KaReFo Profile

Karky Research Foundation

Karky Research Foundation (KaReFo), established in 2013, is a non-profit educational research organisation with a primary focus on language computing and language literacy. KaReFo is dedicated to helping people from all backgrounds develop the skills needed to improve their communication and understanding of language in both spoken and written forms. We are committed to providing free access to high quality educational resources related to language learning, as well as engaging students, teachers and researchers in meaningful dialogue about the field.

Our Vision

At KaReFo, we believe that technology can be used to constructively contribute towards the advancement of language literacy. Our goal is to create tools that can help make learning easier, faster and more effective. We also aspire to spread awareness and inculcate in students a passion for the field of language computing. Through our research projects, we hope to invent and enhance methods of implementing effective language education and thereby promote literacy.

Innovative Language Learning

Our team consists of individuals from various backgrounds such as linguists, computer scientists and educators who use their varied expertise for developing projects that aim at providing people with innovative ways of learning languages. Our volunteers not only provide support for various projects but also share their expertise through workshops, seminars and other events organised by us regularly.

Our Mission

At KaReFo, we work hard every day towards creating a better world where everyone has access to improved communication skills which will enable them to communicate more effectively with one another regardless of the differences in their backgrounds or cultures. We strive towards changing lives through our research initiatives, collaborations with other organisations working on similar objectives, as well as by conducting awareness campaigns meant for spreading understanding about improving linguistic abilities among all sections of society.

Funding

We are presently funded by our founders and generous donors. We fund our research activities via our collaborations with various organisations on different language computing projects. We also fund our research and development via the online courses conducted by us.

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Members

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Projects

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Courses

49

Publications

Our Team Linguists Programmers & Designers

Madhan Karky

Research Head

Nandini Karky

Finance Head

Chezhiyan

Researcher

Rajapandian

Developer

Shanmuganathan

Developer

Kanniyammal

Linguist

Manju

Linguist

Dr Swathi

Linguist

Anandhi

Linguist

Keerthika

Data Entry Assistant

Divya

Data Entry Assistant

Sumathi

Course Manager

Lizzy

Language Tutor

Dr Keerthana

Language Tutor

Sai Rajeswari

Language Tutor

Imaiyavramban

Language Tutor

Sruthi Bhaskar

Language Tutor

Kiranya

Language Tutor

Janani

Language Tutor

Sindhuja

Illustrator

Muralidharan

Illustrator

Shruthi

Office Secretary

Dr Subalalitha

Research Consultant

Suriyah

Research Consultant

Karthikeyan

Programmer 2009-2010

Aarthy

Programmer 2014-2020

Anitha

Programmer 2014-2022

Akhilesh

Programmer2015-2016

Neelakandan

Programmer 2021-2022