International Thirukkural Conference

July 8-10, 2005

Smith Auditorium, Howard Community College
10901 Little Patuxent Parkway, Columbia, MD 21044 USA

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About Conference	About Tamil Language	About Thirukkural	About Thiruvalluvar
Thiruvalluvar's words of wisdom	Supporting Organizations	Organizing Committees	Keynote Speakers
Academic credits	Registration	Hotel Accommodation	Directions

 

Conference Chairman: Dr. V. C. Kulandai Swamy

Conference Coordinator: Dr. R. Prabhakaran

Indian Coordinator for the Conference: Dr. T. Murugarathanam
 

Steering Committee

Dr. R. Prabhakaran, President, Tamil Sangam of Greater Washington, USA

Dr. Arasu Chellaiah, Former President, FeTNA, USA

Dr. Muthuvel Chelliah, Former President, Tamil Sangam of Greater Washington, USA

Dr. S. Sankarapandi, Tamil Proponent, USA

Mr. Peter Yeronimuse, Tamil Proponent, USA

 

Advisory Committee

Dr. George Hart, Tamil chair, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA.

Mr. Balagan Arumugasamy, President, Balagan Business & Tax Services, Beltsville, MD, USA

Mr. V. J. Babu, Former President - FeTNA, USA

Dr. Cheyon, Secretary, Mylai Thiruvalluvar Tamil Sangam, Mylapore, India.

Dr. V. G. Dev, President – FeTNA, USA.

Mr. M. Durairaj, Editor- Idhhayam, Malaysia.

Dr. N. Ganesan, Tamil Scholar, Houston, Texas, USA.

Dr. Shu Hikasaka, Director, Institute of South Indian Buddhist Studies, Japan.

Mr. S. Krishnan, Former President- FeTNA, USA.

Dr. Mani Manivannan, President - Bay Area Tamil Sangam, San Francisco, California, USA

Dr. Francis S. Muthu, Tamil Scholar, Chicago, USA

Dr. S. Radhakrishnan, Professor, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA

Mr. K. Sivaraman, Former President - FeTNA, USA.

Dr. Thamizappanaar, President, Ulaga Thamizh Noolaga ArakkattaLai, Chennai, India.

Mr. A. Thangavel (Canada), World Tamil Organization

Dr. SP. Thinnappan, Professor, National University of Singapore, Singapore.

 

Technical Evaluation Committee

Dr. S. Agasthialingam, (Chair), Former Vice Chancellor, Tamil University, Thanjavur, India

Dr. T. Murugarathanam,(Vice Chair) Professor Emeritus, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai, India

Dr. S. V. Shanmugam, Professor of Linguistics (Retd), Annamalai Unicersity, Annamalai Nagar, India

Dr. P. Marudanayagam, Director, Pondicherry Institute of Linguistics and Culture, Pondicherry, India.

Dr. S. N. Kandasamy, Prof. and Head of the Dept. of Tamil (Retd), Tamil University, Thanjavur, India.

Dr. E. Sundaramurthy, Former Vice Chancellor, Tamil University, Thanjavur, India

 

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© 2005 International Thirukkural Conference by Tamil Sangam of Greater Washington, Federation of Tamil Sangams of North America, International Society for Tamil Cultural Studies (Madurai), Mylai Thiruvalluvar Tamil Sangam (Mylapore) and other Tamil organizations & institutions.