International Journal of Recent Technology and Engineering (IJRTE) ISSN: 2277-3878, Volume-8 Issue-4, November 2019 2549 Published By: Blue Eyes Intelligence Engineering & Sciences Publication Retrieval Number: D7173118419/2019©BEIESP DOI:10.35940/ijrte.D7173.118419 Smart Card Reader for Engineering Students [SCR - All in One] K. Suresh Kumar, D. Ganesh Kumar, K. Sakthivel, J. SenthilMurugan, A. Mohan Abstract: Magnetic strip cards have very low storage mainly a few bytes and in general smart cards can store hundred times more information than magnetic. With more space to store information, smart cards can have more use and may be more versatile than magnetic cards, in addition to being a student identification card it could also be used to store monetary values such as a cash card for retail and as an access card to login to computers and enter rooms. Smart cards have the benefits of storing comprehensive records with the advantages of accuracy and reliability, in other words it can he seen as a mobile database.Our implementation will be very useful to trace the students for college gate, Hostel gate, Library, Transport, Academic attendance, Academic scores, Student details, Achievements. Once college administrator will store student details, staff details and authentication details after that student will be traced and information store automatically to concern database. Then the attendance IS sent to parents via SMS. Student’s will store their attendance via biometric fingerprint reader without staff intervention. Keywords: Magnetic Strip, RFID, BioMetirc, Sensor, Scanner I. INTRODUCTION The main concept behind the paper is to trace the student’s activities throughout the college years using a software that minimizes the paper work done by the staffs. The smart card consists of IC chip technology which is secured enough with high storage capability and this helps to store more data compared to RFID and other types of cards. The biometric device helps to store the fingerprint of each student and this allows the student to punch their fingerprint while entering the class and if they don't attend the classes automatic message will be send that the ward is not present to their parents. The student's details, attendance details, Hostel details, accounts details, library details, transport details are stored and only can be modified by staff using that smart card. Revised Manuscript Received on November 15, 2019. Dr. K. Sureshkumar, Department of Information Technology, Saveetha Engineering College, Chennai. E-Mail : ksureshkumarmtech@gmail.com. Mr. D. Ganeshkumar, Department of Computer Science & Engg., VelTech MultiTech Dr RR Dr SR Engineering College, Avadi, Chennai. E- mail :ganeshprivate@rediffmail.com Mr. Sakthivel, Department Of MCA , VelTech High-tech Dr.Rangarajan Dr.Sakunthala Engineering College, Chennai - 600054, Tamil Nadu, India. E-mail:vel.sakthi@gmail.com Dr. J. Senthil Murugan, Department Of MCA , VelTech HighTech Dr.Rangarajan Dr.Sakunthala Engineering College, Chennai - 600054, Tamil Nadu, India. E-mail:jsenthilmuruganmtech@gmail.com Dr. A. Mohan*, Department Of Information Technology, VelTech HighTech Dr.Rangarajan Dr.Sakunthala Engineering College, Chennai - 600054, Tamil Nadu, India. E-mail:yrsmail@rediffmail.com The main concept behind the paper is to trace the student’s activities throughout the college years using a software that minimises the paper work done by the staffs. The smart card consists of IC chip technology which is secured enough with high storage capability and this helps to store more data compared to RFID and other types of cards. The biometric device helps to store the fingerprint of each student and this allows the student to punch their fingerprint while entering the class and if they don't attend the classes automatic message will be send that the ward is not present to their parents. The student's details, attendance details, Hostel details, accounts details, library details, transport details are stored and only can be modified by staff using that smart card. Attendance details of hostel students when they leave the hostel and enter the hostel are also recorded. The student’s marks are stored and percentage is calculated from the database. Keeps the record of transport used by the students to the college. The system keeps track of library books issued and also renewal details of those books issued. The student’s fee details like exam fee, tution fee, hostel fee, transport fee are monitored and the status is shown in the database. The basic idea behind the proposed system is, the software developed reduce the administrator work by saving time and work. As the technology evolved to a much higher level this type of technology should be adapted in colleges. Smart card issued to all student’s as identity card with more enhancement. The biometric enables reduction of malpractice by students or staffs. In recent days it is difficult to maintain records of the students by the staff as the work is done in paper work. It is maintained in separate records by different staffs and maintaining all record becomes a difficult task.There are cases of malpractice in case of attendance and in some cases there are errors. This paper seems to be in a great need for college as this stores the details of each student and maintains them in database throughout their academic year. By sending SMS about the attendance of the students daily it reduces the work of staffs by calling each parent and informing about the absence of their ward. The biometric device helps the automatic update of the attendance without the intervention of staffs. II. LITERATURE SURVEY Abhishek Singh[1] proposed the concept of combination of digitization and digital economy and aim to propose designing and implementation of a Student Card System for higher educational institutes using smart card technology.