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Our Services Empowering Language Literacy through Technology
Language Literacy
Building free software tools and technology to enable and promote language literacy.
Language Computing
Helping students to explore the field of NLP and to research and develop language computing projects.
Language Teaching
Designing, developing and delivering courses to make language learning a memorable journey.
Knowledge Sharing
Organising expert talks on varied domains to mete out comprehensive information on discrete subjects.
Members
Projects
Courses
Publications
Online Tamil Dictionary
Chol Agaradhi is our Flagship dictionary project with an extensive database of more than one million words which offers comprehensive coverage of the Tamil language.
Publications
Our papers have been presented and published in International conferences and have fetched the best paper awards.
Internships
Students from schools and colleges join us as interns to work on exciting language computing projects.
APIs
We have an exclusive range of Tamil APIs for enterprises and institutions for their Tamil computing needs.
Collaborations
We collaborate with companies such as Amazon Kindle to provide free bilingual dictionaries for their Kindle devices.
Projects
We designed and developed projects like Sorkuvai, a word corpus for TamilNadu government and more such significant works.
Expert Insights
We host online talks where professionals from a range of industries share their knowledge and insights with our Tamil audience.
Word Of The Day
Follow @KaReFoIndia on twitter facebook and instagram to get daily word of the day tweets.
Support Us
You can visit the donate page to support our activities. We are registered with 80G so you can get your tax exemption for your donation.
KNOW MORE ABOUT US
KARKY RESEARCH FOUNDATION
KaReFo is a non-profit organisation founded by Madhan Karky and Nandini Karky in the year 2013.
Programmers
Our programmers successfully convert the rules of Tholkappiyam to modern day coding by deep understanding of both the grammar rules and the programming language syntax.
Linguists
Our Linguists constantly hunt for new words for advancing our understanding of human communication and preserving our linguistic heritage.
Team
Our team comprises a diverse group of individuals like language tutors, designers and researchers - who work persistently in compiling resources and deliver it for an effective language learning experience.
Our Founders
Madhan Karky
Founder, Research Head
Nandini Karky
Founder, Finance Head
Would you like to volunteer?
Do you have linguistics or programming skills and would love to contribute towards our project,
please contact us.
Support our mission Support us to serve better
INR500/-
- Support Chol Project
- Help us to add…
- + 50 new words
- + 50 Definitions
- + 50 Examples
INR1000/-
- Support our research
- Help us to publish...
- +1 Research Paper
- or
- +1 Journal Article
INR3000/-
- Support a needy student
- Help them learn
- + 1 Tamil Course
- + 30 Hour Lecture
- Dr. VCK Scholarship
INR15,000/-
- Help us design and build
- A Tamil learning app
- +1 Tamil App
- iOS or Android
- Free App
We want to create a world where language learning is the purest joy
and knowledge sharing is the ultimate pleasure.
- Dr. Madhan KarkyFounder & Research Head
Building bridges between timeless Tamil
and today’s technology is what we do.
- Nandini KarkyFinance Head, Karefo
I see the world as nodes and edges. Understanding rules from 3000 year old grammar and coding it in modern programming languages is my everyday cup of hot chocolate.
- ElanchezhiyanChief Programmer
ஒவ்வொரு நாளும் சங்ககால சொற்கள் முதல் தற்கால கலைச்சொற்கள் வரை கொணர்வதும் உருவாக்குவதும் தரும் மகிழ்ச்சியை வேறெந்தச் செயலாலும் ஈடுகட்டமுடியாது.
- கன்னியம்மாள்மொழியியல் வல்லுநர்
Watching a six-year-old and a sixty-year-old learn together and form connections is heart warming and inspiring. These intangible rewards are the keepsakes I'll treasure for years.
- KiranyaLanguage Tutor
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