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College Payroll Software —
Built for Indian Higher Education

University payroll is not corporate payroll. You have tenured professors on 7th Pay Commission scales, guest lecturers paid per hour, and research fellows funded by DST and UGC grants — all in one institution. CampusAlly handles every one of them, automatically.

7th Pay Commission Ready Guest Lecturer Per-Hour Billing DST / UGC Grant Allocation PF · ESI · TDS Challans Arrears Auto-Calculation
What makes
this different
7th Pay Commission scales Visiting faculty per-lecture billing Split grant funding (DST / UGC / ICMR) Sabbatical & study leave payroll Multi-campus consolidated view Grant utilization certificates Conference travel reimbursement Research fellow stipend management
Zero Manual Attendance Entry
100% PF / ESI Compliance
Seconds Arrears for 1,000+ Staff
3 Sources Max Grant Split Funding
7 Days Average Go-Live
Sound Familiar?

Why generic HR software breaks down in a university

  • 📊 Guest lecturer pay calculated manually in Excel — different rates, different hours, every month
  • 🔬 Research grant salaries manually split across funding sources — audit submissions take days
  • 📅 Pay Commission arrears for 800 employees calculated across 18 months — an impossible spreadsheet
  • 📋 Leave adjustments sent by email — payroll still miscalculates LOP every cycle
  • 💼 Faculty chase accounts office for payslips and Form-16 — absorbing hours of staff time

CampusAlly payroll handles all of this

  • Guest lecturer hours pulled from the timetable — pay calculated and processed automatically
  • Research salaries split across up to 3 funding sources — utilization certificates generated in one click
  • Arrears engine calculates differential for all employees in seconds — no spreadsheet
  • Leave applied in HR portal adjusts payroll automatically — zero email coordination
  • Self-service portal — faculty download payslips and Form-16 from their phone
Complete Payroll Platform

Every salary type, every compliance need — one system

From tenured professor to visiting lecturer to research fellow — CampusAlly handles the full complexity of higher education payroll.

Complex Salary Structures for Every Faculty Type

7th Pay Commission Faculty Payroll
Multi-Role Faculty Salary Management

One system for every contract type your university has — from permanent professors to part-time visiting lecturers to contract non-teaching staff.

  • Tenured Faculty — 7th Pay Commission — Pay bands, grade pay, and academic pay level matrices configured as per UGC / AICTE norms. Dearness Allowance (DA) updated when government rates change. Annual increments processed in one click.
  • Visiting & Guest Lecturers — Per-Hour Billing — Timetable module feeds hours-taught data directly to payroll. If a visiting faculty taught 14 hours this month at ₹750/hour, the system auto-calculates ₹10,500 — no manual tracking required.
  • Non-Teaching Staff — Manage overtime pay, night-shift allowances, and ad-hoc bonuses for administrative, housekeeping, and security staff with configurable pay components.
  • Research Fellows & JRFs — Manage DST / UGC / ICMR Junior Research Fellow stipends separately from faculty payroll — with grant-linked disbursement.
Research Grant Salary Allocation DST UGC
Research Grant Cost Allocation

The biggest payroll headache in any funded research institution — solved. Allocate salaries across multiple grant sources with audit-ready utilization certificates.

  • Split Funding — Allocate a researcher's salary across up to 3 sources (e.g., 50% University General Fund + 30% DST Grant + 20% Industry Project). Each funding source's ledger updated automatically every pay cycle.
  • Grant Utilization Certificates — Generate audit-ready reports showing exact manpower cost billed to each grant — a requirement for grant renewals from DST, UGC, ICMR, DBT, and SERB.
  • Grant Budget Expiry Alerts — Notified 60 days before a grant's salary budget is exhausted. Re-allocate staff to other funding sources before a payment fails.
  • PI Dashboard — Principal Investigators see their grant's remaining salary budget in real time — without waiting for a finance report.

Attendance Integration & Loss of Pay

Biometric Attendance Payroll Integration
Biometric Attendance to Payroll — Automatic

Zero manual data entry between attendance and payroll. What biometric devices record at 9 AM directly determines what appears on the payslip at month-end.

  • Biometric & Facial Recognition Sync — Attendance data pulled directly from biometric devices and the CampusAlly facial recognition module. No re-entry, no reconciliation spreadsheets.
  • Loss of Pay (LOP) Auto-Calculation — Unauthorized absences detected automatically. LOP deductions calculated per the institution's leave policy before payslip generation — no manual intervention.
  • Leave Integration — Casual leave, medical leave, sabbatical, and study leave applied in the HR portal adjust payroll automatically. No email chains. No manual adjustments.
  • Compulsory Leave & Holiday Handling — Public holidays, college holidays, and declared compulsory leave excluded from LOP calculations automatically.
PF ESI TDS Statutory Compliance College
Statutory Compliance — PF, ESI, TDS & Arrears

Every statutory obligation handled automatically — challans generated, TDS calculated, Form-16 produced, and arrears computed at scale. Audit-proof from day one.

