Sunil Khandbahale
Sunil Shivaji Khandbahale | |
|---|---|
 Khandbahale 2015 | |
| Born | June 1, 1978 |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Alma mater | Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT Sloan School of Management |
| Occupation(s) | Founder & CEO, KHANDBAHALE.COM Founder & CEO, KHANDBAHALE.ORG Founder & Secretary, Global Prosperity Foundation Co-Founder & President, Kumbhathon |
| Website | sunilkhandbahale |
Sunil Shivaji Khandbahale (born June 1, 1978) is an innovator and entrepreneur from Nashik, India.[1] He is the founder and CEO of KHANDBAHALE.COM, a free multilingual digital dictionary and translation platform for 23 languages, with a vocabulary of 10 million words and phrases.[2][3][4] He is a technology and innovation columnist.[5][6][7]
Early life and education
[edit]Khandbahale was born in Nashik.[8] He could not afford to enroll at a computer training institute after graduating high school, and so borrowed books and computer from his friend and taught himself programming.
Career
[edit]Khandbahale developed a dictionary search engine program for Marathi.[9] He continued compiling dictionaries, and in 2005, set up an online dictionary portal, khandbahale.com, for various Indian languages.[10][2] He is Sloan Fellow and earned a masters in business management MBA degree at MIT Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.[11]
In 2012, he launched 12 Language Dictionary on 12 December 2012 at 12 hours, 12 minutes and 12 seconds.[12][13] In early 2013 Khandbahale launched his twelve-languages dictionary on an SMS platform.[14] His Languages Apps are also available on the Android platform.[15][16]
He also founded KHANDBAHALE.ORG, an organization which develops language-related projects such as Global Language Networking, Global Language Heritage, Global Language Friendship, Global Language Environment. He is a founder and secretary of the Global Prosperity Foundation, an NGO that focused on education, health and environment. In 2013 he was given an award as a youth icon by the Maharashtra Times.[17][18] On 27 December 2013, he co-founded Kumbhathon [19] [20] with MIT Professor Ramesh Raskar, an innovation platform to spot problems and probe solutions in Nashik.[21][22][23][24] In 2014, in conjunction with Mumbai University, he started developing an English to Sanskrit thesaurus for use with mobile phones.[25] He had also developed Marathi language spellchecker software.[26][27]
Work
[edit]During the global pandemic time of covid-19, he developed a musical therapy technology tool Samaysangit.App as a solution for mental health based on time based Indian classical music raga theory.,[28][29][30] He was instrumental in Nashik Kumbh Mela 2015 through Kumbhathon.[31][32][33][24]
While he was on his spiritual journey at Alandi (Devachi), Pune, he launched first ever 24x7 (Akhand) Online Dnyaneshwari Radio with the blessings of Shri Kisan Maharaj Sakhare[34] and Vijay P. Bhatkar.[35][36] As a student of Central Sanskrit University Delhi, he started Sanskritbharati Internet Community Radio as a all time listening platform for the Sanskrit language students.[37] He wrote Godavari Aarti and build a water innovation technology platform titled Godavariaarti.org for global collaboration on water issues.[38][39][40]
Awards
[edit]- Best entrepreneur of the year "Yashokirti Award", from the Computer Society of India.[41][42]
- Best Local Language Website Award from the Internet and Mobile Association of India.[43][44]
- International "Manthan Award" from the United Nation’s World Summit on the Information Society.[45]
- "Youth Icon" Award from the Times Group.[17]
- National ICT VASVIK Industrial Research Award.[46]
References
[edit]- ^ "Find an English match online in Marathi, Hindi and now Gujarati". Indian Express, Pranav Kulkarni : Pune, Jun 23 2009.
- ^ a b Rajmohan Sooraj (November 3, 2013). "Words without borders". The Hindu. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
- ^ "Young Achievers". Indian Express. 11 November 2013. Archived from the original on November 15, 2013. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
- ^ "Go, make your own road". The Telegraph, 11.02.2015
- ^ "बोली भाषांच्या दस्तावेजीकरणाची गरज - सुनील खांडबहाले" "दैनिक लोकसत्ता, २५ ऑक्टोबर, २०१३"
- ^ "भारतीयांसाठी लोकाभिमुख स्वतंत्र सोशल मीडिया हवा" "दैनिक दिव्य मराठी, १८ एप्रिल २०१८"
- ^ "सोशल मीडिया व्यसनमुक्तीची गरज" "दैनिक दिव्य मराठी, १८ एप्रिल २०१८"
- ^ "Kumbhathons". Kuwait Times, 15 August 2015, page 14
- ^ "आता बोलता शब्दकोश". Maharashtra Times. 11 January 2003. Retrieved 5 August 2013.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "First English-Marathi online dictionary launched". The Economic Times. June 10, 2008. Retrieved 5 August 2013.
- ^ "MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY LEGATUM CENTER FOR DEVELOPMENT & ENTREPRENEURSHIP". MIT Legatum ENTREPRENEURS. Legatum Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
- ^ "12th language added in online dictionary", DNA India
- ^ "Online dictionaries launched in 12 languages on 12-12-12". Deccan Herald, December 12, 2012
- ^ "Translate Marathi words into English using mobile phone". Hindustan Times. 5 August 2013. Archived from the original on September 6, 2014. Retrieved 5 August 2013.
