Even though the Indian government has changed often in the last two decades, their fight to help the poor has not changed. It has been an ongoing priority to get India's poorest citizens access to documented identity and all that comes with it. In 2009, the government launched the National ID program to promote paperless identity.

When government leaders looked for a partner to develop a solution, 3M met the challenge. Anoop and his small team started with a fingerprint scanner in use in China and adapted it to meet the specific needs in India. They needed a product that was compatible with smart phones and that would be accurate even when customers - many of them laborers - have worn fingerprints. They set up a factory in six weeks and started producing the scanner locally.

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