Born and brought up in India, Madhan Karky completed his Bachelors in Computer Science in the reputed College of Engineering Guindy, Anna University in 2001.In 2002, Madhan Karky flew to Australia to pursue his Masters in Information Technology in University of Queensland, Australia. He was awarded the degree with High Distinction and a full scholarship towards his PhD.On successful completion of his PhD, Madhan Karky returned home to Chennai. He worked as Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science, Anna University between 2009 - 2013. He has published numerous papers and research articles on Tamil Computing. Lyric Engineering is his pet area of research. He is a dynamic teacher and aims at inculcating originality in research among his students.Along with his wife Nandini, Madhan co-founded Mellinam Education, a company that offers Education related products and services to Tamils around the world. He authored Mellinam's first project iPaatti 1.0, a collection of songs for the information era Tamil children.Karky began his lyric writing career in Director Shankar's Endhiran starring Superstar Rajnikanth & Aishwarya Rai. His first song, Irumbile Oar Irudhayam, for the same project, was composed and sung by Academy Award Winner A.R Rahman. The song fetched Karky numerous awards including Vijay TV's Best Find of the Year 2010.Penning Ennamo Edho in the movie Ko showcased Karky's thirst for freshness. His lines Kuviyamillaa oru kaatchi pezhai, that describes the state of a confused photographer with photographic terminologies made the song so very unique. The song stayed at No 1 in most charts for over 6 months and dominated the charts for over a year. The song won many awards for Karky. The song was chosen as the Song of the year 2011 by Critics and Fans in many award events.Zhe Yindu, a Mandarin song penned by Karky for 7aam Arivu, the 16 language love song Ask Laskaa in the movie Nanban and a Portuguese song for 180 brought to light Karky's love for languages. Ask Laska stayed at top of the charts for over 12 months in Singapore radio.Some of the popular songs penned by Karky are...1. Irumbile Oar Irudhayam - Endhiran 2. Ennamo Edho - Ko 3. Ask Laska - Nanban 4. Nenjil Nenjil - Engeyum Kaadhal 5. Google Google - Thuppaakki 6. Elay Keechan - Kadal 7. Adiye - Kadal 8. Osakka - Vanakkam Chennai 9. Pookkalae - I 10.Selfie Pulla - KaththiKarky has penned over 350 songs in 150 movies and has also penned dialogues for popular movies such as Endhiran : The Robot, Nanban, Idharkuthaane Aasaipattaai Balakumara & Baahubali : The Beginning. Show less «