{"id":64082,"date":"2026-02-11T16:41:47","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T11:11:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesspoint.co.in\/index.php\/2026\/02\/11\/smartail-ai-and-bharathcloud-ink-partnership-to-accelerate-ai-adoption-across-3000-schools-in-india\/"},"modified":"2026-02-11T16:41:47","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T11:11:47","slug":"smartail-ai-and-bharathcloud-ink-partnership-to-accelerate-ai-adoption-across-3000-schools-in-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesspoint.co.in\/index.php\/2026\/02\/11\/smartail-ai-and-bharathcloud-ink-partnership-to-accelerate-ai-adoption-across-3000-schools-in-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Smartail AI and Bharathcloud Ink Partnership to Accelerate AI Adoption Across 3000+ Schools in India"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], February 11: <\/strong>Bharathcloud, an Indian\u00a0AI-ready cloud services provider<\/strong>, announced a partnership with Smartail AI,\u00a0Asia\u2019s first AI-powered grading company<\/strong>, to accelerate the adoption of secure, scalable, and\u00a0data-sovereign AI<\/strong>\u00a0in education. The collaboration aims to support AI-led transformation across 3000+ schools and universities in India by 2026, with phased rollouts aligned to institutional readiness and academic frameworks. Together, the companies are enabling education institutions to deploy AI responsibly, without compromising data security, compliance, or pedagogical integrity.<\/p>\n

As AI adoption grows across India\u2019s education sector, data sovereignty and security have become essential. BharathCloud\u2019s sovereign\u00a0AI cloud<\/strong>\u00a0powers DeepGrade, Smartail\u2019s flagship platform, enabling a secure,\u00a0automated grading system<\/strong>, real-time\u00a0student performance analytics<\/strong>, and\u00a0personalised learning insights<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Leveraging BharathCloud\u2019s solutions, Smartail has enhanced platform performance and efficiency, now grading\u00a0over 3 million marks per month<\/strong>\u00a0with\u00a0approximately 97% accuracy<\/strong>. Question paper generation has increased by\u00a017%<\/strong>, with\u00a0500+ papers produced monthly<\/strong>\u00a0across\u00a0CBSE, ICSE, IGCSE, IB, Cambridge, and State Board curricula<\/strong>. The secure, upgraded network infrastructure ensures safe data storage and retrieval, supported by a\u00a0cost-optimised cloud architecture<\/strong>\u00a0offering competitive pricing.<\/p>\n

Swaminathan Ganesan, Co-Founder & CEO of Smartail, Says,\u00a0<\/strong>\u201cAs a deeptech\u00a0<\/em>AI grading software company<\/em><\/strong>, our cloud choice is mission-critical. After evaluating multiple providers, BharathCloud stood out for its high availability, scalability, low latency, GPU-CPU performance, and cost efficiency. Its secure, sovereign infrastructure enables us to scale DeepGrade, handling over 100,000 answer evaluations daily while ensuring data security,\u00a0<\/em>AI sovereignty<\/em><\/strong>, and superior customer outcomes.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cPartnering with Smartail allows us to showcase how deep-tech driven\u00a0<\/em>AI cloud infrastructure<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0can empower educators and transform learning institutions, while supporting India\u2019s broader digital transformation,\u201d\u00a0<\/em>said Rahul Takkallapally, Co-Founder, BharathCloud.\u00a0<\/strong>\u201cWe are delighted to be serving Smartail, one of the top ten startups selected by the IndiaAI Mission, and to be part of their journey. This collaboration reflects BharathCloud\u2019s commitment to empowering Indian organisations with secure and scalable\u00a0<\/em>AI cloud solutions<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0that drive meaningful innovation at scale.\u201d
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\nBeyond supporting Smartail\u2019s core platforms, Smartail enables institutions to access\u00a0secure AI cloud infrastructure\u00a0<\/strong>through BharathCloud, delivering a unified platform for both\u00a0AI deployment and cloud management<\/strong>. Looking ahead, the partnership is designed for mutual growth beyond India, with BharathCloud\u2019s sovereign\u00a0AI Cloud expertise<\/strong>\u00a0complementing Smartail\u2019s established presence in the UK and UAE, enabling both companies to expand solutions to global markets.<\/p>\n

About BharathCloud :\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

BharathCloud is a Hyderabad-based sovereign AI cloud services provider delivering secure, scalable, and AI-driven solutions to businesses and startups globally. BharathCloud offers end-to-end cloud and digital transformation solutions, including IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, AI\/ML, HPC, and innovative platforms offering AI-powered smart storage and Bharat Big Bucket(B3), KaaS (Kubernetes-as-a-Service). Its enterprise-grade infrastructure ensures high performance, multi-location backups, disaster recovery, and compliance with global standards such as\u00a0\u00a0ISO 27001, TPN and HIPAA.<\/p>\n

For more information, visit\u00a0www.bharathcloud.com<\/a><\/p>\n

About Smartail:<\/strong>
\nSmartail is a global Deeptech-EdTech company building evidence-led AI for assessment and learning analytics. Its flagship platform, DeepGrade, evaluates handwritten and descriptive answers at scale to enable faster feedback and data-driven decisions. Incubated at global programs including IndiaAI, HEC Paris and Station F, and with active deployments across India, the UK, and the GCC, Smartail delivers responsible, teacher-centred AI for real classrooms.<\/p>\n

For more information, visit\u00a0https:\/\/smartail.ai\/india\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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