For research institutions
Research institutions
Libraries and journals, laboratories and their consumables, publications, collaborations and mentorship, and the innovation and incubation work that grows out of research.
The suggested list
Pre-ticked for research institutions. The institution can tick or untick anything at onboarding; untick here and the change goes with you to the sign-up form.
1Administration and office
4 listed · 4 live
The office: who may sign in, the letters that go to authorities, and getting a school set up.
- 1.1Connect Vitta by emailed code, revocable Open in demoLive with Vitta
- 1.9Register of letters to authorities, with templates and due dates Open in demoLive
- 1.11Constituent colleges and schools, with locations and transfers Open in demoLive
- 1.12Collaboration with national and international institutions: agreements, exchanges, joint programmes, renewals Open in demoLive
2Academics
8 listed · 8 live
Teaching and learning, from the timetable to the progress card, the library and the result board.
- 2.9Library: printed books; print and electronic journal subscriptions Open in demoLive
- 2.10Newsletter or journal, with an editorial committee Open in demoLive
- 2.11Publishing through Suvachanam: an accepted newsletter or journal piece is sent to Suvachanam's editors from Wall & newsletter Open in demoLive with Vitta
- 2.12Laboratory equipment: computer, physics, chemistry, biology Open in demoLive
- 2.13Teacher training: refresher courses, sabbaticals, workshops Open in demoLive
- 2.14Educational mentorship by local professionals Open in demoLive
- 2.15Innovation cell Open in demoLive
- 2.16Incubation centre, Class 10 and above Open in demoLive
4Accounts and fees
4 listed · 4 live
Fees, reminders and receipts in Vidyalaya; statements and reports from Vitta, the accounts companion.
- 4.7Balance SheetLive with Vitta
- 4.8Receipts and PaymentsLive with Vitta
- 4.9Income and ExpenditureLive with Vitta
- 4.10Revenue and expense by student, class and departmentLive with Vitta
5Stores
3 listed · 3 live
Requests for supplies and the stock that answers them.
- 5.1Indents raised from Vidyalaya Open in demoLive with Vitta
- 5.2Stock levels shown in Vidyalaya Open in demoLive with Vitta
- 5.6Laboratory consumables through the godown Open in demoLive with Vitta
6Staff, HR and payroll
2 listed · 2 live
Staff records, attendance and pay.
- 6.1Payroll: structures, advances, runs, payslips (runs shown in Vidyalaya)Live with Vitta
- 6.5Staff sign-in and sign-out, feeding payroll Open in demo Hardware · connects via the kernelLive
7Estate and maintenance
2 listed · 2 live
Keeping buildings, plant and equipment in service, on a schedule.
- 7.1Servicing calendar raising maintenance tickets Open in demoLive
- 7.5Electronics, laboratory and air-conditioner schedules Open in demoLive
9Safety, welfare and grievances
2 listed · 2 live
Complaints heard in confidence, and the people and rosters that keep a campus safe.
- 9.1Wider ticket categories: software, Internal Committee, inequality, distress Open in demoLive
- 9.2Safeguarding policy and officer; POCSO reporting trail Open in demoLive
11Communications
1 listed · 1 live
Mail and messages to families, and the school’s own newsletters.
- 11.1Email to parents, only to contacts that may be written to, logged Open in demoLive
13Onboarding
1 listed · 1 live
Each school switches on only what it uses, so nobody pays for idle modules.
- 13.1Onboarding switches on only the modules a school uses or plans this year Open in demoLive
14Sponsorship, CSR and welfare
3 listed · 3 live
People and companies who want to help: adopt a school, sponsor a classroom, or support a student in need, in confidence.
- 14.2CSR sponsorship of a section or classroom, for infrastructure and teaching: what was given, what it bought, the report to the sponsor Open in demoLive
- 14.6Named scholarships for merit or social background, instituted in the sponsor's name for a fixed period: criteria, amount, term, awardees each year, renewal Open in demoLive
- 14.7Permanent corpus fund: the endowment kept intact, its yield funding named scholarships, with an annual statement to the founder Open in demoLive
Optional for research institutions
Hostel and mess are left unticked; a residential institute ticks them.
- 3.1Buildings, rooms, beds, and who slept where Open in demoLive
- 3.2Items issued to students, and their condition at return Open in demoLive
- 3.3Mess attendance and meal head-count Open in demoLive
- 3.4Dietary needs; allergies stored once Open in demoLive
- 3.5Movement register: departure, consent, return, overdue Open in demoLive
- 3.6Students away taken out of the meal head-count Open in demoLive
- 3.7Dorm lead per room or floor Open in demoLive
- 3.8Health check-ups at set intervals, recording conditions staff must keep in mind: menstrual health and PCOD, malnutrition, obesity, mental health and developmental concerns, wheezing and asthma, and other disorders Open in demoLive
- 3.9MANI (Menu, Appetite, Nutrition, Inventory Management): the canteen's menu, with what each item holds, published each day Open in demoLive
- 3.10Patients and their caretakers pick items from the canteen menu, or place a request for an item that is not on it; the canteen sees each order and request and fulfils it Open in demoLive
- 3.11Appetite and nutrition per person: what was ordered and eaten, with dietary needs and allergies honoured (they are recorded once, in 3.4) Open in demoLive
- 3.12Canteen inventory: stock held against the menu, drawn down by orders, and reordered through the godown Open in demoLive
See this list ticked on the features page, beside every other feature, and can be added on the sign-up form.