niera
Incubated at IIT Madras

AI-first technology for the whole institution

AI that teaches from your own books, sets and checks papers with your teachers, and answers parents and applicants, on one connected system built and supported by one team.

Supported by

IIT Madras

Start with one AI solution. Add the rest as you grow.

Together, these cover every part of your institution, with AI in each: how you teach, how you run, how you improve and how you're found. Each new one connects to the ones you already have.

AI tutor & learning platform

A patient tutor for every student, from your own books.

Every student gets a tutor at any hour that answers from your syllabus and notes with the page shown, finds the idea behind a wrong answer, and practises it until it holds, with teachers in control.

Niera Study explaining a reaction, with a molecule the student can turn in 3D.
Niera Study, live today: an answer from the student's own material, with a molecule to turn in 3D.

What it does

  • Answers from your booksEvery answer comes from your approved books and notes, with the page shown; anything else is labelled.
  • Doubts by photo and voiceA photo of a question is worked step by step, and doubts can be asked aloud in Hinglish.
  • The reason behind a mistakeA short diagnostic finds which idea a student has wrong, so practice goes straight to it.
  • Practice that adaptsQuestions come back to what was missed until it holds.
  • Mock tests with analysisPapers to the exam's chapter weights, ending in where the marks went and what to do next.
  • Lectures that stop for a doubtA student stops the lecture and asks, and it answers before carrying on.
  • Revision notesNotes for each chapter, checked once, put together for what each student needs.
  • Labs and 3D modelsExperiments to run and molecules to turn, beside the answer that needs them.

Responsible by design

  • Teacher approvedTeachers approve AI-made content before students see it.
  • Your content firstAnswers come from material your institution has approved, and say so when they do not.
  • Tested before launchAccuracy and privacy checked before students use it.
  • Teacher backupIf the AI can't help, the question goes to a teacher.

Optional add-ons

  • Lectures from your own teachers' notes
  • Teacher content workspace
  • Subject-specific interactive models

AI-powered management system (ERP)

Your whole office in one system, with AI on the routine work.

One system for admissions, students, attendance, fees and timetables, where AI answers enquiries, reads documents into forms and times reminders, and each staff member sees only what they need.

AI in your office

  • Admissions assistantAnswers parents on your website and WhatsApp from your prospectus, books the visit and follows up.
  • Documents read into formsBirth certificates, transfer certificates and mark sheets read into the admission form, with any mismatch flagged.
  • Fee reminders that get paidTimed to each family, in their language, with a payment link and instalments.
  • Timetables and substitutionsA timetable without clashes, and each morning a substitute proposed for every absent teacher.
  • Records checked before filingNames and dates of birth checked across documents before board and APAAR lists go in.
  • Ask in plain wordsOffice staff ask for any list or count and get it, with the records behind it.

The records underneath

  • Student recordsProfiles, classes, sections and history for every student.
  • AttendanceDaily or period-wise, with every correction recorded.
  • Fees and paymentsFee types, instalments, concessions, receipts and dues.
  • Staff directoryEvery staff member's department, role and classes.
  • Who sees whatSeparate access for office, accounts, teachers, students and parents.
  • Circulars and reportsCirculars to the right people, and office reports ready to download.

Optional add-ons

  • Parent and student portal
  • Moving and cleaning up your old data
  • Library, hostel, transport, inventory and HR modules
  • Custom management reports

AI learning & assessment platform

Papers in minutes, checked before they are printed.

One place for lessons, homework, tests and results, where AI drafts papers to the board's pattern, helps with marking and shows the ideas each class missed, and teachers approve everything students see.

A timed exam in Niera Study: the question, its options and the question palette.
A paper built to the exam's chapter weights, sat in Niera Study's exam screen.

From paper to result

Set
  • Papers in minutesName the chapters, marks and difficulty, and get a paper to the board's pattern with its key and a second set.
  • A check on any paperQuestion types, chapter weight and level checked against the board's blueprint.
  • Your own question bankYears of your papers and worksheets in one bank by chapter and topic, every key checked.
Teach
  • Lessons and homeworkLessons in order, and homework set and collected online.
  • Plans and worksheetsDrafts for each chapter at the class's level, for teachers to edit.
  • Learn on any deviceCourses, notes and tests on any phone, tablet or laptop.
Test
  • Online examsTimed exams with clear rules, sat the way the real exam is.
  • Mock testsPapers to the exam's chapter weights, the newest real questions first.
  • Offline accessSelected lessons and tests work offline and update when back online.
Results
  • Marking helpObjective tests mark themselves; written answers are read against your scheme, and the teacher's word is final.
  • Class gap reportsThe ideas each class missed, and a short set to teach them again.
  • Approved resultsResults reach students only after teachers approve them.

