MKU-SBI smart card enables students to mark attendance, withdraw money
TNN | Feb 21, 2020, 04.16 AM IST
Madurai: Madurai Kamaraj University (MKU) and State Bank of India (SBI) on Thursday launched a multi-purpose identity card which will enable students to get access to various department buildings, mark attendance and be used as a regular debit card.
“Ever since noticing that many rural families are still far from digitalisation, I wanted to introduce this card at our university which mainly caters to students in rural and remote areas. This card has been issued free of cost to the students. We would also be able to collect and document data of students and the university’s activities more easily,” said MKU vice-chancellor Dr M Krishnan. The university is currently in the process of achieving complete automation of its academic and administrative activities. It had recently introduced MKU-Mobile app / Web app as a platform for digital learning management system.
The MKU VC and the deputy managing director, SBI, J Swaminathan, launched the smart combo ID card and distributed it to students. About 1,500 PG students will first be making use of the cards. An MoU was signed for five years between the university and the bank to implement the project with SBI investing a total of Rs 20 lakh initially. “We are trying to promote electronic system of recording and reduce cash. We don’t see it as expenditure but rather an investment whenever we are working with educational institutions,” Swaminathan told the students. MKU is the fourth educational institution in the country to collaborate with SBI for issuing such combo cards.
TNN | Feb 21, 2020, 04.16 AM IST
Madurai: Madurai Kamaraj University (MKU) and State Bank of India (SBI) on Thursday launched a multi-purpose identity card which will enable students to get access to various department buildings, mark attendance and be used as a regular debit card.
“Ever since noticing that many rural families are still far from digitalisation, I wanted to introduce this card at our university which mainly caters to students in rural and remote areas. This card has been issued free of cost to the students. We would also be able to collect and document data of students and the university’s activities more easily,” said MKU vice-chancellor Dr M Krishnan. The university is currently in the process of achieving complete automation of its academic and administrative activities. It had recently introduced MKU-Mobile app / Web app as a platform for digital learning management system.
The MKU VC and the deputy managing director, SBI, J Swaminathan, launched the smart combo ID card and distributed it to students. About 1,500 PG students will first be making use of the cards. An MoU was signed for five years between the university and the bank to implement the project with SBI investing a total of Rs 20 lakh initially. “We are trying to promote electronic system of recording and reduce cash. We don’t see it as expenditure but rather an investment whenever we are working with educational institutions,” Swaminathan told the students. MKU is the fourth educational institution in the country to collaborate with SBI for issuing such combo cards.
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