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MAHE institutions adopt PeopleSoft IT application

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THE HINDU

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20050728

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The Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE) on Tuesday launched the PeopleSoft IT application in its various institutions and colleges in Manipal, Mangalore and Malaysia. MAHE is the first university to launch PeopleSoft applications in India.

The objective of implementing PeopleSoft is to enhance university processes to global standards and to disseminate academic and financial information to students and parents through the Internet.

PeopleSoft is a comprehensive enterprisewide software that covers all aspects of management and operations of a modern university system. MAHE is implementing student record, student finance, finance and human resource management system.

The student administration module will be deployed once it is delivered by PeopleSoft/Oracle. MAHE is rolling out PeopleSoft Enterprise portal to its employees and students as it would be a gateway to access important data through intranet and Internet. MAHE would shortly introduce elearning for medical students through content digitisation.

Speaking at the launch of PeopleSoft, the President of MAHE, Ramdas M. Pai, said MAHE believed in leveraging technology and systems in imparting world class education as is shown by the adoption of the PeopleSoft. Through PeopleSoft, MAHE is enabling payment of fees - tuition, hostel and mess - via online banking systems, credit card sites of ICICI Bank and others. This will save time and efforts of students and parents and also reduce administrative costs. In the near future, information about students attendance, marks, performance, mess charges can be monitored by parents from outside, Dr. Pai said.

The ViceChancellor of MAHE, H.S. Ballal, said that through PeopleSoft, MAHE is standardising processes across its various institutions. We are implementing best global practices and facilitating access to information - anywhere, anytime. The university will use single database - leading data consistency and reduced overheads, he said.

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