FRAS-TGUWHMS

App Description: Facial Recognition Attendance System of Unified Welfare Hostel Management System (UWHMS) brings AI-enabled facial recognition to attendance management across welfare hostels in Telangana State.
The mobile application enables authorized faculty, wardens and hostel staff to securely register student/boarder and staff facial profiles and capture attendance on a daily basis using facial recognition technology.
The system helps institutions maintain accurate attendance records and supports monitoring of meal attendance and class attendance through a unified digital platform.
Key Features
Student & Boarder Facial Registration
Register facial profiles of students/boarders.
Capture and associate facial information with the registered student profile.
Maintain student/boarder identification details as authorized by the institution.
Support individual facial registration.
Support group-based facial registration where applicable.
Update or re-register facial profiles based on authorized workflows.
Faculty & Staff Registration
Register authorized faculty, teaching and non-teaching staff.
Associate facial registration with the respective employee profile.
Support attendance capture for individual staff members.
Enable authorized administrators to manage registration status.
AI-Enabled Face Recognition
Use facial recognition to identify registered individuals.
Capture attendance through the mobile device camera.
Support individual and group attendance scenarios.
Provide recognition status to the authorized operator.
Maintain attendance records with date and time.
Daily Attendance
Capture daily attendance for students/boarders and staff.
Record attendance date and timestamp.
Support online attendance capture.
Support attendance synchronization with the central UWHMS platform.
Provide attendance status for monitoring and reporting.
Meal Attendance Monitoring
Attendance information can support welfare hostel meal monitoring by identifying students/boarders who are recorded as present.
The system can help departments monitor:
Breakfast attendance
Lunch attendance
Dinner attendance
Other configured meal sessions
Hostel-wise meal attendance
Student-wise attendance history
Class Attendance Monitoring
The application can also support class attendance monitoring in residential schools and educational institutions.
Authorized users can:
Capture class attendance.
View daily attendance.
Monitor attendance patterns.
Identify attendance gaps.
Synchronize attendance information with the central system.
Location & Time Information
Attendance transactions may capture authorized contextual information such as:
Date
Time
Hostel/institution
Device information
Location/GPS information, where enabled and permitted
This helps strengthen attendance verification and monitoring.
Centralized Synchronization
Attendance and registration information can be synchronized with the central UWHMS platform for centralized monitoring by authorized officials.
This enables monitoring at multiple administrative levels, including:
Hostel
Institution
Mandal/District
Department
State
Security & Privacy
The application is designed for use by authorized personnel within the UWHMS ecosystem.
Security features may include:
Role-based access
Secure communication with backend services
Controlled access to staff
Audit logging of relevant transactions
Consent-based facial registration processes
Controlled handling of facial information
Facial information should be collected, processed and retained only in accordance with applicable Government policies, organizational procedures and applicable privacy/data-protection requirements.