👋🏽 Hello, I'm Khaleel Jageer

I'm a Lead Android Developer from Tamil Nadu, India, with over a decade of experience in building robust Android and Android TV applications using Kotlin, Jetpack Compose, ExoPlayer, and modern architecture patterns.

Beyond professional development, I’m deeply committed to Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) and the Tamil tech ecosystem.

I’m also a passionate FOSS advocate, community builder, and the Founder of Kaniyam Foundation and VGLUG Foundation.

• Played an active role in building the Mozilla Tamil Nadu community
• Contributed to establishing the Villupuram GNU/Linux Users Group
• Led various initiatives to promote FOSS, open knowledge, and inclusive tech

🧑‍🏫 Community & Outreach

I regularly deliver tech talks and workshops in colleges across Tamil Nadu, introducing students to:

• ✅ FOSS and its philosophy
• ✅ Android application development
• ✅ Tamil computing and Indic technologies

My goal is to inspire and empower the next generation of developers, especially those from rural and underrepresented backgrounds.

🛠️ What I'm Working On

• 📱 Open-source Android & TV apps
• 🔤 Tamil OCR and Tesseract training pipelines
• 🌐 Indic NLP tools and multilingual AI for Tamil
• 📚 Writing Tamil-language books and tech guides
• 🧑‍🎓 Mentoring contributors and organizing community bootcamps
• ⚙️ R&D on AI inference for edge devices in low-resource settings
• 🧑‍🦯 Building accessible tools for the visually impaired

💖 Why Sponsorship Matters

Your sponsorship fuels:

• 🌐 Open Tamil datasets and tools for global use
• ⏱️ Dedicate time to open-source and FOSS outreach
• 🧑‍🏫 Continue student mentoring and college workshops
• 📖 Publish freely accessible Tamil tech books and documentation
• 🧪 Innovate in the space of Tamil AI, OCR, and accessibility
• 🧰 Sustain tools, servers, and infrastructure for FOSS projects

Every contribution fuels a broader mission: making technology open, inclusive, and native-language friendly for all.

🙏🏽 Thank you for considering to sponsor my work. Together, we can build a freer and more inclusive digital future.