Varsity employees fail to enrol on web portal

Tribune News Service

Jammu, September 8

The circular, issued by the University of Jammu to all HoDs/rectors/directors of various offsite campuses/controlling offices in August, to ensure registration of all employees on the varsity portal for the implementation of the biometric attendance system has failed to serve the purpose.

Sources said the first such circular was issued by the varsity on June 22 for registration of all its employees on the web portal, http://jkuniversityjammu.attendance.gov.in, but in vain.

They said that after waiting for almost a month, another circular was issued by the university registrar wherein all concerned were asked to ensure enrolment on the web portal at the earliest to implement the biometric attendance system.

Sources claimed that a new circular was issued by the Department of Students Welfare (DSW) a few days ago wherein it was informed that the department would organise a camp for Aadhar enrolment.

All HoDs/Rectors/Directors of various offsite campuses/controlling offices have been asked to furnish the name of the employees for enrolment. Wednesday was the last day for all departments to furnish the information to the DSW office.

Prof Satnam Kour, Dean, Students Welfare, University of Jammu, said: “Yes, Wednesday was the last day for furnishing the information of employees of all departments for their enrolment on the web portal to implement the biometric attendance system.” The DSW is trying to implement the new attendance system as soon as possible, she added.

As part of the Digital India Programme of the Central government, it was decided to implement the common Aadhaar Enabled Biometric Attendance System. The proposed system will enable an employee to register attendance by presenting his/her biometric (fingerprint/IRIS) which will be authenticated online by doing one-to-one match with the biometric stored in the Unique Identification Authority of India database against the employee’s Aadhaar number.