Do you have AI built into the ERP?

Yes. The HR AI Assistant on management desks answers plain-English questions using live ERP services — for example chronically late staff, top leave takers, payroll anomalies, and overdue full-and-final settlements. It is tool-calling over real attendance, leave, payroll, and settlement data — not a generic chatbot that invents answers.

How is this different from a corporate HRMS like Keka or HROne?

Corporate HRMS platforms have no concept of Dean, HOD, Registrar, or Visiting Faculty as role types — you'd be shoehorning an academic institution's hierarchy onto a generic corporate org chart. Most also lack an AI layer grounded in institutional payroll and attendance. Tuling HCM models academic roles natively, blends with SIS data where licensed, and ships the HR AI Assistant on the management desk.

Does it handle Indian statutory compliance end-to-end?

Yes for PF, ESI, and Professional Tax — state-wise rules, versioned by effective date, with ready-to-file exports (PF ECR, ESI contribution, PT summary) built into the payroll engine. TDS section/rule administration is also built in. Form 16 generation is not yet available — worth confirming directly if that's a deciding factor for your finance team.

What is succession planning here, concretely?

HR flags which positions are critical (Principal, Dean, HOD, etc.), names ranked internal successors, and rates their readiness on a 9-box grid. A transparent, formula-based suggestion (using performance history, service tenure, and time-as-candidate) assists the rating — HR always makes the final call.

Is recruitment a full applicant tracking system (ATS)?

Requisitions, a real candidate pipeline, and hire-to-onboarding handoff are built and working. Offer-letter generation and recruiting analytics are on our near-term roadmap — talk to us about your timeline if this is a deciding factor.

Can HCM run standalone, without the other Tuling products?

Yes. HCM is fully usable on its own. It becomes more powerful alongside Tuling SIS (faculty/HOD dashboards blending HR and academic data) and Tuling Financials (payroll posting directly into your ledger), but neither is required to run HCM.

HCM

The employee lifecycle — plus an HR AI Assistant that answers workforce questions from live ERP data.

College & University HR TeamsRegistrars & Academic AdministratorsMulti-campus Education GroupsFinance Teams (payroll-to-ledger) iOS & Android

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HCM product screenshot from the Tuling ERP — Live ERP · HCM

Overview

Tuling HCM is the human capital layer of the Tuling platform — purpose-built for the complexity of educational institutions: teaching staff, visiting faculty, non-teaching employees, multi-campus assignments, and statutory rules that vary by state. On top of that lifecycle sits the HR AI Assistant — so principals and HR ask workforce questions in plain English instead of digging through menus.

The employee lifecycle, end to end

From the first job requisition to the final settlement, every HR touchpoint is covered:

Recruit — post openings, track applicants through a real pipeline, hand off automatically to onboarding on hire
Onboard — checklist-driven joining, document collection, probation setup
Operate — attendance, leave, extra-duty-to-leave conversion, support tickets
Compensate — payroll runs, statutory filings, increment cycles
Develop — performance goals, appraisal cycles, succession bench-strength
Ask — HR AI Assistant for late staff, leave patterns, payroll anomalies, and F&F status
Exit — resignation workflow, clearance checklist, full & final settlement with PDF/Excel export for accounts

Built for academic institutions, not adapted from corporate software

Position and succession planning model Principal, Dean, HOD, Registrar, Controller of Examinations, Librarian, and Visiting Faculty as real role types — the roles that actually run a college, not a generic corporate reporting line. When paired with Tuling SIS, HOD dashboards blend HR data (attendance, leave approvals) with academic data (teaching load, course performance) in one screen.

India compliance, not an afterthought

PF contribution calculations, ESI applicability thresholds, state-wise Professional Tax slabs, and TDS deduction logic are embedded directly in the payroll engine.

HCM detail screenshot from the Tuling ERP — Live ERP · HCM

Capabilities

Key features

The capabilities that make HCM more than a records system.

