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@article{194969,
        author = {Yenkamolla Ankitha and Dr. G. Vanitha and Dr. K. Spandana and Sappidi Harshitha},
        title = {Survey Paper on Smart Gate Pass System for College Students},
        journal = {International Journal of Innovative Research in Technology},
        year = {2026},
        volume = {12},
        number = {10},
        pages = {6482-6488},
        issn = {2349-6002},
        url = {https://ijirt.org/article?manuscript=194969},
        abstract = {Smart Gate Pass System is a web-based platform designed to improve the safety, transparency, and operational efficiency of managing students’ movement in educational institutions. Traditional gate pass procedures are paper-form or semi-digital-based. These methods are time-consuming, prone to errors, and devoid of real-time verification, which often leads to security lapses and administrative overhead. This project addresses these challenges by implementing a role-based, multi-stakeholder workflow involving students. parents, administrators, and security personnel. The proposed system allows the submission of gate pass requests from students. with details such as the time of exit and the reason. Parents instantly receive notifications to approve or reject requests remotely to ensure parental involvement in movement authorization. Once approved A QR code-based pass by both parent and administrator is generated. Security guards scan the code at entry and exit points, allowing for real-time verification and remain tamperproof. logs. Other functionalities include a voice input option to assist visually challenged students face an intelligent recommendation engine. for general reasons, syncing with Google Calendar for tracking approved passes, and an emergency pass override for urgent cases that need expedited approval. By integrating multi-level approval, secure QR-based authentication, and access to SGPMS, with all the features incorporated into a single platform, it surpasses the functionality of current hostel gate pass monitoring systems and RFID-based campus access solutions. The system reduces manual paperwork, accelerates decision-making, and enhances accountability. ability, and improves security on campus as a whole. Its design draws from earlier works on web-based automation of hostel gate passes and RFID-enabled campus access verification, extending them Increasingly inclusive, parentally involved, and intelligent automation of a comprehensive, scalable, and reliable the solution for modern educational institutions},
        keywords = {Gate Pass Management System, Web-based Automation, QR code Verification, Role-based access control, Parental Authorization, Voice Assistance, Emergency Pass Override, Intelligent Recommendation Engine},
        month = {March},
        }