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📱 About Payil QR

Payil QR is the official companion app for Payil textbooks — the Tamil and Computing curriculum series published by Karky Tamil Academy. Every lesson in a Payil textbook carries a QR code on its title page. Scan it with this app and a world of digital content opens instantly.

From animated videos and audio books to songs, lesson notes, presentations, question banks, and flip books — Payil QR brings the classroom to life, whether at school or at home.

K–12 Grades covered
2 Book series: Tamil & Computing
8+ Content types per lesson
35+ Countries reached

📚 Payil Textbooks

Payil is a meticulously designed curriculum framework built on 13+ years of research in Tamil language pedagogy and computing education. Each Payil book integrates carefully sequenced lessons with rich illustrations, culturally grounded content, and now — digital extension through Payil QR.

📖 Payil Tamil Books

Available from LKG through Level 5 (Levels 6–12 coming soon), the Tamil series develops reading, writing, grammar, listening, and speaking skills through an immersive, story-driven approach. LKG and UKG books are titled Ilamazhalai and Mudhumazhalai.

💻 Payil Computing Books

A spiral curriculum covering Grades 1–12 across 10 learning verticals — from hardware and coding to AI, cybersecurity, and digital citizenship. Each level features 47+ lessons with recurring characters who guide learners through the world of computing in an age-appropriate, engaging way.

About the Organisation

🏛️ Karky Tamil Academy

Karky Tamil Academy LLP is an educational institution dedicated to making Tamil the world's most accessibly taught classical language. Built on the belief that the world's oldest living language deserves the world's best learning tools, KTA combines deep linguistic scholarship with modern educational technology.

KTA's research and development arm, the Karky Research Foundation (KaReFo), was established in 2013 and has spent 13+ years developing curricula, digital tools, and assessment systems rooted in evidence-based learning science.

Dr. Madhan Karky Co-founder — Linguist, lyricist, and Tamil computing pioneer. Recipient of the CM Award for Tamil Computing (2019) and the Mugavari Award (2022).
Nandini Karky Co-founder — Educator and curriculum architect behind the Payil framework and Thambaa Labs learning design.
13+ Years of research
25+ Partner schools
7,000+ Active learners
35+ Countries

🌟 Thambaa Tamil Labs

Thambaa Tamil Labs is KTA's flagship digital learning platform for Tamil — an activity-based lab environment used by 7,000+ learners across 25+ schools in Tamil Nadu. It brings Tamil alive through six carefully designed learning modules, each addressing a different dimension of the language.

📖 Nooli Reading & Literature
🔧 Karuvi Language Tools
💃 Aadal Expression & Drama
🎵 Paadal Songs & Music
🌿 Payil Core Curriculum
🗣️ Pazhagu Speaking & Conversation

The platform also features Aazhimaani, a standalone Tamil proficiency assessment tool that evaluates learner levels in 15–20 minutes. It is available free to all Payil learners and partner schools.

💻 Thambaa Computing Labs

Thambaa Computing Labs is KTA's activity-based digital lab platform for computing education, currently in development. It is the hands-on companion to Payil Computing Books, designed to give students interactive, exploratory experiences across 10 learning verticals.

10 Learning Verticals

Every activity in the lab maps to one or more of these domains:

Hardware · Software · Coding · Logic · Data · Digital Citizenship · Security · Artificial Intelligence · History of Computing · Innovation

Six Activity Zones

🔭 Explore Discovery & visual exploration
🎮 Quest Games & challenges
🛠️ Build Tools & simulators
🏋️ Train Smart practice & drills
🎬 Watch Animated videos
Create Creative projects

Thambaa Computing Labs is currently in development. Partner schools and institutions are welcome to register their interest now.

🌐 Explore All Our Products

Payil QR is one part of a broader ecosystem of learning tools built by Karky Tamil Academy. Visit our website to learn more about Payil textbooks, Thambaa Tamil Labs, Thambaa Computing Labs, online courses, school partnerships, and more.

For school partnerships, bulk orders, or product enquiries, contact us at
academy@karky.in