Akhilesh Gupta, Gondia (अखिलेश गुप्ता, गोंदिया; 1969)

Typographical Engineer | Programmer | Product Designer | Optician

[Goshala Ward, Gondia.]

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Akhilesh began his career over three decades ago, focusing on advancing the use of Hindi on computers. With expertise spanning optical precision, typographical engineering, programming, and product design, he combines technical innovation with cultural insight. Known for bridging technology and language, Akhilesh delivers solutions that are accessible, functional, and uniquely tailored to user needs.

Following are his milestones:

1987	Started learning Computer Fundamentals & BASIC.
1988	Began learning C programming.
1989	Wrote a program on 'Gear Designing' in 'C'.
1990	Graduated in Industrial Engineering.
1991	Started providing DTP services & developing Software for Nagari [SurNeer].
1991	Wrote 'Sugam' (ISCII <-> Proprietary-Code Converter) in C.
1992	Developed a rudimentary bitmap PCL font editor in C.
1993	Started developing a small Dev-Nagari editor 'LeKhaNi' (Lekhni), and began learning Win GUI API.
1995	Designed a DevaNagari-Latin font, possibly the first Hindi-English font!
1996	Finalised version 1.1 of 'Lekhni'.
1997	Designed two more DevaNagari-Latin fonts.
1997	Discontinued providing DTP services.
1998	Continued with Software Development [Aditi Information System, Gondia].
1998	Finalised version 1.2 of 'Lekhni'.
2000	Learned Java.
2000	Provided computer education to about 200 students during last 3 years.
2001	Finalised version 2.0 of Lekhni
2002	Wrote notes on Saral Nagari etc.
2003	Began developing a Unicode-based OpenType font.
2004	Completed our first Unicode-based OpenType font.
2005	Developed Sugam 98 - for entering Unicode DevaNagari text in Windows 98!
2005	Hosted softfonts.com for selling our Smart Font/s (type software).
2006	Established an Optical stores.
2006	Finalised SuNāgarī - a keyboard layout for Indic Scripts.
2008	Developed _naagaree-128 - a transliteration scheme for converting DevaNagari text to Latin text.
2011	Hosted hindi.co ...
2012	Developed Nīrajā-Latin - another transliteration scheme for converting DevaNagari text to Latin text.
2014	Released newer versions of Sugam 2K, SuNāgarī.
2017	Started working on "Positionable Wheels For Moving Objects Over Stairs".
2019	Put developments on hold. Learning and doing something necessary!
2020	Resumed work on "Positionable Wheels For Moving Objects Over Stairs".
2022	Filed a provisional patent application on "Positionable Wheels For Moving Objects Over Stairs".
2023	PCT application based on above provisional application has been successfully processed by WIPO.
2024	Working on chashmewala.com .

The fonts and software designed by him do not contain odd or infrequent conjuncts. He devoted a significant amount of time to developing his preferences for Nagari. Read about 'Saral Nagari'!

He continued to develop LeKhaNi as an intelligent(!) interface for entering bilingual text in Nagari languages and English for several years. However, since 2002, he switched to a Unicode-based solution.

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