About us

Built by Bangladeshis,
for Bangladeshi classrooms.

We're a small team of educators and engineers in Dhaka building the AI grading platform we wished existed when we were teaching.

Our mission

Give every Bangladeshi teacher their weekends back — without compromising on grade quality.

Teachers across Bangladesh spend 30–50% of their working hours grading. That's time stolen from teaching, mentoring, and rest. We believe AI can change that — but only if it's built with deep respect for the work teachers do, the language they grade in, and the students they serve.

Bengali-first
OCR purpose-built for বাংলা
Semantic
grading that understands meaning
100%
audit trail on every AI mark
Early access
free trial, no card needed
What we believe

Four principles guide everything.

Teachers come first

Every product decision starts with one question: does this make a teacher's day easier? If the answer isn't a clear yes, we don't ship it.

Bangladesh-first design

We don't adapt foreign tools for Bangladeshi schools. We build from scratch for Bengali handwriting, Bengali rubrics, and Bengali pedagogy.

Trust over speed

Student data never leaves Bangladesh. Models are auditable. Every AI mark is reviewable. Trust takes years to build, seconds to lose.

Augment, don't replace

AI doesn't replace teachers — it returns their time. The judgment, care, and context teachers bring is irreplaceable. We free them to do more of it.

Our story

From classroom frustration to nationwide pilot.

2024

Idea born in a classroom

Founder watched his mother spend 14 hours grading a single mid-term over the weekend. That weekend, the first prototype was sketched.

Q1 2025

First Bengali OCR model

Trained on 12,000 hand-labelled scripts from 4 schools. First version hit 84% accuracy on real handwriting.

Q3 2025

Pilot with first school

First school partner onboarded. Validated the OCR and semantic grading pipeline on real exam scripts across multiple subjects.

Q4 2025

Semantic grading launched

Moved beyond OCR — fine-tuned LLM started understanding Bengali answers semantically. Auto-approval rate hit 88%.

2026

Today: early access open

Pipeline validated on real classroom data. Opening enrollment to schools across Bangladesh — free trial, no card needed.

The team

Educators and engineers, hand in hand.

MH

Maruf Hasan

Founder & CEO

Former CS instructor turned founder. Built E-Porikkha after watching his mother grade 200 papers every weekend.

TA

Tahmina Akter

Head of AI

PhD in NLP from BUET. Leads our Bengali OCR and semantic grading models.

RK

Rashed Khan

Head of Engineering

Ex-Pathao. Built the infra that keeps grading running smoothly across thousands of papers daily.

AR

Ayesha Rahman

Head of Education

Former senior teacher at Viqarunnissa. Translates classroom needs into product features.

Careers

Want to help us redefine grading?

We're hiring across engineering, ML, and education partnerships. Remote-first with optional Dhaka HQ time.

Bring E-Porikkha to your school.

Pilot enrolment is open. Start with 10 free scripts — no card needed.