  • PF & ESI Challan Generation — Provident Fund and Employee State Insurance challans generated automatically for bulk filing each month. ECR file format ready for EPFO portal upload.
  • TDS Income Tax Deduction — TDS calculated based on each employee's income slab. Faculty submit investment proofs (80C, HRA, 80D) digitally via the self-service portal for accurate computation.
  • Form-16 Generation — Annual Form-16 certificates generated for all eligible employees in one bulk action — downloadable from the self-service mobile app.
  • Arrears Engine — Pay Commission Revisions — When a Pay Commission revises salary scales retrospectively, CampusAlly calculates the differential amount for every affected employee across all months in seconds. What used to take a team of accountants weeks now takes minutes.

Employee Self-Service & Finance Visibility

Faculty Self-Service Portal Payslip Form-16
Employee Self-Service Portal (ESS)

Eliminate the queue at the accounts office. Faculty and staff access every payroll document they need — from their phone, anytime, without raising a request.

  • Payslip Download — Monthly payslips available as PDF from the CampusAlly mobile app the moment payroll is processed. No waiting, no printing, no office visit.
  • Form-16 Download — Annual Form-16 certificates available for download in April. Faculty share directly with their CA for tax filing.
  • Investment Proof Submission — Staff upload 80C, HRA, and 80D proofs digitally before the declaration deadline. Finance team reviews and approves without paper forms.
  • Reimbursement Claims — Professors submit conference travel bills, book allowance receipts, and research expense claims via the app. Workflow routes to HOD, then Finance for digital approval — no physical vouchers.
  • Loan EMI Tracking — Staff with university salary advances see outstanding balance and monthly EMI deductions on their payslip and ESS dashboard.
Department Payroll Cost Centre
Real-time salary expenditure by department and funding source
Computer Science Department
24 Faculty · 4 Visiting · 3 Support Staff
₹14,20,000
✓ Within Budget
DST Research Grant — AI Lab
3 Research Fellows · 1 Project Scientist
₹1,85,000
⚠ Expires in 2 months
UGC SAP — Humanities
2 Research Associates
₹96,000
✓ 6 months remaining
Industry Project — TCS MOU
1 Project Associate
₹42,000
🔴 Budget exceeded
How Guest Lecturer Billing Works

Timetable → Hours taught → Payment amount. Automatic.

No more Excel sheets at month-end. CampusAlly calculates visiting faculty pay from timetable data directly.

Guest Lecturer Payment — March 2025
Dr. Meenakshi Rajan
Electronics Engineering
18 hours
₹850 / hour
Total Payment Due (March)
₹15,300
Calculated automatically from timetable data. No manual entry. TDS deducted if applicable.
Why CampusAlly Over Generic Payroll

Generic HR software wasn't built for a university

Tally, GreytHR, and Keka handle corporate payroll. CampusAlly handles the complexity of academic institutions.

Capability CampusAlly Payroll Generic HR / Tally / GreytHR
7th Pay Commission Pay Matrix Built-in UGC/AICTE scales Not available
Guest Lecturer Per-Hour Billing Auto from timetable data Manual entry required
Research Grant Split Funding Multi-source allocation Single cost centre only
Grant Utilization Certificates Auto-generated for DST/UGC Manual compilation
Sabbatical / Study Leave Payroll HR portal integrated Manual adjustment
Arrears Calculation Retroactive engine, bulk Partial / manual
ERP Integration (Timetable, Attendance, Finance) Fully connected Standalone silo
Who Uses CampusAlly Payroll

Built for every person who touches college payroll

💼
Finance Officer / Accounts Department
Monthly payroll takes 5 days to process across spreadsheets

CampusAlly pulls attendance, leave, and timetable data automatically. Payslips generated in one click. Challans ready for filing. Processing time cut from days to hours.

🔬
Principal Investigator (PI)
Manually tracking how much grant money has been spent on salaries

The PI dashboard shows real-time grant budget consumption. Utilization certificates generated for DST, UGC, ICMR, and DBT submissions without waiting for finance reports.

🏛️
Registrar / HR Department
Faculty constantly visiting HR for payslips, Form-16, and leave salary queries

Self-service portal handles payslip downloads, Form-16, and investment proof submissions. Faculty find answers themselves — HR office handles exceptions only.

