Faculty Assistant Bot-automation of administrative activities using robotic process automation

Abstract

In this paper, a process workflow for Bot is created using robotic process automation (RPA), associated with artificial intelligence that is used to stream line the administrative tasks and alleviate stress levels of faculty in handling administrative tasks while teaching in higher education. These activities are must for National Academic Audit Council (NAAC) accreditation and All India Survey on Higher Education (AISHE) surveys, which strive to bring quality in teaching higher education by shaping educational policies. Therefore, ensuring the accuracy of this data is paramount to avoid misleading decisions. The Bot automatically gathers student results from the website and saves them into individual files, eliminating the need for human intervention. It is trained to find the related file of student and update his results of upcoming semesters or backlogs. The Bot efficiently manages folders during file saving to enhance retrieval. Additionally, it maintains pertinent student details such as community, caste, and religion, beneficial for educational policy surveys aiming for improved quality. Moreover, it generates and updates reports post each process execution, ensuring data integrity, and can be trained for statistical analysis to predict student outcomes. The UiPath tool is used in the design and testing of the developed Bot