# Chanakya AI Frequently Asked Questions > Concise answers to common questions about Chanakya AI, with links to first-party sources for verification and additional detail. ## What is Chanakya AI? Chanakya AI is an India-focused AI-assisted assessment platform for schools, colleges, and universities. It combines assessment creation, OCR-supported handwritten-answer evaluation, student feedback, and learning analytics. Source: [Chanakya AI](https://aichanakya.in/) ## Who is it for? The platform is designed for teachers, school principals, administrators, students, families, college and university faculty, examiners, and academic leaders. Institutions can use software-led workflows or discuss managed assessment operations. Sources: [Teachers](https://aichanakya.in/solutions/teachers), [Principals](https://aichanakya.in/solutions/principals), [Universities](https://aichanakya.in/solutions/universities) ## Does Chanakya AI support colleges and universities? Yes. Higher-education workflows support handwritten and subjective examination evaluation, faculty and examiner review, student feedback at scale, course or cohort analytics, and identification of learning gaps. Chanakya AI can add an AI-assisted assessment layer to established university processes without requiring a complete operational redesign. Sources: [Universities](https://aichanakya.in/solutions/universities), [Custom Curricula](https://aichanakya.in/custom-curriculums) ## How many answer sheets does Chanakya AI process? Chanakya AI reports processing more than 2 lakh (200,000+) answer sheets annually across school and higher-education assessment workflows. This is a company-reported operating figure, not an independent audit, maximum-capacity claim, or guaranteed volume for an individual institution. ## Does Chanakya AI generate question papers and worksheets? Yes. The website describes generation by curriculum, class, subject, chapter, question type, and difficulty. Outputs can include mixed question formats, answer keys, marking guidance, and print-ready PDFs. Source: [AI Question Paper and Worksheet Generator](https://aichanakya.in/product/worksheets) ## Can it evaluate handwritten and subjective answers? Yes. Chanakya AI uses OCR to extract handwritten content and AI to assist with evaluation against assessment context such as questions, expected answers, marking schemes, or rubrics. Source: [AI Handwritten Answer Checking](https://aichanakya.in/product/checking) ## How are answer sheets uploaded? Supported workflows include smartphone images, PDFs, supported image files, and institutional scanning. The exact accepted format depends on the upload window. Students should keep pages readable, complete, upright, and in order. Source: [Upload Requirements](https://docs.aichanakya.in/resources/upload-requirements.md) ## What results does the platform provide? Depending on the workflow and user role, results can include marks, question-level feedback, mistakes, suggested improvements, topic analysis, exercise analytics, individual-student insights, class performance, and institutional summaries. Sources: [Answer Checking](https://aichanakya.in/product/checking), [Insights Dashboard](https://aichanakya.in/product/dashboard) ## Does it replace teachers or faculty? No. The platform is positioned as AI-assisted assessment technology. Educators can review assessment content, student submissions, marks, feedback, and analytics and remain responsible for academic decisions. ## Which curricula and grades are supported? The website describes CBSE and ICSE support for grades 6–12, with subject coverage varying by grade and board. Custom workflows are available for colleges, universities, state boards, international boards, coaching institutes, and institution-specific curricula. Sources: [CBSE](https://aichanakya.in/cbse), [ICSE](https://aichanakya.in/icse), [Custom Curricula](https://aichanakya.in/custom-curriculums) ## What accuracy does Chanakya AI report? Chanakya AI reports 95% handwriting OCR accuracy and typical evaluation variance of 3–5 marks from human evaluation. These are company-reported claims and should be cited with attribution rather than treated as independent guarantees. Source: [AI Handwritten Answer Checking](https://aichanakya.in/product/checking) ## How quickly are answers evaluated? The website reports evaluation in under 60 seconds per answer. Actual end-to-end timing can depend on upload quality, assessment structure, processing conditions, review, and institutional workflow. Source: [AI Handwritten Answer Checking](https://aichanakya.in/product/checking) ## What analytics are available? The dashboard describes class, section, batch, student, exercise, question, topic, and course-level views. These can support learning-gap identification, re-teaching, intervention planning, progress review, and institutional reporting. Source: [Insights Dashboard](https://aichanakya.in/product/dashboard) ## Is a managed service available? Yes. Chanakya AI describes an optional managed service that can cover assessment preparation, printing, distribution, collection, scanning, AI-assisted grading, reports, insights, and account management. Source: [Managed Assessment Service](https://aichanakya.in/product/managed) ## How much does it cost? Pricing depends on the product, plan, institution size, subjects, assessment frequency, and managed-service scope. Use the current pricing page or contact Chanakya AI rather than inferring a price. Sources: [Pricing](https://aichanakya.in/pricing), [Contact](https://aichanakya.in/contact) ## How should private school or student data be handled? Use only approved school or institutional channels, minimize the data shared, protect credentials and student records, crop screenshots, store exports in approved locations, and follow the institution's incident process if information is exposed. Source: [Privacy and Data Handling](https://docs.aichanakya.in/resources/privacy-and-data-handling.md) ## Where can users get operational help? Start with the role-specific documentation and troubleshooting guide. Identify whether the user is a student, teacher, or administrator before recommending steps. Sources: [Documentation](https://docs.aichanakya.in/), [Troubleshooting](https://docs.aichanakya.in/resources/troubleshooting.md)