Team
Governance Board
Rathina Iyer Pathmanaba Iyer
Rathina Iyer Pathmanaba Iyer is a Pioneer of Sri Lankan Tamil Digitization (1999) and the Founding Chairman of Noolaham Foundation (2008) and Governance Board Member. He is currently concentrating Digital Library Collection Development 2020, Vaasihasalai 2020, Digitization of Donated Documents, Collection Development & Chapter Operations - United Kingdom processes.
Pathmanaba Iyer was born in 1941 in Jaffna, Sri Lanka. He graduated in Mathematics and Physics from the University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka. He has worked as a Divisional Officer in the Land Commissioner’s Department, Sri Lanka, from 1972 to the end of 1989 when he left for the United Kingdom.
He pioneered Sri Lankan Tamil digitization efforts in collaboration with Project Madurai in 1999. He is a well known publisher and founded and operates Tamiliyal Publications. His contribution to Sri Lankan Tamil Literature spans more than four decades. He contributed the milestone achievement of the translation of documents from Tamil to English. Pathmanaba Iyer was instrumental in bringing creative works with diverse points of views to the fore. In 2004, he was awarded with Iyal Viruthu, an award organized by the South Asia Studies Centre of the University of Toronto and the Tamil Literary Garden, for his lifetime achievements.
He is located in London, United Kingdom.
Shaseevan Ganeshananthan
Shaseevan is the Founding Director (2008), Executive Director (2008 - 2015 ) and Board Member of Noolaham Foundation.
He is currently concentrating Governance & Policy, Organizational Strategy & Sustainability, Partnerships & Collaborations, Process Management and Oversight, Communications, Public Relation & Community Outreach, Resource Mobilization & Sustainability and Annual Plan and Monitoring.
Shaseevan was born in Jaffna, Sri Lanka in 1982.
He followed B.Sc. (Physics, Mathematics and Statistics) in University of Colombo.
He is a Member of British Computer Society.
He is a serial entrepreneur who has founded a corporate group of companies functioning in software development, digital marketing and business startup ecosystem that helps entrepreneurs, enterprises and investors to establish successful businesses.
He is located in Cambridge, United Kingdom.
Kopinath Thillainathan
Kopinath Thillainathan is Co Founder of Project Noolaham (2005), Founding Director of Noolaham Foundation (2008 ). He is currently concentrating Digital Library & Archive, Noolaham Australia, Digital Preservation, Manuscript Archive 2022, Diversity Initiative and Metadata enrichment 2022
Kopinath was born in Jaffna, Sri Lanka in 1982. He is a Finance and Accounting graduate from the University of Curtin, Australia.
Kopinath started digitization initiatives 2004, through Eelanool.
He is located in Perth, Australia.
Natkeeran L.Kanthan
Natkeeran is the volunteer for the Technology team.
He was responsible for developing the technical roadmap for the Noolaham digital library. He was the co-coordinator of Noolaham's executive meetings. He is also part of the Noolaham : Canada Team.
Nakeeran graduated with a Master of Engineering (Electrical-Computer Focus) from Ryerson University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He is a software developer with focus on business intelligence applications in Toronto, Canada. He also contributes to Tamil Wikipedia and human rights violations documentation projects. His interests include natural language processing, data mining, and Tamil language.
He is located in Toronto, Canada.
Mr.Ratnavelpillai Mayooranathan is a Grey board member of Noolaham Foundation since 2017.
He is currently concentrating on HR Recruitment and Selection, Kilinochi District Regional Archive and Early Tamil Works of Sri Lanka.
He is an architect by profession. He obtained a Bachelor degree in Built Environment (B. Sc.(BE)) and Master degree in Architecture (M. Sc. (Arch)) from the University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka.
He was born in Jaffna, Sri Lanka in 1952.He is located in Inuvil, Jaffna, Sri Lanka
Sutharshan Sirinivasan
Sutharshan Sirinivasan is responsible for Noolaham Canada. As a blogger he constantly introduced Noolaham through his writings and is currently engaged in introducing Noolaham to Canadian Tamil society.
Sutharshan was born in Colombo, Srilanka in 1979. He studied in Jaffna Hindu College and in Lester B. Pearson Collegiate Institute in Canada.
As a blogger his focuses are mainly in constructively discussing the post war conditions and also in documenting the lives of Tamils in Canada.
He is located in Toronto, Canada.
Mahendran Thiruvarangan
Mahendran Thiruvarangan is the Emeritus Board Member of Noolaham Foundation (2023 ).
M.Thiruvarangan was born in Jaffna, Sri Lanka in 1985. Mahendran Thiruvarangan is a Senior Lecturer (Gr. 2) in English Literature at the University of Jaffna. He holds a PhD from the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. His research interests include postcolonial literature and cultures, literature and coexistence and social justice. He is currently concentrating Research for Documentation, Initiatives & Proposal Writing.
He is located in Jaffna, Sri Lanka.
Sanjayan Selvamanickam
Sanjayan Selvamanickam is a Emeritus board member and currently concentrating on Chapter Operations – Norway process.
Sanjayan was born in Ragama, Sri Lanka in 1965. He was educated at Batticaloa Methodist Central College and Høyskolen i Nesna, Norway He is an IT professional.
Sanjayan is a blogger, In his writing he focuses on relationships between people.
He is located in Oslo, Norway.
Seran Sivananthamoorthy
Seran is Former board member of the Noolaham Foundation. Earlier he worked as a General Manager in Noolaham Foundation.
Seran was born in 1990 in Jaffna. He studied at the University of Moratuwa, Colombo. He was awarded with 'Ashoka youth venture', a global community of young social entrepreneurs, an award organized by the Ashoka innovators for the public. He has actively participated in various activities and held leading positions including President, Secretary etc in school level.
He is located in United Kingdom.
Prasad Sockalingam
Prasad Sockalingam is a Governance Board of Member. He is currently concentrating to HR Admin & Payroll, Publications (Books / Journal / Magazines / Booklets) User Services & Reference Services & Office Management (Batticaloa).
Prasad was born in Batticaloa in 1978. He works as an Information Communication and Technology Officer in Eastern provincial Council and a technical trainer in ICT.
As a writer, he constructively focuses on historical and heredity of Tamil speaking people and a co author for certain magazines.
He is located in Arayampathy, Batticaloa, Sri Lanka.
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