Indus OS, the Indian operating system, and Delta ID today announced Aadhaar-authenticated OS which uses IRIS-biometric technology for secure identification and authentication modality and supports 12 Indian languages. The OS will be launched in this quarter and empower the 1 billion plus Indians who are enrolled for Aadhaar. The companies expect Indians to use their Aadhaar for identification and authentication of various services such as Govt. subsidies and payment wallets.

Indus OS has already partnered with 6 domestic smartphone brands including Micromax, Intex, Karbonn, Celkon, and Swipe. Indus OS expects over 100 million users of the Aadhaar authenticated OS in the next 3 years.

How will it work?

The unique software plus hardware combination captures the IRIS-ID-information through a dedicated iris scanning camera built into the smartphone.

• The OS first encodes this information and then encrypts it with UID’s public key
• This encrypted information is sent to the UIDAI server for a match
• UIDAI server responds with a token ‘Yes’ or ‘No’
• If the token is ‘Yes’, the consumer is authorized to utilize Aadhaar ID for a whole suit of activities

Key aspects of the Operating System

Safer technology: For the 1 billion people, who are concerned about security, a smartphone with the first-ever Aadhaar-authenticated OS, and its robust and safe architecture with IRIS recognition technology powered by Delta ID makes any cause of concern insignificant. 

Simplified process: With the facility being integrated at the operating system level itself, it negates multiple and complex layers for consumers. They would no longer have to undertake unnecessary steps for access to digital services, as Aadhaar identification and authentication will be available in a single step. It supports multi-language.

Cost effective: Aadhaar identification and authentication through cost-effective IRIS  scanning hardware by Delta ID, built into Indus OS gives smartphone manufacturers a distinct software-hardware combination.

Benefits to manufacturers: With the government pushing for higher adoption of Aadhaar related services in the country, this will give smartphone manufacturers an extra edge, and also act as a means to showcase their support towards government-led initiatives.

On the partnership, Rakesh Deshmukh, Co-founder and CEO of Indus OS said,“One of our focus areas in 2017 is to build features and innovations to support Govt. initiatives, especially Aadhaar-enabled services. We look forward to our partnership with Delta ID, the market leaders in IRIS based authentication technology, and expect to release the first Aadhaar-authenticated OS this quarter. This OS will be released across our smartphone brand partners and we foresee 100 million users to be using the Aadhaar-authenticated OS by 2020.”

Commenting on the partnership, Salil Prabhakar,President and CEO of Delta ID said, “Our partnership with Indus OS is a step towards strengthening the existing smartphone ecosystem with a secure and convenient biometric technology. We hope the combination of sophisticated iris scanning technology provided by Delta ID, with the consumer insights of Indus OS, the innovative and intuitive Made-in-India operating system, can enable faster adoption of Aadhaar-based services.”

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