**Respected Judges, Axelera AI Team, Ladies and Gentlemen,**
Good morning.
My name is **Vishwanath Desai**, and today I am honored to present **PRAGYA AI – An Autonomous Edge AI Smart School Platform**.
Education is the foundation of every nation. However, many schools still depend on manual attendance registers, delayed communication with parents, and limited classroom analytics. These processes consume valuable teaching time and are prone to human error.
Our goal was simple:
**"Let teachers teach, and let AI handle routine operations."**
That vision led to the creation of **PRAGYA AI**.
PRAGYA AI is an **Enterprise Edge AI platform** designed specifically for schools. It combines Computer Vision, Face Recognition, Edge Computing, and intelligent automation into a single, secure solution.
Unlike cloud-dependent systems, PRAGYA AI performs AI inference locally on an edge server. This means attendance can continue even if the internet connection is unavailable, while helping schools keep sensitive student data under their own control.
Here's how it works.
As students enter their classroom, an AI-enabled camera captures the live video stream. The system detects faces, generates facial embeddings, verifies the student's identity, checks classroom and attendance rules, and marks attendance only when all conditions are satisfied.
Within seconds, the attendance dashboard is updated, and a notification can be sent to the parent through Telegram or WhatsApp.
PRAGYA AI is more than an attendance system.
It also provides:
* Classroom occupancy monitoring
* Unknown person detection
* AI-powered attendance analytics
* Teacher and administrator dashboards
* Audit logs for transparency
* Real-time operational insights
At the heart of our platform is **Edge AI acceleration**.
By integrating **Axelera AI hardware**, we aim to achieve low-latency inference, efficient multi-camera processing, and reduced CPU load. This allows schools to deploy scalable AI capabilities while keeping operational costs under control.
Our vision extends beyond attendance.
In future releases, PRAGYA AI will include:
* AI-powered classroom analytics
* Smart timetable automation
* AI teaching assistants
* Student learning insights
* Marathi voice-based AI support
* Integration with School ERP platforms
The impact is significant.
Teachers spend less time on administrative tasks.
Parents receive timely updates.
School administrators gain real-time visibility.
Students benefit from a safer and more efficient learning environment.
Our long-term goal is to build an AI platform that can serve government schools, private schools, colleges, and educational institutions across India and eventually worldwide.
We believe Edge AI has the potential to transform education—not by replacing teachers, but by empowering them.
Thank you to the Axelera AI team for creating technologies that make high-performance AI at the edge more accessible.
We are excited about the opportunity to demonstrate how PRAGYA AI can help build the next generation of intelligent schools.
**Together, let's create classrooms where technology supports e
very teacher, every student, and every learning journey.**
Thank you.
