Prince Abdul Qawi of Brunei is Avarta’s chairman and key investor. Their team wanted to link the logo with the Brunei’s national animal, the white-bellied sea eagle along with the concepts of security and biometrics.
Avarta is an anagram of the word ‘avatar’ which in hinduism is defined as “a manifestation of a deity or released soul in bodily form on earth; an incarnate divine teacher”.
This informed the direction of the initial designs.