- ^ "Android Apps : KHANDBAHALE.COM". Google Play Store. Google. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
- ^ "Android-based language Apps". KHANDBAHALE.COM. KHANDBAHALE.COM. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
- ^ a b "Youth Icon". Maharashtra Times. March 16, 2013. Retrieved 5 August 2013.
- ^ "Parents protest against school". Times of India, March 8, 2013
- ^ "Kumbhathon - Technology Innovations for Kumbha Mela". Kumbhathon Official Website
- ^ "Kumbhathon, Innovation Sandbox for Kumbha Mela". Kumbhathon Innovation Sandbox
- ^ "From Waze for crowds to Uber for street food – MIT innovations at Kumbh Mela ". The Guardian
- ^ "KumbhaThon: MIT team visits Nashik to help for Kumbhmela". DNA.
- ^ Pokharel, Krishna (August 2, 2015). "India's Kumbh Mela Is Used as an Incubator for Smart City Startup Ideas". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved June 18, 2024.
- ^ a b "Kumbhathon to focus on tech - Sunil Khandbahale Times of India
- ^ "Soon, learn Sanskrit via your cellphone". Hindustan Times.
- ^ "बिनधास्त लिहा बिनचूक मराठीत " "दैनिक महाराष्ट्र टाइम्स, २७ फेब्रुवारी २०१४"
- ^ "मराठी विश्व: नाशिकच्या तरुणाने आणली मराठी स्पेलचेकर प्रणाली" "दैनिक दिव्य मराठी, २८ फेब्रुवारी २०१४"
- ^ "समयसंगीत : वेळेनुसार चालणारे संगीत" "समयसंगीत.अँप संकेतस्थळ"
- ^ "ऋतू-कालचक्रानुसार ऐकायला मिळणार शास्त्रीय संगीत" "लोकमत न्यूज नेटवर्क, फेब्रुवारी ६, २०२१"
- ^ "Pandit Bhimsen Joshi भारतरत्न प. भीमसेन जोशी यांच्या जन्मशताब्दीवर्षानिमित्त संगीत-कानसेन-समाज निर्मितीसाठी" "नाशिक वेब, फेब्रुवारी ५, २०२१"
- ^ "KumbhaThon: MIT team visits Nashik to help for Kumbhmela" "DNA"
- ^ "Kumbh Mela 2015 to Get Hi-tech, Thanks to MIT Researchers and Ratan Tata" "IB Times"
- ^ "कुंभथॉन : कुंभमेळ्यासाठीचे तंत्रज्ञान" "कुंभथॉन संकेतस्थळ"
- ^ "‘सद्गुरुवर्य श्री. किसन महाराज साखरे" "Sakhare Maharaj Website"
- ^ "ज्ञानेश्वरी आता इंटरनेट रेडिओद्वारे विश्वाला खुली" "दै. लोकसत्ता, September 29, 2019"
- ^ "खांडबहाले डॉट कॉमतर्फे ज्ञानेश्वरी रेडिओ इंटरनेटवर" "दै. महाराष्ट्र टाइम्स, 29 Sep 2019"
- ^ "‘संस्कृत भारती’ हा जगातील पहिला संस्कृत इंटरनेट रेडिओ प्रसारित" "दै. दिव्य मराठी, नोव्हें ३०, २०२०"
- ^ "गोदा-जन्मोत्सवाचे औचित्य साधून गोदावरीआरती.ऑर्ग (GodavariAarti.Org) या साहित्यक-सांस्कृतिक तंत्रज्ञान वेबसाईटचे लोकार्पण" "मराठी वेब दुनिया, 10 फेब्रुवारी 2022"
- ^ "‘गोदावरी आरती’ संकेतस्थळाचे लोकार्पण तंत्रज्ञान संशोधक खांडबहाले यांचा उपक्रम" "दै. देशदूत, 10 Feb, 2022"
- ^ "गोदावरी आरती.ऑर्ग तर्फे "स्वतःच बनवा स्वतःची गोदावरी आरती पुस्तिका"कार्यशाळेने "जागतिक मुद्रण दिन" साजरा" "नांदेड न्यूज, नृसिंह न्यूज नेटवर्क २/२५/२०२२"
- ^ CSI Yashokirti Award
- ^ Khandbahale receiving CSI award from D B Pathak IIT Mumbai Chairman
- ^ The Second Edition of India Digital Awards
- ^ IAMAI India Digital Award Winners
- ^ mBillionth Award, South Asia 2012
- ^ VASVIK Award Winners in Information & Communication Technology
External links
[edit]- Sunil Khandbahale at MIT
- TEDx Talk : TEDxXLRI Breaking the language barrier on YouTube
- TEDx Talk : TEDxIIMAhmedabad : Multilingual Translation Digital platform on YouTube
- TEDx Talk : TEDxVJTI : Language a Life Unscambler on YouTube
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