HR AI Assistant

The feature most campus ERPs still lack — ask management-desk questions in plain English and get answers from live attendance, leave, payroll, and settlement data.
Academic-Hierarchy Positions

Real academic role types, not generic org-chart nodes borrowed from corporate HR software.
Succession Planning

Bench-strength for critical roles, with a transparent, formula-based readiness suggestion HR can override.
Payroll & Statutory Compliance

Built for Indian institutional payroll, not bolted on.
Leave, Attendance & Extra-Duty Conversion

A full audit ledger of every credit, deduction, and expiry.
Employee Loans & Advances

Wired directly into the accounting ledger, not tracked in a side spreadsheet.
Performance & Compensation

A real chain of sign-offs with full audit trail.
Recruitment Tracking

A real requisition-to-hire pipeline — see the module page for what's not built yet, too.
Full & Final Settlement

Calculated to the day, not a flat 30-day assumption.
Faculty & HOD Dashboards

One HOD view, built on entitlement-aware data blending so each institution only sees what it's licensed for.
Benefits Administration

Structured benefits enrollment and administration alongside compensation, not a spreadsheet on the side.
Employee Self-Service

Reducing HR desk load for routine requests.
Employee Relations & Disciplinary Actions

A full document trail — not handled over email and lost in someone's inbox.
Document Hub

Every HR document generated, versioned, and stored against the employee record in one place.
Statutory Compliance Dashboard

A single view of PF, ESI, PT, and TDS filing status across the institution, not a monthly scramble to confirm what's been filed.

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Every module below has its own detail page — capabilities, what's tracked, and how the workflow actually runs.

People & Records 3 modules

Personnel Records A single employee master record with a real hire-to-active lifecycle, not a flat spreadsheet with a photo attached. Academic-Hierarchy Positions Principal, Dean, HOD, COE, IQAC Coordinator — modeled as real role types, not generic org-chart boxes. Document Hub SHA-256 integrity hashing, true version chains, and confidentiality flags — a real document system, not a file-upload field.

Pay & Rewards 4 modules

Payroll Suite A full monthly payroll run lifecycle with statutory-ready exports — the most operationally complete module in Tuling HCM. Compensation & Increments Configurable pay structures, performance-linked increment cycles with bulk approval, and full audit history on every change. Benefits Administration Configurable benefit plans that plug directly into payroll deductions — including a built-in Indian gratuity calculator. Employee Loans & Advances A full loan lifecycle from request to EMI deduction, wired directly into the accounting ledger — not tracked in a side spreadsheet.

Time & Presence 4 modules

Attendance & Biometric Sync Real biometric device integration, shift management, and a genuine multi-level approval chain for regularization and overtime. Leave Management A fully configurable leave-policy engine — accrual, carry-forward, encashment, blackout dates, and concurrency limits, not a fixed leave-type list. Extra-Duty Leave Conversion Overtime hours convert automatically into usable leave credit, with a full audit ledger of every credit, deduction, and expiry. Week-off Swaps & Attendance Adjustments Week-off swaps, temporary shifts and deduction reversals — the everyday corrections that otherwise end up on paper.

Growth & Compliance 5 modules

Performance Reviews A structured, weighted appraisal workflow with four real sign-off stages — not a single self-assessment form nobody reads. Succession Planning Flag critical roles, name ranked successors, and see bench-strength at a glance — with a fully transparent, explainable readiness score. Statutory Compliance (PF/ESI/PT/TDS) State-wise, date-versioned statutory rules with a real TDS approve-and-close workflow and cryptographic integrity checks. Employee Relations & Disciplinary Actions An event-sourced employee lifecycle — probation, promotion, absconding, resignation, and disciplinary letters — all real workflows, not email threads. POSH, DPDP & Regulatory Compliance Complaints committee, privacy, contracts, qualifications and regulator tracking — the compliance work beyond PF and ESI.

