(THE GIST OF PIB) Divya Drishti AI tool

(JUNE-2024)

A Woman-led Start-up Developed ‘Divya Drishti’, a cutting-edge AI Tool for Personal Identification, under a Technology Development Fund.

The AI tool “Divya Drishti” integrates face recognition with immutable physiological parameters such as gait and skeleton.
It was developed by Ingenious Research Solutions Pvt Ltd., a start-up established by a woman entrepreneur, Shivani Verma.
This innovative solution marks a significant advancement in biometric authentication technology, offering enhanced accuracy and reliability in identifying individuals.
This dual approach enhances identification accuracy, minimizing the risk of false positives or identity fraud and has versatile applications across diverse sectors including Defence, Law Enforcement, Corporate and Public Infrastructure.
The AI tool has been developed under the technical guidance and mentoring of the Centre for Artificial Intelligence & Robotics (CAIR), a laboratory of DRDO based in Bangalore.

The TDF scheme is a flagship programme of the Ministry of Defence executed by DRDO under ‘Make in India’
It grants aid for defence and dual-use technology development.
Objectives: To build Indian industries’ capacity and capability for defence technology development, foster a culture of design and development, and create an R&D ecosystem.
It supports niche technology development, and prototype creation, and achieves ‘Aatmanirbharta’ in defence technology.