AI drafts and checks; your teachers approve every paper, mark and result before students see it.

Optional add-ons

  • Answer-key and solution checks for your own sheets
  • A video solution for every question
  • Moving your existing content
  • Teacher workshops on AI in assessment

AI-powered digital classrooms

Lessons that answer back.

Smart boards where AI draws the explanation a class needs, simulations that make ideas visible, and recorded lessons that stop to answer a student's doubt.

A simulation of Bohr's hydrogen atom in Niera Study, with its controls and spectrum.
A science simulation in Niera Study, the learning app our team builds and runs.

Key features

  • Explained on the boardAsk a question in class, and AI draws the explanation step by step on the board.
  • Simulations and 3D modelsScience and maths models the class can explore together.
  • Lessons that answer backA recorded lesson stops for a student's doubt and answers it before carrying on.
  • Flowcharts and mind mapsA chapter turned into a flowchart or a mind map on the board in a moment.
  • Class questions and pollsQuick checks during the lesson, with the class's answers on screen.
  • Lesson recordingLessons recorded for replay, with clear consent and access rules.

From one room to every classroom

  1. Classroom visitRooms, devices, internet and teaching style
  2. Content readyLessons and tools prepared
  3. Trial classroomTested with your teachers in one room
  4. Privacy checkConsent, access and storage agreed
  5. Training and rolloutTeachers trained, then every classroom

Optional add-ons

  • Hybrid classes with remote students
  • Lectures from your own teachers' notes
  • More simulations for your subjects

AI-run smart campus

A campus that runs smoothly and safely.

Attendance, buses, rooms and devices on one system, where AI spots what needs attention, a late bus, a faulty projector, a room left on, and tells the right person.

Key features

  • Attendance without the roll callCard taps and devices update attendance on their own, and the class teacher sees the day at a glance.
  • Buses parents can trustRoutes planned for the shortest rides, and parents told when the bus is near.
  • Facilities that report themselvesFaulty devices and rooms flagged and assigned before anyone has to complain.
  • Energy by the timetableLights and air conditioning follow the timetable and the rooms in use.
  • Notices on every screenNotices drafted, translated and shown on the right screens across campus.
  • Safety alertsGate and emergency alerts reach the right person at once, with a record kept.

Privacy protected. Devices share only what you approve, and official records stay in your ERP.

Optional add-ons

  • Campus survey and installation support
  • Bus tracking for parents
  • More sensors and facility data

AI analytics & decision support

Ask your data, get the evidence.

Principals and owners ask in plain words and get the number, a chart and the records behind it, and reports for boards and accreditation are drafted with their evidence.

Key features

  • Ask in plain wordsWhich sections slipped in maths since the unit test? The answer comes with its records.
  • Accreditation and ranking reportsNAAC, NBA and NIRF submissions drafted from your records, every claim tied to its document.
  • Numbers that agreeThe same figure checked across every return before it is filed.
  • Class and year comparisonHow classes, batches and years compare, at a glance.
  • Early support signalsPatterns that help teachers notice when a group needs help.
  • Your documents, searchablePolicies, circulars and minutes answered in plain words, with the page.

Every report tells you

  • SourceWhere the data comes from
  • PeriodWhich dates it covers
  • Who's countedWhich students are included, and which are not
  • What it meansWhat each number actually measures
  • LimitsWhat the data can't tell you

Privacy first. Reports show groups, not individuals. No student rankings, no "at-risk" labels.

Optional add-ons

  • Connect more data sources
  • Reports emailed on a schedule
  • Help cleaning up your data

AI workflow automation

Less chasing, less paperwork.

AI agents that answer parents from your circulars, follow up every enquiry and send the right reminder in the right language, handing anything unusual to a person.

