11th World Tamil Research Conference 
Singapore, June 16 -18, 2023

Conference Leadership

Academic Committee

Prof. Dr. P. Marudanayagam
Chair, Academic Committee
Dr. M.S. Shri Lakshmi
Member, Academic Committee
‘Pulavar,’ Dr. Francis S. Muthu
Co-Chair, Academic Committee

Organizing Committee

Mr. S. Maniam (Singapore)
Chair, Organizing Committee

IATR Leadership

Dr. M. Ponnavaiko
President, IATR
Dr. Ulaganayagi Palani,
General Secretary, IATR
Dr. E. Sundaramoorthy 
Vice-President IATR

Advisors

Dr. John Samuel (India)
Director, Institute of Asian Studies
Dr. John Samuel (India)
Director, Institute of Asian Studies
Dr. Sellathamby Sriskandarajah (UK)
Author and Solicitor, UK
Dr. K Rajan (India)
Archaeologist, University of Pondicherry
Dr. S.M. Ramasamy (India)
Remote Sensing scientist and Former Vice-chancellor, Gandhigram University
Dr. Maraimalai Ilakkuvanar (India)
Former Professor of Tamil, Presidency College, Chennai
Mr. Erode Thamizhanban (India)
Board member of the Tamil Nadu
Iyal Isai Nadaga Mandram
Dr. Sarada Nambi Arooran (India)Prof. Dr. K. Neduncheziyan (India)
Former Professor of Tamil, Bhratidasan University
Mr. Jeyaraman Covindasamy (France)
President, Muthamizh Sangam, France
Kalaimaamani Dr. Cheyon (India)
Secretary, Mylapore Tiruvalluvar Tamil Sangam
Dr. Dagmar Hellmann (Germany)
Lecturer in Indology, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
Dr. Sirpi Balasubramaniam (India)
Former Head of Tamil Dept., Bharathiar University
Dr. Pitchappan Ramasamy (India)
Former Director, National Geographic
‘Genographic’ project
Prof. Rama. Gurunathan (India)
Former Prof. of Tamil, Pachaiyappa’s College
Member, Central Institute of Classical Tamil
Prof. Dr. B. Ilango (India)
Former Vice-Chancellor, Bharathiar University
Dr.S. Sathikh (India)
Former Vice-Chancellor, Madras University
Dr.K. Parthasarathi (India)
Former Vice-Chancellor, Tamil Nadu Open University
Dr. Thiruvalluvar Ilakkuvanar  (India)Mr. Va. Sa. Baabu (USA)
Founder, American Thamizh 

Working Committee Members

Er. Roop Chander
President, Alumni Association of College of Engineering Guindy
Er. D. Gnanasekaran
Former President, Calcutta Tamil Sangam
Prof. Dr. B. Ravikumar
Pondicherry University
Ms. Nalini Olivannan
Former President, Inner Wheel Chennai
Dr. K. Thilagavathi
Prof. of Tamil, Tanjore Tamil University
Er. Rexline Terese
Retired Chief Engineer, TNEB
Dr. S. Amalraj
HoD Tamil Dept, Loyola College, Chennai
Ms. Arasi Ponmozhi
President, Inner Wheel Chennai
Prof. Dr. Aranga Malikkaa
Tamil Dept, Ethiraj College, Chennai