Jan 17 2024, 09:51
Digital gatekeeper: How Staqu's facial-recognition system is securing Ayodhya's sacred path to faith:
A view of Idols of Hindu Lord Ram, brother Laxman, Bharat and Shatrughan, inside the temporary premises Ram temple in Ayodhya, India on August 5, 2020. Prime Minister Narendra Modi took part in the Groundbreaking ceremony for he proposed Ram Mandir temple in Ayodhya.
Ahead of the monumental Ram Mandir Pran Pratishtha, Ayodhya is relying on an Al-powered security system to ensure visitors' safety. As the city's digital gatekeeper, JARVIS scans faces, maps patterns, and predicts threats.
Ever since the culmination of the Ram Janmabhoomi Rath Yatra in the early 90s', a movement that many political commentators believe was pivotal in BJP's transformation into India's largest party, much water has flown through the river that also witnessed the journey of Rama (Ramayana), the warrior prince of Ayodhya. And as the Sarayu continues to flow as a mute spectator, faith remains untouched by time in this holy land where mythology meets technology.
With around 12,000 high-profile dignitaries landing in Ayodhya to participate in the grand event, thousands of AI cameras guard the city's saffron-laced alleys while drones keep a hawk-eye over its limits from the sky. At the centre of this security apparatus is its digital sentinel, JARVIS, an AI- based video-analytics software which analyses faces to identify potential suspects, threats, and other anomalies.
JARVIS has already been deployed at major attractions such as the Ram Janmabhoomi, Hanuman Garhi Mandir, Ram ki Pauri, Kanak Bhavan, and Nageshwar Nath Mandir. Its advanced facial- recognition tool scans thousands of faces in real-time, analyses behaviour patterns, and crunches vast data sets to instantly pinpoint potential threats, detect anomalies, and trigger alarms for advanced surveillance. According to the Ayodhya police, it can spot suspicious activity and raise an alarm to alert the security agencies.
"The police have already started pinning down a few suspects using JARVIS," Atul Rai, CEO of Staqu, tells ET Prime, adding that it's a "matter of pride" that technologies developed in India have started to challenge the dominance of countries like America, Russia, Israel, and Japan.
source: et
Jan 17 2024, 09:51