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Khandbahale.com is a language company founded in 1998 and headquartered in Nashik, India. The company is a digital multilingual translation platform available in 23 languages. [1] [2] It is created to help students for second language acquisition through their native languages. The company is founded by Sunil Khandbahale. [3]

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The company is also known for creating offline short message service (SMS) for translating words on feature phone having no access to internet especially in rural areas. [4] The company has received VASVIK Industrial Research Award, 2014.

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Sunil Shivaji Khandbahale is a MIT Sloan Fellow, Innovator and Entrepreneur from Nashik, India. 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. He is a regular technology and innovation columnist for national and international media.

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