👨‍🏫
Guest / Visiting Faculty
Payment disputes every month — different calculation, no transparency

Hours taught pulled from the official timetable record. Payment calculation transparent and verifiable. Visiting faculty see their own payment breakdown in the ESS portal.

🏦
CFO / Management Committee
No consolidated view of payroll cost across multiple campuses and departments

Department-wise and campus-wise payroll cost reports available on demand. Compare salary expenditure against budget — real data, not end-of-month summaries.

📋
NAAC / Audit Team
Auditors require HR records, grant utilization, and statutory compliance proof

Complete payroll audit trail, PF/ESI challan records, grant utilization certificates, and TDS computation sheets — all digital, all searchable, all ready.

NAAC, UGC audits & grant renewals need payroll data

NAAC Criterion VI (Governance & Leadership) and statutory audits require documented evidence of payroll compliance — PF deposits, TDS filings, grant utilization records, and faculty pay scales. CampusAlly generates all of it automatically.

Criterion VI – Governance PF / ESI Filing Records TDS & Form-16 Audit Trail Grant Utilization Certificates 7th Pay Commission Compliance Multi-Campus Payroll Reports
See Full NAAC Accreditation Module →
Frequently Asked Questions

Questions from finance officers & registrars

College payroll software automates salary calculation, compliance, and disbursement for all employee types in a university — tenured faculty on 7th Pay Commission scales, guest lecturers billed per hour, research fellows on grant stipends, and non-teaching staff. It handles PF, ESI, TDS, Form-16, and arrears automatically. CampusAlly's payroll is integrated with the college ERP — timetable, attendance, leave, and finance — so payroll runs with minimal manual input.
Yes. CampusAlly is configured with 7th Pay Commission pay bands, academic grade pay matrices, and pay levels as per UGC and AICTE norms for central and state universities. Dearness Allowance (DA) is updated automatically when the government revises rates. Annual increments are processed in one click for all eligible faculty.
CampusAlly integrates with the timetable module to automatically calculate hours taught by each guest or visiting lecturer per month. Based on the per-hour rate configured for that faculty member, the system generates the exact payment amount without any manual calculation. If a visiting lecturer taught 18 hours at ₹850/hour, the system auto-generates ₹15,300 — TDS deducted if applicable.
CampusAlly supports split funding for salaries. A researcher's salary can be allocated across up to 3 sources — for example, 50% from the university general fund, 30% from a DST grant, and 20% from an industry project. Each funding source's ledger updates automatically each pay cycle. Grant utilization certificates showing exact manpower costs per grant are generated automatically — required for DST, UGC, ICMR, DBT, and SERB audits.
Yes. CampusAlly automatically generates Provident Fund (PF), Employee State Insurance (ESI), and Professional Tax challans for bulk filing each month. The ECR file for EPFO portal upload is generated automatically. TDS is calculated based on each employee's taxable income and submitted investment proofs (80C, HRA, 80D). Form-16 certificates are generated for all eligible employees at year-end in bulk.
When a Pay Commission revision or government order changes salary scales retrospectively, CampusAlly's arrears engine calculates the difference between old and revised salary for every affected employee, across every month in the arrears period. For 1,000+ employees and 18+ months of arrears, the entire computation runs in seconds — no spreadsheet, no manual calculation, no errors. Individual arrears statements generated for each employee.
Yes. CampusAlly supports multi-entity payroll. Each campus — main campus, city centre campus, constituent colleges — can run its own independent payroll cycle with separate employee records and compliance obligations. The CFO and Registrar have a consolidated financial view across all entities from a single dashboard, without needing to log in separately to each.
Salary data is encrypted at rest and in transit. Access is controlled through Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) — department heads cannot see peer salaries, faculty can only see their own payslips, and finance officers have access only to the employees under their jurisdiction. Payroll actions are logged with a full audit trail — who ran payroll, who approved, what was changed.
CampusAlly's payroll is built for colleges and universities — 7th Pay Commission scales, research grant split funding, visiting faculty per-hour billing, UGC/DST utilization certificates, sabbatical leave processing, and multi-campus management. SchoolDeck's payroll is designed for K-12 schools — teacher salary slips, PF/ESI for school staff, biometric attendance integration, and school-scale HR. They serve completely different institutional needs and should not be confused.
Ready to automate payroll?

Pay every faculty member accurately, on time, every time.

See CampusAlly's payroll in a 30-minute demo — 7th Pay Commission setup, guest lecturer billing, grant allocation, and PF/TDS challans included. No commitment required.