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Linguaindia Foundation is a non-profit body funded and promoted by Allied Modlingua® Group of Companies under Chairmanship of its Founder Mr. Ravi Kumar who is Visiting Professor for Spanish Studies at Indian Institute of Foreign Trade(IIFT) , Founder President of Indian Translators Association and elected council member of International Federation of Translators, the world apex body of translators connecting more than 110 translators associations coming from 72 countries across the globe.
Linguaindia Foundation aims at promoting language, culture and translation activities at regional, national and international level.
Linguaindia Foundation derives its strength from its forum that has been consistently growing since its inception in 2006, by gaining confidence of more than 1100 translators and language professionals coming from different parts of the world. To promote literature, language, culture and alike activities, it has created a pool of experts who specialize in translation and localization activities in Indian Languages namely Assamese, Bengali, Hindi, Gujarati, Tamil, Kannada, Marathi, Telugu, Malayalam, Punjabi, Konkani, Oriya, Sanskrit, Nepali, Urdu, Kashmiri and Maithili, and in due course of time it aims to include team of language professionals, translators and culture promoters in other Indian languages as well.
In addition, Linguaindia Foundation has taken series of initiatives to create awareness amongst language professionals and translators about project management, quality standards, terminology management, professional practices and professionalization.
To achieve this, it organizes series of workshops, events, conferences, round table discussions, seminars, and symposia wherein the leading translators, interpreters, terminologists, theoreticians, educators and language experts participate and share knowledge and voice their concerns and initiate possible improvements in the promotion of languages and culture within India and outside India. The most remarkable step in this direction is, its involvement with Indian Translators Association to jointly organize forthcoming National Conference 2009 on “Language and Translation Industry of India: Opportunities and Challenges”, New Delhi, April 17-18, 2009.
