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The results, at a glance

Success stories are easy to claim and hard to number. Every figure below comes from a real production deployment — one complete examination cycle, run end-to-end on ExamX — and each links back to the full case study where the numbers are told in context.

InstitutionExams conductedCampusesPaper eliminatedScripts ready in
SRM Institute of Science & Technology80,000+53M+ sheets — 100% paperless~10 minutes
  • 80,000+ exams conducted fully paperless — zero printed question papers or answer booklets
  • ~2,000 tablets in simultaneous use across five campuses, peaking at ~1,800 students writing at once
  • Answer scripts ready for evaluation within ~10 minutes of an exam ending, versus about a week on paper
  • 45 days of continuous operations with zero examination disruptions
  • 3M+ sheets of paper eliminated, along with courier and storage costs between campuses

“At SRM, we are committed to adopting technology that meaningfully enhances academic quality and institutional efficiency.”

— SRM Spokesperson

The challenge

Running MBA and M.Tech examinations for thousands of students across five geographically distant campuses meant printing question papers, couriering booklets between cities, and waiting roughly a week after each exam before scripts were even ready to mark — with a leak surface at every physical handover.

The solution

SRM moved the entire cycle onto ExamX: encrypted digital paper distribution, tablet-based exams with full handwritten descriptive answers, biometric and facial authentication, AI proctoring for every candidate, and offline capability so a dropped connection never disrupted a sitting.

The results

Over 80,000 fully paperless exams — to SRM's and Greatify's knowledge, the first time in India that 100% digital examinations for a complete programme ran across multiple campuses simultaneously — with scripts ready in ~10 minutes and performance data available the moment the cycle closed.

What's next

The first phase covered MBA and M.Tech; with infrastructure, authentication and evaluation workflows proven at scale, expanding to further programmes is a configuration step rather than a fresh project. The full account is in the SRM case study.

Paperless exams: frequently asked questions

How does ExamX enable fully paperless exams?

ExamX runs the whole examination digitally: papers are authored and distributed encrypted (nothing is printed), students write on tablets or the web — including full handwritten descriptive answers with a stylus — AI proctors every candidate, and scripts are ready for evaluation within about 10 minutes of an exam ending. SRM ran 80,000+ exams this way with zero printed question papers or answer booklets.

How many exams has ExamX run in a single deployment?

SRM Institute of Science & Technology ran over 80,000 tablet-based exams across five campuses in one MBA and M.Tech cycle — 45 days of continuous operations with a peak of around 1,800 students writing concurrently and zero examination disruptions.

How much paper does going digital actually save?

SRM's single cycle eliminated more than three million sheets of paper, along with the printing, courier and storage costs of moving question papers and answer scripts between five campuses.

How quickly are answer scripts ready after a digital exam?

Within about 10 minutes of an exam ending, compared with roughly a week under the paper process — with item- and student-level analytics available the moment a cycle closes.

Can digital exams handle handwritten descriptive answers?

Yes — that is the format SRM ran. Students write full handwritten answers, diagrams and equations on tablets with a stylus, with biometric and facial authentication confirming identity and offline capability so a dropped connection never disrupts an exam.

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