in line with the SCOSTA standards (SCOSTA-CL1.2). 
  Vending  Applications

  
    
    The Smart Id cards  can be loaded with pre-paid cash with the help of the vending application. This  card can then be used dispense tea, coffee etc. from vending machines. One such  coffee vending machine has been installed in the computer science department.  The system is managed and maintained by the office staff /students on a no  profit no loss basis. Thus it is hygienic, cheap and fast. The transaction is  cashless. Users are encouraged to bring their own mugs so as to reduce the  consumption of plastic cups. Thus it is environment friendly. The machine is  always on and hence, the beverages are available round the clock.
  



Smart Card Test Program
This program is used to check the list of readers attached with your system and also check the connectivity of the smart card with the reader. This project is developed in Visual Studio2003 as Visual C++ Win32 console application. Source code with solution builds in both Debug and Release mode is provided in "Smartcard Test.zip" file which can be down loaded from the page of the downloads.
   

Password Modification
This application can be used for modifying passwords using Smart ID Password Change Utility. Information required for changing password includes user terminal (reader in which user card is inserted),password type and old and new passwords.To download password modification software go 
to downloads.

Password Write
This application can be used for modifying user's password as well ID cell
authority password on to the Smart ID card in case any user forgets his 
current password.
Only ID Cell has the authority to modify password without old password on Smart IDs.



Address Modification
This application can be used to modify  address and contact information
written on Smart ID by the users.

Verification Authority Application
All information, both public and private in nature, about a user is stored on
the Smart ID. Only the authorized officials (e.g. Deans, Accounts section etc.) have access to this data. This application can be used to view 
the user information by the authorities or by the users themselves.
 The ID card  holders can mark their attendance with smartcards. Software has been built by  the smartcard application group at IIT Kanpur which allows this conveniently.  The user will inserts the smart ID card in the smart card reader at the terminal  where attendance can be marked and present a finger for fingerprint  verification. After successful verification, the attendance is marked. This  application is running successfully in the Computer science Department. Here  the Post graduate students are marking their attendance through this software.
 The smart ID cards  can be loaded with access rights of the individual to a particular building or  lab or office. The doors need to be fitted with electronic door locks and smart  card readers connected to a computer. On  insertion of the smart ID card in the reader, the ACS software will read the  access rights of the user and grant or deny access accordingly. Visitors can  also be issued with visitor passes with their access rights. On leaving the building, the visitor will  hand back his Access Card to the reception. In case the visitor does not return  the card, it will not matter as the card will automatically become defunct  after the date of validity. For added security and avoiding misuse of access  rights, there is biometric verification as well.
 Identification of  students and employees at the library can be done easily with smart ID cards. A person can be  thoroughly authenticated with an additional biometric information verification  such as fingerprint. Once this has been established, then the person may be  allowed to issue / return books without assistance from staff.A software to  facilitate this authentication is ready and is now being integrated with  libsys, the library management system being used by the Central Library at IIT  Kanpur.
 The traditional way of issuing health Center booklets has been  to manually fill up the user information on the booklets. This takes a lot of  time. A module has been made which prints labels for the Health Center  booklets. This label contains the relevant information about the user and it is  pasted on the booklet. This has made the whole process of issuing Medical  booklets much faster. The labels also contain information about the kind of facilities  approved for the user, that is, whether they are allowed just OPD facilities or  more at the Health Center.
 The Smart ID Card has been  extended to provide memberships to the swimming pool users. There is software to  register members and write the membership information on cards. Another  software called Swimming pool Front Desk software marks entry/exit of the  members into the swimming pool. Logs of all entries and exits on a daily basis are  maintained. These logs can be viewed a friendly format. The software has been deployed at IITK  swimming pool and is running successfully.Currently approximately more than 1000 unique memberships have been  created among the students, staff and their dependents and more than 300  entry/exits are marked each day by the members.
 The Smart Id cards  can be loaded with pre-paid cash with the help of the vending application. This  card can then be used dispense tea, coffee etc. from vending machines. One such  coffee vending machine has been installed in the computer science department.  The system is managed and maintained by the office staff /students on a no  profit no loss basis. Thus it is hygienic, cheap and fast. The transaction is  cashless. Users are encouraged to bring their own mugs so as to reduce the  consumption of plastic cups. Thus it is environment friendly. The machine is  always on and hence, the beverages are available round the clock.