Magnasoft, the brainchild of entrepreneurs Bobbie Kalra and Shyam Ramamurthy recently announced the launch of the third generation to their product Northstar, a comprehensive child safety platform in Mumbai. It is an integrated product that protects children while they commute to and from school. A web application and dashboard designed specifically for schools empowers the school authorities to efficiently manage their transport related information, monitor their fleet and children in real time, and take immediate action in case of any incidents. It is a programme which integrates GPS and non-GPS locationing, video surveillance, and RFID technologies to facilitate equipped transport management system in schools. The technology provides features like school bus and child monitoring, school bus video surveillance and student attendance management. It is said to be the only platform that offers training and driver merit in order to incentivise good driving. Northstar provides a clean and simple mobile experience for parents on iOS and android. With the Northstar parent app, parents can track their child’s journey in real time. The invention apparently has already been a choice for over 200 schools across India.
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