Face recognition: This new tech could transform identifying missing kids

Remembering faces is often easier than recalling names. This intuitive human ability of remembering faces is being deployed in various projects across India. Even though the dust hasn't settled around the use of biometric usage of fingerprints and retina scans, face recognition systems are yielding benefits that few could have foreseen. 

The best results have been demonstrated by the national TrackChild portal run by the Ministry of Women and Child Development. Early pilots by Track Child and Delhi police could match the faces of almost 3000 missing children with those registered in child care homes. The project builds hope that