Next.js front end with server-rendered public pages and role-aware administrative consoles
Creative Agency
GovTech / Digital Public Platform
WEST BENGAL EDUCATION PLATFORM
The West Bengal Education Platform is a statewide learning and governance system designed for peak examination-day concurrency. EPIC STUDIO's published engagement covers the citizen and administrator experience, cloud microservices and analytics for 12M+ students and teachers.
The constraint
A statewide education system concentrates enormous traffic into a few predictable windows: enrolment, results and examinations. The platform needed to remain usable for students and teachers on mixed devices and networks while giving administrators a reliable operational view.
12M+Students and teachers served
StatewideLearning and governance scope
Peak-firstArchitecture designed for exam-day load
Evidence note: outcome figures are studio-reported. They are not independently audited. Confirm the measurement method, client reference and operating period before relying on them in procurement or investment decisions.
Approach
How we solved it
- Map student, teacher and administrator journeys before defining the service architecture.
- Separate read-heavy public traffic from write-heavy administrative workflows so peak results traffic cannot block back-office operations.
- Design for degraded networks with lightweight pages, clear loading states and retry-safe submissions.
- Instrument the platform so operators can see queue depth, error rates and service health during peak windows.
Architecture
System shape
Cloud-hosted microservices behind a managed API layer
Managed PostgreSQL for transactional records with read replicas for peak reporting
Caching and queueing at the traffic edges for predictable peak behaviour
Analytics pipeline for operational and learning insight
Stack
Technology used
Next.jsTypeScriptCloud microservicesPostgreSQLCachingQueueingAI analytics
What this case study demonstrates
The useful signal is not the headline number alone. It is the design decision behind it: separating reads from writes under civic peak load, keeping irreversible workflow actions behind approval gates, or making a payment flow idempotent when the network drops.
| Studio | EPIC STUDIO |
|---|---|
| Category | GovTech / Digital Public Platform |
| Delivery base | Kolkata, India |
| Last reviewed | 2026-10-23 |
Questions
Case study FAQs
What is the West Bengal Education Platform?
It is a statewide digital learning and governance platform built to serve students, teachers and administrators. EPIC STUDIO's published work covers the citizen experience, administrative workflows, cloud services and analytics at a scale of 12M+ users.
How does the platform handle examination-day traffic?
The architecture separates public read traffic from administrative writes, adds caching and queueing at the edges, and is load-tested against modelled peak concurrency rather than average usage.
Does the platform support low-bandwidth users?
The service design prioritises lightweight pages, clear loading and error states, and retry-safe form submissions so journeys remain usable on mixed devices and constrained networks.
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