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Admissions, end-to-end, without the chaos.

From the first form view to the fee-paid confirmation, AskCampus runs the entire admissions cycle. RTE quota, multi-stage approvals, entrance tests, counselling and seat allotment โ€” across 18 boards and every Indian state.

RTE compliant 18 boards supported WhatsApp + SMS DPDP & ISO 27001
1.1L
Applications processed
14 days
Avg admission cycle
RTE โœ“
25% quota workflow
18
Boards configured
Admissions, full stack

Six features for a frictionless intake.

Built with admissions heads from CBSE, ICSE, IB and state-board institutions across India.

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Online application portal

A branded, mobile-first form that works on a 2G connection. Save-and-resume, image compression and Aadhaar masking are all built-in.

  • Multi-language UI (12)
  • Save & resume drafts
  • Auto-fill from prior child
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Document collection & verification

DigiLocker pull, OCR auto-extract and a queue for manual review. No more chasing parents for blurry birth-certificate photos.

  • DigiLocker integration
  • OCR + face match
  • Reviewer audit trail
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Entrance test admin

Schedule, invigilate and grade entrance tests โ€” online, offline or hybrid โ€” and link results back to the application.

  • OMR + online support
  • Slot booking
  • Auto-shortlist by cutoff
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Counselling & merit lists

Generate merit lists with weighted criteria, run counselling rounds, allot seats with waitlist movement โ€” all auditable.

  • Multi-criteria merit
  • Round-wise allotment
  • Waitlist auto-promotion
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RTE 25% quota

State-wise RTE workflows for Karnataka, Maharashtra, Delhi, Tamil Nadu and 14 more. Lottery, allotment and government reimbursement filing.

  • State portal sync
  • Random allotment lottery
  • Reimbursement filings
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Fee link generation

Send a personalised payment link by WhatsApp the moment a seat is offered โ€” collect admission fee, hostel deposit and book set in one go.

  • Per-applicant payment link
  • UPI/NetBanking/Card
  • Auto-receipt generation
Deeper workflows

The detail that converts enquiries to admits.

Branded application portal

Your domain, your colours, your school's voice. Parents never feel they've left your website.

  • Custom domain + SSL
  • Theme builder, no code
  • Embeddable apply-now widget
  • Multi-step form with progress saving
Greenfield Public โ€” admissions portal
Form views (this week)12,840
Applications started3,218
Submitted2,471
Conversion (viewโ†’submit)19.2%

Multi-stage workflow with approvers

Configure exactly the journey your school needs: form โ†’ document review โ†’ entrance โ†’ interview โ†’ principal approval โ†’ fee. Every stage is timed, owned and reportable.

  • Drag-and-drop workflow builder
  • SLA timers per stage
  • Multi-level approver hierarchies
  • Reject-with-reason templates
Class IX intake โ€” funnel snapshot
Document review684 pending
Entrance scheduled412
Principal interview198
Offers issued156

WhatsApp + Email + SMS auto-comms

Triggered messages at every stage โ€” apply confirmation, document missing, interview scheduled, fee link, welcome. Templates in 12 languages, parents get a continuous, branded thread.

  • WhatsApp Business API native
  • Template auto-localisation
  • Parent reply-routing to counsellor
  • Drop-off recovery cadence
Comms โ€” last 7 days
WhatsApp delivered28,140
Open rate87%
Drop-off recoveries312
Avg parent reply time4.2 min
From the field

Loved by admissions teams across India.

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"Our cycle dropped from 6 weeks to 12 days. Document verification used to be 4 people; now 1 person handles 3x the volume."

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Priya Suresh
Admissions Director, Heritage School Bengaluru
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"WhatsApp updates are the difference. Parents stopped calling the office because they actually know what's happening at every step."

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Anjali Kapoor
Principal, Greenfield Public, Gurugram
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"RTE 25% used to take 3 weeks of paperwork per cycle. With AskCampus, lottery, allotment and reimbursement filing run themselves."

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Ravindra Chaurasia
Trustee, Yamuna International School, Delhi
FAQ

Questions from admissions heads.

Does it work with our existing website? +
Yes. We provide a one-line embed widget for your existing CMS (WordPress, Wix, Webflow, custom). The application portal can also be hosted at admissions.yourschool.in with full SSL.
Which Indian state RTE workflows are pre-configured? +
18 states including Karnataka (RTE Bangalore), Maharashtra, Delhi, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, West Bengal, Rajasthan, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, Odisha, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and Bihar.
Can we run different workflows for different grades? +
Yes. Each grade or programme can have its own workflow, form schema, document checklist, entrance test, counselling rounds and fee structure. Common applicants flow seamlessly between them.
How do payment gateways and refunds work? +
We integrate with Razorpay, Cashfree, PayU, Easebuzz, BillDesk and HDFC Smart Hub. Refunds (full/partial) are supported with two-level maker-checker approval and auto-receipt revision.
Can we reuse data for next year's siblings? +
Yes. Sibling applications auto-pull family details, address, contact and parent occupation. Sibling discounts and policy waivers can be auto-applied via configurable rules.
HOW IT WORKS

Five stages from enquiry to seat-locked.

The same workflow that powers admissions at Heritage Bengaluru, Greenfield Gurugram and Yamuna International Delhi.

01

Application portal

Branded, mobile-first, 2G-ready application form goes live on admissions.yourschool.in. Parents start, save and resume from any device. Multi-language UI in 12 Indian languages, with embedded apply-now widgets for your existing CMS, captures every enquiry the moment it lands on your site.

