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The smart HR platform for Indian businesses

HR, attendance and payroll. One smart platform.

Gikara runs the whole employee journey, from hiring and daily attendance to leave, approvals and India-ready payroll, on the web and on every employee's phone.

  • India payroll: PF, ESI, PT, TDS
  • Your data stays in India
  • Phone app for every employee

Everything in one place

Every HR module your company needs

Stop juggling an attendance app, a payroll sheet and a leave register. Turn on the modules you need and switch off the rest.

  • Employees & Core HR
  • Attendance & Shifts
  • Leave & Holidays
  • Payroll & Payslips
  • Expenses & Loans
  • Travel
  • Recruitment & Onboarding
  • Exit & Full-and-final
  • Performance & Goals
  • Learning (LMS)
  • Documents & e-Sign
  • Helpdesk
  • Compliance calendar
  • Assets
  • One approvals inbox
  • Reports & analytics

Payroll

Run India payroll without a spreadsheet

Salary, attendance and leave flow into one payroll run. Statutory deductions are worked out for you, and payslips reach every employee.

  • PF, ESI, Professional Tax (state slabs), LWF and TDS on the new regime
  • Form 16, Form 24Q and the PF ECR file
  • Payroll month locks so nobody edits attendance after the run

Attendance

Attendance you can trust, wherever people work

Employees punch in from the phone, the browser or the biometric machine you already own. HR sees the exceptions, not a wall of data.

  • Geo-fenced punch for offices, sites and stores
  • Biometric devices (eSSL, ZKTeco, Matrix COSEC) and QR punch
  • Shifts, rosters, night shifts and overtime; phone punches queue offline

Approvals

Every approval in one inbox, on web and phone

Leave, expenses, travel, loans, attendance corrections and more arrive in one place. Managers approve in a tap; the right person is told at once.

  • Approvals follow your reporting line, and nobody approves their own request
  • Rejections ask for a reason, so employees know what to fix
  • Leave rules: sandwich, carry-forward, encashment, comp-off

Ask Gikara

Type what you need. Gikara takes you there.

No hunting through menus. Ask for a report, a policy or a screen in plain words, and Gikara opens it. It only shows what your role is allowed to see.

  • Search every menu and report from one box (Ctrl + K)
  • Pin the pages you use; Gikara learns your frequent ones
  • Guided tours for first-time users

Ready for your industry

Set up for the way your sector works

Pick your industry when you sign up. Gikara arrives with the right roles, leave types, shift patterns, approval chains and compliance dates already in place.

  • Corporate & IT

    Hybrid work, WFH days, projects

  • Schools

    Teaching and non-teaching staff, academic leave

  • Colleges & Universities

    Departments, faculty, conference leave

  • Hospitals

    24×7 shifts, duty rosters, hazard leave

  • Retail

    Stores, weekend and split shifts

  • Manufacturing & Automobile

    Shift A/B/C, plant attendance, overtime

  • Construction

    Project sites, geo-fenced punch, site timesheets

  • Something else?

    Tell us how your company works and we'll show you how Gikara fits.

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Built to be trusted

Your people's data, protected

Salaries, bank accounts and personal details deserve more than a password. Here is what protects them.

  • Hosted in India

    Your data is stored on servers in Mumbai, India.

  • Each company sealed off

    Every company's data is separated inside the database itself, not only in the app.

  • Sign-in protection

    Two-step sign-in, idle lock and a fresh password check before sensitive actions.

  • Full audit trail

    Every change records who changed what, with the old and the new value.

  • Role-based access

    Salaries, bank details and reports open only for the roles you choose.

  • Indian languages

    English, Hindi, Tamil and more Indian languages for your employees.

Up and running fast

Start in three steps

  1. Create your workspace

    Sign up and get your own address: yourcompany.gikara.com. Pick your industry and Gikara sets up roles, leave types and shifts.

  2. Bring your employees

    Upload an Excel or CSV. Exports from greytHR and Keka are understood as they are.

  3. Go live

    Employees sign in on the web or the phone app. Punch, apply for leave, see payslips, from day one.

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See Gikara with your own company in mind

Tell us your industry and team size. We'll walk you through the modules you need, help you move your employee data, and answer every question you have.

  • A live demo on a call, at a time that suits you
  • Help moving your data from Excel or another HR tool
  • A free trial to try it with your own team

Write to us

team.gikara@gmail.com

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