Ittiam Identity

Cogito, Ergo Sum
Perhaps the most celebrated philosophical dictum of all time, Descarte's 'I think, therefore I am' was the starting-point of his system of true knowledge. Ittiam Systems derives its name from an acronym of the phrase.

Rene Descartes, 1596-1650, was one of the most important and influential thinkers in human history.

Writing at the beginning of the scientific revolution, he made major contributions to mathematics and philosophy. As a mathematician, Descartes was responsible for what we now call Cartesian coordinates (named in his honor) and laid the foundations for the field of analytical geometry.

Living at a time when traditional ideas were being questioned, one of his aims in philosophy was to devise a method for finding true knowledge. This concern and his method of systematic doubt had an enormous impact on the subsequent development of philosophy.

In his Discourse on the Method (1637) Descartes observed that the proposition je pense, donc je suis was 'so firm and sure that the most extravagant suppositions of the sceptics [are] incapable of shaking it'. The saying, in its better-known Latin version Cogito Ergo Sum, also occurs in the Principles of Philosophy (1644).

For Ittiam Systems, the dictum represents both the definition of human existence by thoughts and the search for knowledge.

Uniqueness and Permanence
Every person's fingertips have a unique pattern of ridges that remain unchanged throughout life.

The first modern studies of fingerprints were made by Czech physiologist Johannes Evengelista Purkinje and the British scientist Sir Francis Galton in the 19th century.

However, there is ample evidence of mankind's interest in fingerprints dating back to prehistory. On a cliff face in Nova Scotia there is a petroglyph showing a hand with exaggerated finger whorls and other ridge markings, presumably left by prehistoric Native Americans.

In ancient history fingerprints were a mark of identification and commitment. Fingerprints were used by Assyrians and Chinese for signing and sealing legal agreements.

The fingerprint in Ittiam's Logo denotes the commitment of the Company to its mission and stakeholders.

Chinese sales deed.