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title: MANIT Bhopal Expert Assistant
emoji: 🎓
colorFrom: indigo
colorTo: blue
sdk: gradio
app_file: app.py
python_version: 3.11
pinned: false
sdk_version: 5.44.1
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# 🎓 MANIT Bhopal Expert Assistant

This is an advanced Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) chatbot designed to answer questions about the Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology (MANIT), Bhopal.

### ✨ Features
* **Hybrid Search:** Combines semantic (FAISS) and keyword (BM25) search for robust retrieval.
* **Reranking:** Uses a powerful Cross-Encoder model to re-rank search results for higher accuracy.
* **Web Search:** For time-sensitive or recent questions, the bot can perform a live web search using the Tavily API.
* **Advanced Processing:** Includes specialized text cleaning and semantic chunking optimized for academic documents.

### 🚀 How to Use
Simply type your question about MANIT Bhopal into the textbox and press send. The bot will retrieve the most relevant information from its knowledge base and generate a comprehensive answer.

### 💡 Deployment Notes
* This application uses API keys for OpenRouter and Tavily, which are stored securely in the Space's secrets.
* The embedding and reranker models run on the assigned Space hardware. For best performance, a T4 GPU is recommended.