Venkatesh Iyer
Bengaluru: Most parents are generally worried about what direction their child’s career could take in the future. Now a company claims it can help us identify a person’s career path by analyzing fingerprints.
The Vadodara-based Centre For Multiple Intelligence and Dermatoglyphics Ltd (CFMID), a start-up incorporated in 2010, says a scientific study of fingerprint patterns can help parents guess their child’s future. The company uses Dermatoglyphics Multiple Intelligence Tests (DMIT) to generate Inborn Potential Assessment (IPA) report of their kids.
Recently, the company unveiled the world’s first UNIQ mobile app, a Make in India product, that enables experts plan to conduct online awareness programs for teachers and parents to help them understand the child’s inborn traits and natural talent which can help plan a relevant career path.
The beta launch is currently available in Play Store and will soon be made available in the iOS platform too. The app will be a torchbearer for many dermatoglyphics practitioners across the globe. They will be able to generate an online IPA and offer consultation services.
CFMID is the first limited company in a sector hitherto dominated by unorganized players. During the lockdown, the company developed an app to help stay-at-home people get help from the comfort of their homes.
So far CFMID. counselors have offered consultancy in the fields of parenting, hobby selection, career guidance, job preference, relationship counseling, mid-career counseling, and as a recruitment tool by corporate entities by generating a report based on the reading of all the ten fingers.
Malaysian-born Marcus Leng, Co-founder, and Sundar Iyer, Director, told Revoi that their firm is not exactly in the business of astrology or predicting the future of kids but a service provider to those who forecast. The company only helps identify the talent of individuals.
Dermatoglyphics is a study of ridges of an individual’s fingerprints which helps analyze the person’s inborn nature.
Leng said the Taiwanese practice of dermatoglyphics was adopted by many countries in East and South-East Asia.
Iyer said the company is being mentored by Edward Campbell, Chairperson, International Behavioural and Medical Biometrics Society, an expert having experience of over 30 years. He has also contributed articles and authored a book on fingerprints and behavior. The company is privately funded by angel investors and is looking to dilute stakes to those interested in education and encouraging talents.
The CFMID has signed MoU with Gujarat Forensic Sciences University and initiated research projects in dermatoglyphics with the Raksha Shakti University, Gandhinagar.