Founder Members
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.
