Santhosh Thottingal optimized OCR for Malayalam and released for public use. There were many attempts to build Malayalam OCR. Akshara OCR from SMC by Praveen Areembrathodiyil, Nayana by CDAC, Pottan OCR by Harish are few among them.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://blog.smc.org.in/smc-monthly-report-november-2020/