Madhan Karky

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Madhan Karky
Born	Madhan Karky Vairamuthu (1980-03-10) 10 March 1980 (age 44) Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Education	College of Engineering, Guindy University of Queensland
Occupations	Lyricist software engineer professor
Spouse	Nandini ​ (m. 2008)​
Children	1
Parent	Vairamuthu (father)
Relatives	Kabilan Vairamuthu (brother)
Website	karky.in

Madhan Karky Vairamuthu is an Indian lyricist, screenwriter, research associate, software engineer, and entrepreneur. A holder of a doctorate in computer science from the University of Queensland, Karky began his professional career as an assistant professor at the College of Engineering, Guindy,^[1] and soon after ventured into the Tamil film industry, working as a lyricist and dialogue writer. He resigned from his teaching profession in early 2013 and began working full-time in the film industry, while also launching the Karky Research Foundation (KaReFo), an educational research organization which primarily focuses on language computing and language literacy.^[2] He also founded the Mellinam Education, which develops educational games and story books designed to propagate learning among children,^[3] and DooPaaDoo, an online music platform which promotes independent music and serves a distributor for film soundtracks.^[4]