How an AI agent works

  1. ReadsA parent asks about the bus
  2. ChecksFinds the circular that answers it
  3. ActsReplies, naming the circular
  4. Hands overAnything else goes to the office

Key features

  • Parent helpdeskFees, dates, transport and homework answered at any hour from your circulars.
  • Enquiry follow-upEvery enquiry acknowledged, answered and followed up until the family decides.
  • Fee remindersPolite reminders timed to each family, in their language.
  • Weekly notes to parentsWhat the child studied and where they are stuck, in the family's language.
  • Circulars in every languageDrafted from one line, translated, and sent to the right classes.
  • ApprovalsRequests reach the right approver, with reminders if pending.
  • CertificatesFilled in from official records and signed off before issue.
  • Request handlingHelpdesk, grievance and facility requests sorted by AI and tracked to closure.
  • Email, SMS and WhatsAppOne message, written for each channel.

Optional add-ons

  • Messages in regional languages
  • Detailed automation reports

AI-ready websites & portals

Get found, trusted and chosen.

A modern website with an assistant that answers parents from your prospectus at any hour, sends every enquiry to the right person, and is built to be found on Google and in AI answers.

Key features

  • An assistant on every pageAnswers parents' questions from your prospectus and fee sheet, and books the visit.
  • Found in AI answersSet up so Google and AI assistants describe your institution correctly.
  • Admissions informationWho can apply, how to apply, key dates and documents, kept current.
  • Enquiry formsSpam-protected forms that reach the right team, with the follow-up done for them.
  • Required disclosures kept currentThe board's required details read from your records and kept up to date.
  • Pages in every languageEnglish and regional languages, with an easy switch.
  • Easy self-editingYour staff update pages and notices themselves, no developer needed.
  • Mobile-friendly and accessibleFast on phones and easy for everyone to read and use.
  • Visitor insightsHow many people visit, what they read and how many enquire.

Optional add-ons

  • Virtual campus tour
  • Admission campaign pages and lead tracking
  • Ongoing content and search support

AI infrastructure, integrations & IT support

Private, secure, supported.

The foundation your AI runs on: your systems connected, hosted securely, your material kept to your institution alone, backed up and supported by one team.

Key features

Connect
  • Connecting your systemsEach link carefully planned, so information flows correctly.
  • Your books, ready for AIBooks, papers and records read once, page by page, so the AI can cite them.
  • Online fee paymentsParents pay online; receipts and status update on their own.
  • One login for everythingStaff and students use one sign-in for all systems.
Run
  • Private AI for your institutionYour material serves your institution only, never another one.
  • Hosting adviceThe right hosting for your needs, data location and budget.
  • Safe updatesNew versions tested before release, and easy to undo.
  • Moving your old dataRecords moved, checked and matched before you switch over.
Protect
  • BackupsRegular backups of your data, with a record of each one.
  • Recovery planA tested plan to restore your data if something goes wrong.
  • Security updatesPlanned, tested updates that keep your systems protected.
  • Problem solvingWe find the cause, fix it, or bring in the right vendor.

Optional add-ons

  • Ongoing system monitoring
  • Extra disaster-recovery drills
  • Longer support hours

AI that answers only from what you approve

A patient helper that answers students' doubts step by step, using only your own study material, with teachers in control.

  • Teacher approvedTeachers approve AI-made content before students see it.
  • Your content onlyUses only material your institution has approved.
  • Tested before launchAccuracy and privacy checked before students use it.
  • Teacher backupIf the AI can't help, the question goes to a teacher.
Niera Study answering a question under the label From your sources, with numbered citations to the student's material.
Niera Study, the AI tutor our team builds and runs. Every answer says where it came from.

A world-class ecosystem behind every project

Incubated at IIT Madras and supported by global leaders in AI and cloud. Here is what that means for your institution.

AI, done responsibly

AI that speaks Indian languages, answers only from content you approve, and is checked by teachers.

Secure, reliable cloud

Hosted on leading cloud platforms, with a backup and recovery plan agreed before launch.

Research-driven engineering

Incubated at IIT Madras and selected for the Delta V Fellowship.

IIT Madras
Trusted byCBSE schoolsand more schools
Lalit Kumar, founder and director of Niera

Founder-led. IIT Madras-built.

Institutions shouldn't have to manage many vendors. We build one connected system, and we take responsibility for all of it.

