Medical education & skill development minister Dr Sharanprakash R Patil said it is a first of its kind initiative in the country. The technology will facilitate the issuance of registration certificates through Aadhaar-based DigiLocker e-KYC.
The system has been developed in collaboration with UIDAI, C-eG, Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences (RGUHS), and the Karnataka State Nursing Examination Board, the minister said.
With this technology, the KSNC can directly retrieve personal data, addresses, photos, and other details of nurses from the Aadhaar server through e-KYC. Previously, nursing candidates from various districts had to travel to the council’s central office in Bengaluru for registration, he said.
New technology will prevent hassles
Nurses from within and outside the state were forced to spend thousands of rupees on food and accommodation solely for registration purposes. They also had to wait in long queues at the Bengaluru office. Many women, including pregnant women and new mothers, faced considerable inconvenience. Minister Patil said that the implementation of this new technology will put an end to all these problems.
The Aadhaar- and DigiLocker-based e-KYC system will be used to eliminate the difficulties faced by nurses coming from all corners of the state and other states to register with the Karnataka State Nursing Council. With the help of rapidly advancing digital technology and artificial intelligence (AI), this innovative initiative by the government will bring relief to lakhs of nurses, said Dr K Mallu, registrar of the nursing council.
The new DigiLocker-Requester technology enables the KSNC to directly fetch Aadhaar cards, SSLC and PUC marks cards, and other certificates from respective examination boards. Using technology adopted by RGUHS and the Karnataka State Nursing Examination Board, examination results will be directly accessed by the KSNC. Later, through DigiLocker-Issuer, registration certificates will be issued directly to the nurses, he added.
Another important aspect of this technology, according to Dr K Mallu, is that it will help curb the menace of fake registration certificates.
