IIT KGP students devise solution to detect fake notes at

Students from IIT Kharagpur have devised unique solutions ranging from detectingcounterfeit currency to nuclear radiation tracking through wearable sesors at the recently concluded nationwide competition, Smart India Hackathon 2019.

A group of six students from the Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering IIT Kharagpur have developed a code for a smartphone application to address the problem of detecting fake Indian currency.

An IIT KGP statement said Friday, the students have developed an image processing applicationwhich can detect counterfeit currency.

The application, which can be installed on smartphones, can be used by peopleat various touch points thus reducing chances of fraud.

The six students who developed the code are T.Y.S.S. Santosh,Satish Kumar Reddy, Vipul Tomar, Sai Krishna, Drishti Tulsi and D V Sai Surya.

Group leader T.Y.S.S Santosh said, "a user can upload a currency note image and the mobile app would verify its authenticity using 25 features extracted from the front and rear side of the currency note. In case of detection of a fake note, the user will also be notified of the failure checkpoints."