While MGRM has vast expertise in e-governance with its research-based proprietary e-governance platforms for education, healthcare, pharmaceuticals and insurance domains as also for countrywide requirements, Bell ID, in addition to being a global leader in the field of smart card management has the world’s largest team dedicated to developing software that manages life-cycles of cards, their associated applications and cryptographic keys. MGRM’s eGovernance solutions are linked through a single, proprietary OmVcard – the Online Multi-domain Value Card.

Both partners will equip the proposed JV with their product IPRs, applications and requisite skills to lead this emerging space in India.

“This JV synergizes the unique strengths of both MGRM and Bell ID. Bell ID has experience in managing an unrivalled portfolio of international customers in many key markets while MGRM is first in the world to offer research-based integrated e-governance platforms ,” Dr KVR Murthy, Founder of MGRM Net said announcing this 50:50 joint venture.

“We see very exciting prospects in this emerging space. The MGRM-Bell ID joint venture will explore ‘smart card related opportunities’ secured by biometric applications based on domain research and integrate them with MGRM’s OmVcard capability,” said Pat B. Curran, Chairman, Bell ID, the Netherlands headquartered company that manages over 125 million cards in different applications in all continents.

“MGRM’s global research expertise spanning over 18 years, and the insights gained through its research and pilot projects in India together with Bell ID’s international country level experiences will help this JV harness the potential in the emerging e-governance opportunity,” said Mr.Ashwani Windlass,Chairman SA & JVs, MGRM Technologies Inc.

Both partners expect this JV to be a significant investment initiative.

While Bell ID has considerable expertise in managing ID programs in diverse geographies, MGRM Net has on-ground experience of having developed, deployed and managed research-based integrated IT applications in different domains in India using its proprietary OmVcard. Together, they are well poised to exploit e-governance opportunities in India.

The MGRM-Bell ID JV will become operational in the next quarter or as soon as it completes the necessary formalities. An operational team is expected to step in as early as next month.
Bell ID is a worldwide technology leader in card, application and key management, with unrivalled international references in government ID, corporate ID and health care ID. Bell ID’s solution range called ANDiS now includes solutions for the management of applications on mobile phones.

Bell ID’s typical applications include managing over 100,000 corporate identities for a leading aerospace company in the USA; National ID for citizens in Macau and Qatar and Identity systems for students of two of the leading universities in the UK.

Bell ID’s Government ID solutions include national ID card schemes, e-Passport solutions or PKI-based government ID badges. ANDiS Management System offers a complete set of government specific modules providing the means to integrate into an existing IT infrastructure such as biometric solutions, IDMS software etc.

ANDiS Management Systems provide sophisticated tools allowing mobile operators to personalize and manage mobile phones as multi application devices.

Bell IDs global customers include BC Card, Korea; Dutch Houses of Parliament, NL;
King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia;
Northumbria University, UK and University of Warwick, UK.