Daijiworld Media Network - Puttur

Puttur, Nov 23: Arun Kumar, a second-year commerce student of Kombettu Government Pre-University College in Puttur, has received the Chief Minister’s special award for inventing a new technology that records student attendance through facial recognition.

The award was presented by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah at the state-level Children’s Day programme organised by the Department of School Education and Literacy in Bengaluru. He congratulated Arun for his innovation. During the programme held at Vidhana Soudha, the chief minister presented Arun with a cash prize of Rs 15,000.

Education minister Madhu Bangarappa, chief secretary Shalini Rajneesh, principal secretary of the education department Rashmi, and directors of the pre-university education depart

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