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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.
Thamilini Jothilingam
Thamilini is an emeritus board member of the Noolaham Foundation. She contributed to the Initiatives and Proposal Writings, Multimedia Documentation, Research for Documentation, Documentation of the Documentation Process, Digital Preservation of Upcountry Archival Records, Setup of the Multimedia Room, and Muslim Ephemera Digitization.
Thamilini is a researcher and documentary artist based in Toronto, Canada. Thamilini’s research interests and artistic practice are centred at the confluence of art and anthropology, with a focus on gender, memory, archives, cultural heritage, and visual histories. She holds a BA (Hons) in Social Anthropology from the University of Kent, UK and a MFA in Documentary Media from Ryerson University, Canada.
Prashanth Sirinivasan
Prashanth is contributing to the Tech Infrastructure Management, Technology Services & Software Development, Technology Research Lab (NF Lab) and Next-generation AI-based eco-system for Noolaham. Prashanth is also participating in Noolaham USA fundraising as well.
Prashanth was born in 1982 in Colombo,Sri Lanka. He studied in Jaffna Hindu College and Bampalapitiya Hindu College and graduated in Information Technology from the Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology, Srilanka. He has performed various roles in the software Industry and actively involved in many projects in Sri Lanka,India, Canada and USA. He is currently working as a Senior Software Consultant in USA.
He focuses on the history of Language , Community and Land of Tamils.
He is currently located in North Carolina, USA.
Sujeevan Tharmaratnam
Sujeevan is contributing to Office Management (Jaffna), Volunteer Engagement and Recognition, Physical records storage repository Management, Backup and Recovery, Organizational Events (SL), Chapter Operations - Sri Lanka ( Friends Of Noolaham ), Open Education Resource 2020, Digitization of Donated Documents and Jaffna Uthayan Newspaper Digitization.
Sujeevan Tharmaratnam was born in 1993 in Trincomalee. He was educated at Jaffna Hindu College, specialized in Information Technology and practiced as a social entrepreneur. He is the founding member of Sirakukal amayam, movement for educational empowerment.
He is currently located in Jaffna, Sri Lanka.
Kanaga Sugumar
Dr Kanagalingam Sugumar is contributing to the Chapter Operation - UK, Documentation of Medical History of Northern Province and Documentation of Documents Published in India.
Dr. Sugumar was born in Jaffna, Sri Lanka and he has been involved in partnerships and collaborations with various individuals and institutions. He was one of the founding members of "Shanthiham"(சாந்திகம்) and currently he is working as a general medical practitioner (GP) in London.
He is currently located in London.