Lalit KumarFounder and Director, Niera

  • B.Tech, IIT Madras
  • IIT Madras-incubated

Lalit founded Niera to give schools, colleges and institutes one technology partner they can rely on, from their first website to AI in the classroom. He leads the company's product, engineering and delivery.

7+Years in AI and education
1M+Students reached by our team
50+Cities reached across India
100+Projects and labs built

Why institutions choose Niera

  • One accountable partner

    One team and one point of contact, from AI in the classroom to the office system.

  • AI on connected records

    The AI reads the same records your office and teachers use, from day one.

  • Start small, scale up

    Begin with one service or a small trial, then add more as you grow.

  • Support after launch

    Fixes, updates and improvements, with response times agreed in writing.

  • Student privacy first

    Lessons recorded only with consent, reports by group, and no student rankings.

  • Everything in writing

    What we deliver, when, and at what cost, agreed before work starts.

Your institution's data, protected at every step

Hosted on leading cloud platforms, with a backup and recovery plan agreed before launch.

  • Who sees whatSeparate access for office, accounts, teachers, students and parents.
  • Safe connectionsInformation moves only through links you approve.
  • One official recordEvery record lives in one place.
  • Backups on recordRegular backups of your data, with a record of each one.
  • A tested recovery planA tested plan to restore your data if something goes wrong.
  • Planned security updatesPlanned, tested updates that keep your systems protected.
  • Recording with consentLessons recorded for replay only with clear consent and access rules.
  • Devices checked firstFingerprint or face devices checked for privacy before use.

Built around you, from plan to support

Every service is sized to your institution, your budget and your pace.

  1. 1

    Plan

    We learn how you work and agree a clear plan.

  2. 2

    Build

    We set up or build the systems you choose.

  3. 3

    Connect

    We link them with the tools you already use.

  4. 4

    Support

    We train your staff and stay on to support you.

Who we serve

  • Schools
  • Colleges
  • Universities
  • Coaching institutes
  • EdTech providers

Our goal is simple: every institution we work with should run more smoothly and teach better, year after year.

Rise with the future of education

AI and digital tools are changing how students learn and how institutions run. Those who start now will lead tomorrow, and we'll help you rise, one confident step at a time.

  1. Start

    Begin with one

    An AI tutor for one class, or an admissions assistant for one season.

  2. Connect

    Bring your records together

    Books, papers, circulars and records in one place the AI can read.

  3. Spread

    AI in every role

    Teachers, parents, the office and leaders each get their own.

  4. Lead

    Lead the change

    A future-ready campus that families choose and trust.

What institutions ask us first

Anything else, ask on a call or write to contact@niera.in.

Book a 15-min call
Do we have to take every service?

No. Start with one service or a small trial, then add more as you grow. Each new service connects to the ones you already have.

Which AI solution should we start with?

Most schools start with the AI tutor for one class or the admissions assistant for one season. Coaching institutes often start with papers and answer keys from their own sheets, and colleges with accreditation reports. We choose it together on the first call.

Can you work with the systems we already use?

Yes. We link what we build with the tools you already use, and each link is planned so information flows correctly. Records from an old system are moved, checked and matched before you switch over.

How does the AI avoid wrong answers?

It answers only from material your institution has approved, with sources shown. Teachers approve AI-made content before students see it, accuracy and privacy are checked before launch, and if the AI can't help, the question goes to a teacher.

What happens to student data?

Reports for staff show groups, not individuals, with no student rankings and no at-risk labels, and a parent sees only their own child. Lessons are recorded only with consent, devices share only what you approve, and official records stay in your ERP.

Who supports us after launch?

We train your staff and stay on to support you. Fixes, updates and improvements come with response times agreed in writing, and your data is backed up with a tested recovery plan.

How are cost and timelines agreed?

Every service is sized to your institution, your budget and your pace. What we deliver, when, and at what cost is agreed in writing before work starts.

Do you work in regional languages?

Yes. Websites can carry pages in English and regional languages with an easy switch, the AI speaks Indian languages, and reminders can go out in regional languages as an add-on.

How do we start?

Book a 15-minute call. We learn how you work, agree a clear plan, and map your first step together.

Start your rise today.

Pick a time that suits you. We'll map your first step together.

Supported byIIT Madras