Team 2011

Noolaham Foundation 2010

Board of Trustee Members

Rathina Pathmanaba Iyer - Chairperson

Pathmanaba Iyer is a leading editor, writer, publisher, and archivist of Tamil works. His contribution to the Sri Lankan Tamil Literature spans more than four decades. Pathmanaba Iyer was instrumental in bringing creative works with diverse point of views to the fore. He contributed substantially to the Noolahams outreach work, in locating source materials, and in raising funds. He is located in London, England.

Shaseevan Ganeshananthan - Executive Director

Shaseevan is a Research Fellow at Beyond Borders (for IDRC and NUS Research), Executive Director at International Institute of Research and Analytical Activities (IIRAA), Executive Director at Noolaham Foundation, and a student at British Computer Society. He is the driving force behind Noolaham, and the Information Network. Under his management, Noolaham grew exponentially in number of works digitalized, and its organizational capacity was strengthened. He is located in Colombo, Sri Lanka.

Kopinath Thillainathan - Chief Information Officer

Kopinath is a founding member of Noolaham. His focus is on building platforms to create digital Tamil content with efficieny. He contributed to the initial development of the Naal Oru Nool digitization project, and contributes to Tamil Wikimedia projects. He is located in Australia.

Associate Members

Responsibilitywise members

• Seran Sivananthamoorthy - Chief Operational Officer
• NimalPrakashan Skandakumar - Technology
• Vinodh Rajan - Wiki Technology
• Guruparan Kumaravadivel - Legal Issues
• Mathusoothanan Thedsanamoorthy - Information Network
• Srikanthaluxmi Arulanantham - Library Science Standards
• Atchuthan Sivakumar - Accounts

Projectwise Members - Partner Projects

• Selvaraja Sajeev Edward - Project Coordinators (Colombo Tamil Sangam)
• Ramanan Santhirasegaramoorthy - Project Coordinators (Project Periodicals)
• Rajaratnam Sivachandran - Project Coordinators (Project Jaffna)

Projectwise Members - Collaborative Projects

• Pollachi Nasan - Project Coordinators (Thamizham)
• Thurai Kumaresan - Project Coordinators (Viruba)
• Prabu Nadaraja - Project Coordinators (Suvadi Digital Library)
• Thavaseelan Sivaguru - Project Coordinators (Tamil National Archive)

Public Interaction Members - counrtywise

• Piratheepan Paramanathan - USA
• Sarawanan Nadarasa - Norway
• Thurai Kumaresan - India +
• Natkeeran Ledchumikanthan - Canada
• Rathina Iyer Pathmanaba Iyer - England +
• Sayanthan Kathiresampillai- Switzerland
• Letchumanan Murugapoopathy - Australia
• Chandravathana Selvakumaran - Germany
• Koneshwaran Saravanamuthu - Singapore

Honorary Members (Former Board of Trustee Members)

• M. Mauran
• P. Ealanathan
• P. M. Punniyaameen

General Manager

• A. Valarmathy

(+) Responsibility for two activities

Noolaham Foundation 2009

Board of Trustee Members

• R. Pathmanaba Iyer ‐ Chairperson
• G. Shaseevan - Executive Director
• T. Kopinath - Chief Information Officer
• P. Piratheepan
• M. Mauran
• Pollachi Nasan
• S. Vinodh Rajan
• P. M. Punniyameen
• S. Ramanan

Public Interaction 2008-09

• R. Pathmanaba Iyer (England)
• Meera Bharathy (Canada)
• Pollachi Nasan (India)
• N. Saravanan (Norway)
• K. Sayanthan (Switzerland)
• P. Piratheepan (USA)
• P. Eelanathan (Singapore)
• R. Mathubhashini (Australia)
• S. Chandravathana (Germany)

General Manager

• Sajeev Edward (May - August)
• S. Satgunarajah (September - December)

Deputy Manager

• A. Valarmathy

Noolaham Foundation 2008

Board of Trustee Members

• R. Pathmanaba Iyer ‐ Chairperson
• G. Shaseevan
• T. Kopinath
• P. Piratheepan
• M. Mauran
• L. Natkeeran
• P. Eelanathan