Dr Shekhar C. Mande, DG CSIR and Secretary, DSIR, Government of India inaugurated CSIR-CEERI developed FRAS at CSIR-HRDC, Ghaziabad on January 14, 2021

The researchers of CSIR-CEERI have developed AI-powered Face Recognition based Attendance System (FRAS). The developed system works on Local Area Network (LAN) and has the following key features: (a) Recognition capacity up to 1000 employees, (b) Response time per attendance marking is less than 1 second, (c) GUI interface for managing the employee list (addition or removal), groups/divisions, employees’ tenure, updating of face database, etc. (d) Complete web interface – for viewing attendance by each employee, for managing attendance by Group/Unit/ Division heads and administration, (e) Automated weekly and monthly report generation, and (f) Audio-enabled for enhanced users’ interaction. The AI Computing Facility created under the CSIR Intelligent Systems Mission Mode project was extensively utilized for developing the system. FRAS is being used at CSIR-CEERI for Regular, Temporary, and Contract Staff Attendance since October 2020. As of today development of 50 devices is completed. It is also installed and is in use at CSIR Human Resource Development Centre (CSIR-HRDC), Ghaziabad. The system was inaugurated by Dr Shekhar C Mande, DG CSIR and Secretary, DSIR, on January 15, 2021. Installation of the system in about five laboratories is underway and the process for the development of 400 more devices has already been initiated.