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MIT Art Design and Technology University (MIT ADT University) is a place where creativity and innovation coexist. The PhD course in MIT ADT University is one amongst the enhanced courses in MIT. The Work Flow in this course is totally based on paper work and is time consuming. The Aim of this project is to bring Digital Transformation in this PhD Course and seize redundant free management, digital process control and optimization, collecting and distributing knowledge and information, and optimal coordination with existing systems for efficient process management. This project will provide all the users a broad array of information on a specific domain, arranged in a way that is most convenient to access. It will increase communication and knowledge sharing. It will create a generalized portal for all domains. The project aims to provide a rich space to share and search information.

Problem Statement

To develop a System that will provide an interactive platform for the Research Scholars, research Supervisors, Research Co-Supervisors and reduce a lot of time, efforts and paperwork, and also provide a forum for doubt solving. More specif- ically, to allow a user to manage and communicate with other users and pub- lish/assess articles. To facilitate submissions by making them online and avoiding the manual paperwork submission. The system also contains a relational database containing a list of Research Scholars, Research Supervisors and Research Co- Supervisors, and Articles/Publishing’s.

Objectives

• To create a user-friendly platform for Research Scholars, Research Supervisors, research Co-Supervisors
• To increase the speed and efficiency.
• To reduce paperwork and store/manage data/records efficiently.
• To make communication and progress tracking easier.

Features

• Registration and Login with live validation and security
• An interactive forum for the researchers to communicate
• Submissions and Approvals of any resource.
• E-Library to access books, papers, videos, audios, links
• PhD Progress Status to keep a record of milestones completed
• User profile to display personal and professional details
• Admin Panel to approve, block, unblock, view users

Technology

Front End

• HTML5
• CSS3
• Bootstrap 4
• JavaScript
• JQuery
• Ajax
• Material UI

Back End

• Python 3
• Flask

Database

• Mongodb cloud Atlas

Pages Included

Portal

1. Research Scholar Registration
2. Login (Research Scholar, Research Supervisor/Co-Supervisor)
3. Home Page
4. Forum
5. View/Contact Batch Researchers
6. E-Library
7. Progress Page
8. Supervisor's Panel : Upload/Evaluate Assignments
9. Supervisor's Panel : Verify E-Resources
10. Profile Page : User Info
11. Profile Page : Submissions
12. Profile Page : Upload E-Resources
13. Profile Page : Research Supervisor-Scholar Collaboration
14. Change Password
15. Developers Page

Admin Panel

1. Reset Admin
2. Admin Login
3. Admin Dashboard
4. Change Password
5. Set Batch
6. Expire Batch
7. Approve Registrations
8. Promote Research Scholars
9. Registration : Research Supervisors/Co-Supervisors, Special Users
10. Edit Researcher
11. Block Researcher
12. Remove Researcher
13. View Research Scholars
14. View Research Supervisors
15. View Research Co-Supervisors
16. View Special Users

Instructions to run the app

1. Create a cluster on Mongodb Cloud Atlas

2. Create a file .env in the following format

SESSION_TYPE=memcached
SECRET_KEY=<your_secret_key>
MONGO_URI =<your_mongodb cluster URI>
FLASK_ENV=development
UPLOAD_FOLDER=static/uploads

3. Install the Requirements

pip3 install -r requirements.txt

4. Run the Flask app

flask run

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE.md file for details.

Acknowledgements

Creative Tim Material UI Documentation - https://demos.creative-tim.com/material-kit/docs/2.1/getting-started/introduction.html

Contributors

1. Safir Motiwala

2. Ram Suthar

3. Vinayak Sutar

FootNotes

Project Demo - https://drive.google.com/file/d/10vq2X4zs3OVkN9_1H3gIi6g9ekzglHRm/view?usp=sharing