Greatify enables fully paperless exams for SRM across five campuses

Greatify has enabled a fully paperless examination cycle for SRM Institute of Science and Technology, marking a large-scale shift in how assessments are conducted across its campuses.

The digital infrastructure provider conducted more than 40,000 exams for over 3,000 MBA and MTech students across SRM’s five campuses in Kattankulathur, Ramapuram, Vadapalani, Trichy, and Delhi NCR.

The exams were carried out without printed question papers or physical answer booklets, using Greatify’s ExamX platform over a 45-day period.

Around 2,000 tablets were deployed for the process, with peak simultaneous usage reaching nearly 1,800 students. The company reported zero platform disruptions during the entire examination cycle.

The move comes as India’s examination system is increasingly prioritizing security, efficiency, and digital adoption, aligned with the National Education Policy 2020 and ongoing concerns around vulnerabilities in paper-based exams.

The end- to- end workflow, from secure question paper distribution to evaluation, was handled digitally. Students authenticated themselves through biometric or facial recognition and wrote answers on tablets using a stylus, allowing handwritten responses, diagrams, and equations.

The system operated within an encrypted environment and included offline functionality to ensure continuity during connectivity issues.

Answer scripts were made available to evaluators within 10 minutes of exam completion, reducing evaluation timelines compared to conventional methods. The platform also provided detailed analytics on student performance and evaluation processes.

The shift to a paperless model eliminated nearly 1.6 million sheets of paper, contributing to reduced paper consumption and lower carbon emissions.

Speaking on the partnership, Dinesh Kumar Poobalan, CEO & Co-Founder, Greatify, said, “India doesn’t have a shortage of examination technology. What it has is a trust deficit, decades of paper leaks, logistics failures, and evaluation delays have eroded confidence in the system itself. What SRM has demonstrated is that a large, multi-campus institution can run an entire examination cycle - descriptive, handwritten, high-stakes, without a single sheet of paper and without a single disruption. That’s not a technology proof-of-concept. That’s operational proof at institutional scale. The question for the sector is no longer whether digital examinations work. It’s how quickly institutions are willing to move.”

An SRM spokesperson said, “At SRM, we are committed to adopting technology that meaningfully enhances academic quality and institutional efficiency. Conducting fully digital examinations across our campuses is a significant step forward in modernising assessment practices. The process has delivered a faster, more secure, and environmentally responsible examination cycle for both students and faculty - and we see this as the foundation for how assessments will be conducted across our programmes going forward.”

The initiative is expected to serve as a scalable model for higher education institutions, reinforcing the transition toward secure, technology-driven examination systems in India.