  • Custom domain + SSL
  • 12 Indian languages
  • Save & resume drafts
02

Document collection

Aadhaar, birth certificate, transfer certificate and report cards pull straight from DigiLocker. Anything uploaded manually runs through OCR with face match, then lands in a reviewer queue. Mrs Anjali Kapoor's team at Greenfield Public clears 600+ documents a day with a single verifier instead of four.

  • DigiLocker auto-pull
  • OCR + face match
  • Reviewer audit trail
03

Entrance & screening

Schedule online, OMR or hybrid entrance tests for Class IX and Class XI intakes. Slot booking opens to verified applicants only. Auto-shortlist by board-specific cutoffs feeds straight into the next stage. Heritage School Bengaluru ran 4,200 entrance slots across 9 February 2026 weekends with zero clashes.

  • OMR + online + hybrid
  • Slot self-booking
  • Cutoff auto-shortlist
04

Counselling & merit

Generate weighted merit lists by entrance score, sibling status, alumni connection and board marks. Run round-1, round-2 and round-3 counselling with auto waitlist promotion. RTE 25% lottery for Karnataka, Maharashtra and 16 other states is fully automated, including reimbursement filing.

  • Weighted merit logic
  • Round-wise allotment
  • RTE lottery built-in
05

Fee payment & seat lock

The moment offer is issued, a personalised WhatsApp payment link goes out for admission fee, hostel deposit and book set. Razorpay, Cashfree, PayU and HDFC Smart Hub route automatically. Seat is locked the second money settles, receipt is generated, and parents enter the welcome thread.

  • WhatsApp payment links
  • Multi-gateway routing
  • Auto-receipt generation
DETAILED FEATURE MATRIX

Eight modules, one admissions backbone.

Granular capabilities used by 420 institutions across 28 Indian states.

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Branded application portal

Hosted at admissions.yourschool.in with full SSL. Theme builder controls colours, logos, fonts and copy. Embed apply-now widget into WordPress, Wix or Webflow with one line of code. Forms save drafts every 12 seconds and work down to 2G connections in tier-3 cities.

  • Custom domain + SSL
  • No-code theme builder
  • 2G-ready forms
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Multi-stage workflow

Drag-and-drop builder configures form to document review to entrance to interview to principal approval to fee. SLA timers per stage, multi-level approver hierarchies, reject-with-reason templates. Each grade or programme runs an independent workflow with shared applicant data.

  • Drag-and-drop builder
  • Per-stage SLA timers
  • Per-grade workflows
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Document OCR & verification

DigiLocker auto-pull, Tesseract OCR for manual uploads, face match against Aadhaar photo, signature consistency check. Reviewer queue with reasons-for-rejection templates and full audit trail. Average verification time at Heritage Bengaluru dropped from 19 minutes to 2.4 minutes per applicant.

  • DigiLocker eKYC
  • Face & signature match
  • Audit-trailed queue
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Entrance test admin

Online proctored, OMR sheet scanning or hybrid mode. Slot self-booking with capacity caps per centre. Auto-grade objective sections, route subjective papers to graders. Result feeds straight into the merit engine. Used for Class IX intake, Class XI stream allotment and lateral entry to undergraduate programmes.

  • Online + OMR + hybrid
  • Slot self-booking
  • Auto-grading + manual
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RTE 25% quota engine

State-wise pre-built workflows for Karnataka (RTE Bangalore), Maharashtra, Delhi, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh and 12 more. Random allotment lottery, neighbourhood radius checks, BPL verification, and reimbursement filing to state government portals โ€” all auditable.

  • 18 state portals
  • Random lottery engine
  • Reimbursement filings
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Counselling rounds

Weighted merit lists across entrance score, sibling status, alumni link, board marks and quota. Round-1, round-2 and round-3 counselling with waitlist auto-promotion. Floating seats reallocated by configurable rules. Result publishing with applicant-side dashboard and parent SMS.

  • Multi-criteria merit
  • Waitlist auto-promote
  • Result publishing
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Fee payment & seat lock

Personalised payment links delivered via WhatsApp Business API the moment offer letter is issued. Razorpay, Cashfree, PayU, BillDesk and HDFC Smart Hub. UPI, NetBanking, Card, no-cost EMI on Bajaj Finserv. Seat locks atomically on settlement, with auto-rollback on failure.

  • Per-applicant links
  • UPI/Card/EMI/NetBanking
  • Atomic seat lock
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Conversion analytics

Funnel from form-view to admit, broken down by source (Google, Facebook, referral, organic). Drop-off recovery cadence triggers WhatsApp messages to abandoned applications. Cohort analysis by board, locality and entrance score. CSV export for board meetings.

  • Source attribution
  • Drop-off recovery
  • CSV export
INTEGRATIONS

Plugs into the tools you already use.

Pre-built connectors for the Indian admissions stack โ€” no custom engineering required.

WhatsApp Business
Official Meta API ยท template messaging
DigiLocker
Aadhaar, marksheets, certificates
Aadhaar eKYC
UIDAI offline & OTP modes
Razorpay
Payment links, UPI, EMI
CBSE / State boards
Marksheet pull, affiliation sync
Google Forms import
Migrate legacy enquiry data
Bulk SMS
Gupshup, Kaleyra, Textlocal
Tally export
Admission fee voucher posting
OUTCOMES FOR INSTITUTIONS

Results that show up in the board pack.

Aggregate outcomes across 412 admissions cycles run on AskCampus during FY26.

3.4x
Faster admissions cycle
From 6-week average to 12-day median across K-12 customers.
87%
Application completion rate
Save-and-resume plus drop-off recovery lifts completion from 41% baseline.
14d
Setup to first applicant
Branded portal, RTE workflow and payment gateway live in two weeks.
92%
Applicant satisfaction
Post-admission CSAT collected from 41,200 parents in March 2026.

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