Judges

ADVISORY BOARD FOR AWARDS PANEL

Mu.Ponnambalam         Writer – Sri Lanka

Theliwatte Joseph         Writer – Sri Lanka

Thamizhavan    Head, Department of  Tamil, Dravidian
( Carlos Sabarimuthu)   University – India
                                             
V.N.Giritharan                   Writer  – Canada

R.Cheran      Assistant Professor, University
                        of Windsor – Canada

A.R.Venkatachalapathy    Associate Professor, 
   Madras Institute of Development Studies – India

V.Arasu     Head, Department of Tamil, 
                    University of Madras – India
                          
Aravindan                  Writer – India

P.A.Krishnan             Writer – India

Ambai (Dr C.S.Lakshmi)      Writer – India

Syed Peer Mohammed         Writer – Malaysia

Sitralega Maunaguru    Professor, Department of  Tamil, Batticaloa Eastern University – Sri Lanka

M.A.Nuhman  Head,    Department of Tamil,  
           University of Peradeniya – Sri Lanka

George L.Hart        Head, Department of Tamil,  
      University of California, Berkeley – USA

Chelian                              Poet  – Canada

Jayanthi Sankar              Writer – Singapore

A.Muthukrishnan            Writer – India

P.Karunaharamoorthy  Writer – Germany

L.Murugapoopathy        Writer – Australia

P.Ahilan       Lecturer, University of 
                      Jaffna – Sri Lanka

Professor R.S.Sugirtharajah   University of 
                      Birmingham – U.K

M.Pushparajan      Writer, Poet  – U.K

A.Kanthasamy        Writer    –  Canada

Usha Mathivanan – Consultant, Canada

Gnanam Lambert – Director, Canada

Yuvan Chandrasekar – Writer, India

Thirumurthi Ranganathan –  Founder, Digital Maxim, USA 

JUDGES FOR AWARD 2006

N.K.Mahalingam
Chelian _ writer
V.Arasu _ Head, Department of Tamil, University of Madras
Syed Peer Mohammed _ writer
Sitralega Maunaguru _ Professor, Department of Tamil, Batticaloa Eastern University

JUDGES FOR AWARD 2007

Selvam Arulanandam _ editor, writer
V.N.Giritharan _ writer
M.A.Nuhman _ Head, Department of Tamil, University of Peradeniya
Mu.Ponnambalam _ writer
A.R.Venkatachalapathy _ Associate Professor, Madras Institute of Development Studies

JUDGES FOR AWARD 2008

A.Muttulingam – writer
Jayanthi Sankar _ writer
R.Cheran _ Assistant Professor, University of Windsor
A.Muthukrishnan _ writer
Aravindan _ writer

 

JUDGES FOR AWARD 2009

Chelva Kanaganayagam – Professor, University of Toronto – Canada
Ambai (Dr.C.S.Lakshmi) – Writer – India
Thamizhavan (Carlos Sabarimuthu) – Head , Department of Tamil,    Dravidian University – India
L.Murugapoopathy – Writer – Australia
P.Ahilan, University of Jaffna – Sri Lanka

JUDGES FOR AWARD 2010

N.K.Mahalingam – Writer, Translator – Canada
S.Chelian –  Writer, Poet – Canada
R.S. Sugirtharajah – Professor – U.K
P.A.Krishnan – Writer – India
P.Karunaharamoorthy – Writer – Germany

JUDGES FOR AWARD 2011

Selvam Arulanandam  – Editor, Writer – Canada
Mu. Ponnambalam –  Writer  – Sri Lanka
Thamizhavan (Carlos Sabarimuthu ) – Professor – India
M.Pushparajan – Writer, Poet – U.K
A.Kanthasamy – Writer  – Canada

JUDGES FOR AWARD 2012

Usha Mathivanan – Consultant, Canada

Gnanam Lambert – Director, Canada

Yuvan Chandrasekar – Writer, India

R.S.Sugirtharajah – Professor, U.K

A.Muttulingam – Writer, Canada

JUDGES FOR AWARD 2013

N. K Mahalingam – Writer – Canada

P.Wickneswaran – Director – Canada

P.Karunaharamoorthy – Writer – Germany

Maalan – Editor – India

Ambai. – Writer – India

JUDGES FOR AWARD 2014

Prof.Chelva Kanaganayakam

N.K.Mahalingam

Usha Mathivanan

Selvam Arulanandam

A.Muttulingam

JUDGES FOR AWARD 2015

Selvam Arulanandam – writer – Canada

Thirumurthi Ranganathan – IT Consultant

P.Karunaharamoorthy – writer, Germany

D.I.Aravindan  – writer India

Sivakumaran Subramaniam – poet – Canada

JUDGES FOR AWARD 2016

Manuel Jesudasan – Lawyer – Canada

Thirumurthi Ranganathan – IT Consultant – USA

Dr C.R.Selvakumar – Professor – Canada

Dr R.S. Sugirttharajah – Professor – U.K

Dr N.Subramaniam – Professor – Canada