Talent 5 modules

Recruitment Tracking A real requisition-to-hire pipeline with a public careers page — honest about what's not built yet, too. Visiting Faculty Management A purpose-built pay-per-lecture claim system — the workflow generic HRMS platforms simply don't model. Workforce Analytics A configurable report builder with real report definitions, dynamic fields, CSV/JSON export, and scheduled delivery — not a fixed set of dashboards. HR AI Assistant Ask management-desk questions in plain English and get answers from live attendance, leave, payroll, and settlement data — tool-calling into real ERP services, not a generic chatbot. HR Support Desk & Help Center Staff questions become tickets HR can answer and track, with a help center and policy library to deflect the repeat ones.

Integrations

How HCM connects to the rest of the platform.

Open REST API (OpenAPI-documented, API-key authentication)Tuling Financials (payroll → general ledger posting)Tuling SIS (faculty workload & course performance blending)Biometric Hardware APIsDocument Hub (exit letters, settlement statements)

Licensing

Plans for your institution

Every deployment is scoped to your student and staff count, modules, and campuses. We prepare a formal proposal — no published list price.

Single campus

One institution, scoped modules

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Core HCM modules you need
Dedicated tenant & subdomain
Implementation & training support

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Multi-campus group

Roll-up reporting across campuses

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Everything in Single campus
Campus-scoped ledgers & consolidation
Group management reporting
Shared platform integrations

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Full platform

HCM, SIS, Financials & more connected

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Multiple Tuling products on one platform
Cross-module workflows (fees, payroll, admissions)
Tally Connector & BI Connect options
Custom rollout plan for your group

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FAQ

Frequently asked questions

: Yes. The HR AI Assistant on management desks answers plain-English questions using live ERP services — for example chronically late staff, top leave takers, payroll anomalies, and overdue full-and-final settlements. It is tool-calling over real attendance, leave, payroll, and settlement data — not a generic chatbot that invents answers.
: Corporate HRMS platforms have no concept of Dean, HOD, Registrar, or Visiting Faculty as role types — you'd be shoehorning an academic institution's hierarchy onto a generic corporate org chart. Most also lack an AI layer grounded in institutional payroll and attendance. Tuling HCM models academic roles natively, blends with SIS data where licensed, and ships the HR AI Assistant on the management desk.
: Yes for PF, ESI, and Professional Tax — state-wise rules, versioned by effective date, with ready-to-file exports (PF ECR, ESI contribution, PT summary) built into the payroll engine. TDS section/rule administration is also built in. Form 16 generation is not yet available — worth confirming directly if that's a deciding factor for your finance team.
: HR flags which positions are critical (Principal, Dean, HOD, etc.), names ranked internal successors, and rates their readiness on a 9-box grid. A transparent, formula-based suggestion (using performance history, service tenure, and time-as-candidate) assists the rating — HR always makes the final call.
: Requisitions, a real candidate pipeline, and hire-to-onboarding handoff are built and working. Offer-letter generation and recruiting analytics are on our near-term roadmap — talk to us about your timeline if this is a deciding factor.
: Yes. HCM is fully usable on its own. It becomes more powerful alongside Tuling SIS (faculty/HOD dashboards blending HR and academic data) and Tuling Financials (payroll posting directly into your ledger), but neither is required to run HCM.

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HCM

Overview

The employee lifecycle, end to end

Built for academic institutions, not adapted from corporate software

India compliance, not an afterthought

Key features

HR AI Assistant

Academic-Hierarchy Positions

Succession Planning

Payroll & Statutory Compliance

Leave, Attendance & Extra-Duty Conversion

Employee Loans & Advances

Performance & Compensation

Recruitment Tracking

Full & Final Settlement

Faculty & HOD Dashboards

Benefits Administration

Employee Self-Service

Employee Relations & Disciplinary Actions

Document Hub

Statutory Compliance Dashboard

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Integrations

Plans for your institution

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