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[36] Zhu L., Finger Knuckle Print Recognition based on SURF Algorithm, in Proceedings of the 4 th International Conference on Fuzzy Systems and Knowledge Discovery , Shanghai, China, pp. 1879-1883, 2011. Muthukumar Arunachalam received BE (ECE) and ME (Applied Electronics) degrees from Madurai Kamaraj University and Anna University in 2004 and 2006 respectively. Currently, he is pursuing a PhD in ECE at Kalasalingam University, India. He is Assistant Professor of Electronics and Communicatio Engineering, Kalasalingam University, India, where he has been since 2007. His area of interest is: Image processing, signal processing, biometrics and wirel ess communication. He is a life member of ISTE. Kannan Subramanian received BE, ME and PhD degrees from Madurai Kamaraj University, India in 1991, 1998 and 2005 respectively. He is Professor and Head of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Kalasalingam University, India, where he has been since 2000. He was a visiting scholar in Iowa State University, USA, 2006-2007 supported by the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India with BOYSCAST Fellowship. He is a Sr. Member of IEEE, Fellow of I E (I), Sr. Member in CSI, Fellow in IETE, Life member SSI and Life member of ISTE.