Projects, Resources and Innovations
Funded Projects
Development of Hindi Audio Lessons for Kannada Speakers ( Bhasha Bharti Series) in collaboration with Prasar Bharti (All India Radio)
Funding agency: Prasar Bharti (All India Radio)
Project cost: ₹2.9 lakh
An Analysis of Literacy Acquisition among Emerging Biliterates: The Case of Hindi as L1 and English as L2
Funding agency: Indian Council of Social Science Research, Ministry of Education, Government of India
Project cost: ₹20 lakh
Development of Handbooks on Language and Culture for Navodaya Vidyalaya Teachers
Funding agency: Department of School Education and Literacy, Ministry of Education, Government of India
Project cost: ₹79 lakh
Consultancy
Past consultancy assignments include professional engagements with:
Amazon
Appen Butler Hill
Nuance Communications
Patent Application
Women’s Safety Smart Device with Location Sharing Using IoT
Application No.: 202241001657
Year: 2022
Role: Co-inventor
Resources and Databases
Served as a member of the Advisory Board for the development of 118 primers in Indian languages under the joint CIIL–NCERT Primer Project. https://www.ciil.org/primers_book
Served as a member of the Advisory Board for the development of Massive Online Open Courses (MOOCs) in 16 Indian Languages. Availble on SWAYAM Plateform.
Contributed basic linguistic information on Kanauji to the Numeral Systems of the World’s Languages project during 2019–2020.
Created a time-aligned speech database for Kanauji.
Supervised Software and Technology Projects
Marathi Verb Generator
Supervised the development of a Marathi verb-generation tool by Kiran Khanderav as part of an M.A. dissertation.
E-Learning and MOOCs Platform
Supervised the development of an e-learning and MOOCs platform by Rakesh Ranjan as part of an M.A. dissertation.
Devanagari-to-IPA Converter
Supervised the development of a Devanagari-to-IPA conversion tool by Vishwanath Sarvey as part of an M.A. dissertation.
The project was selected for presentation at the Festival of Innovation held at Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi, from 12 to 18 March 2016.
Automatic Question-Paper Generation System
Co-supervised the development of an automatic question-paper generation system by Tapan Shankar R., Meghana B., Sushaini H., and Sudeep B. R. as a B.E. final-year project.
The project, titled Revisiting Automatic Question Paper Generation Systems, was selected for the 42nd Series Seminar and Exhibition of the Student Project Programme organised by the Karnataka State Council for Science and Technology and the Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru.
English-to-Indian Sign Language Converter
Co-supervised the development of an English-to-Indian Sign Language conversion tool by Sri Lakshmi Abhijna Venkata Rao, Vinay Nayar, Yash Ponanna, and Asha M. R. as a B.E. final-year project.
Prediction Model for Endangered Languages of India
Co-supervised the development of a machine-learning model for predicting the endangerment of Indian languages by Shreyas Mathews, Sudipta Majumder, Madhumathi R., and Vasundhara M. R. as a B.E. final-year project.