The DARPAN App is an advanced, AI-powered facial recognition tool developed by the Telangana Police to address the challenge of missing and exploited children. It plays a pivotal role in child rescue operations like Operation Muskaan XI.
Key Features and Functionality of Darpan APP :
- Facial Recognition Technology: DARPAN uses artificial intelligence and face-matching algorithms to analyze photographs. The software can identify and match faces using up to 80 nodal facial points, even when children’s appearances change due to age or time elapsed.
- Database Integration: The app maintains comprehensive records of:
- Missing children (from police FIRs and CCTNS database)
- Children residing in shelter and childcare homes across India
- Children traced or rescued by various agencies
- Tracking & Monitoring: When a child is rescued and cannot provide family details, their identity and photo are uploaded to DARPAN. The app then tries to match them with records nationally. Similarly, FIRs of missing children are cross-referenced with the app to facilitate reunification.
- Nationwide Coverage: The tool isn’t limited to Telangana; it matches data across the country, helping locate children who may be far from home. It played a decisive role in reuniting children found in different states, including cross-border and inter-state cases.
- Reunification Successes: Since its deployment in 2018, DARPAN has helped reunite dozens of children with their families, sometimes after years of separation. Notable cases include autistic and differently-abled children, or those unable to communicate their origins.
- Multi-Agency Collaboration: Entities like the police, Child Welfare Committees, shelter homes, NGOs, and district authorities access and update information, enabling coordinated child protection response.
How DARPAN Supported Operation Muskaan XI
- Details and photos of rescued children were uploaded to DARPAN to assist in tracing their families and verifying identities quickly.
- Enabled faster reunification, accurate documentation, and long-term monitoring for rescued children unable to communicate or document their background.
- The system continues to support everyday cases and large-scale operations targeting child trafficking, bonded labor, and missing children.
Impact and Significance
- Technology for Social Good: DARPAN demonstrates the power of AI and facial recognition to solve deeply human problems of child safety and reunification.
- Scalable and Replicable: The app’s success model can inspire similar systems across other states or countries facing similar challenges.
DARPAN is a central pillar of Telangana’s child rescue ecosystem, revolutionizing the way police and child services track, identify, and reunite missing children with their families. for more Internal security News visit www.eminentnews.com
