About NJTS

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New Jersey Tamil Sangam (NJTS) was formed in 1989. Thiru Muruga Kripananda Variar inaugurated our first ever meeting on May 20, 1989 at Rutger’s University. What initially began as a small gathering of friends, today NJTS boasts over six hundred area families participating in various activities throughout the year.

The primary mission of NJTS is to:

  • Provide a unified forum for Tamils in this area: New Jersey has one of the largest concentrations of Tamils in the United States. NJTS aims to provide a platform to facilitate interaction among the area tamils.
  • Promote Tamil culture: ‘Kal thonRi maN thonRA kAlam munbe mun thonRi muththa kudiyil piranthavan Thamizan’. Tamil culture is unique in many respects. NJTS strives to promote and preserve Tamil culture
  • Celebrate Tamil festivals: To celebrate festivals such as Pongal and Deepavali every year
  • Organize special projects in Tamil Nadu: For the development of Tamil Nadu, several NJTS members are involved in various projects such as College Scholarship fund and Charity clubs.
  • Promote Tamil scholars and artists: To encourage Tamil Scholars and artists from Tamil Nadu to contribute for the growth of Tamil language.
  • Help other Tamils: To help other Tamils in New Jersey and surrounding areas feel at home.
  • Actively participate in Federation of Tamil Associations of North America (FeTNA): To foster unity among different tamil sangams and to support FeTNA, NJTS actively participates in the annual FeTNA conference.
  • Make Tamil youth aware of our heritage: To educate and encourage Tamil youth to learn, appreciate, and abide by the Tamil culture

Executive Committee (2023-2024)

  • Geetha Ponmudi – President
  • Suchitra Srinivas – Vice President
  • Anuradha Seshadri – Treasurer
  • Kavitha Sundar – Joint Treasurer
  • Mohan Radhakrishnan – Communications Director

Committee Members (2023-2024)

  • Anandhi Venkat
  • Anbarasan Sivaraman
  • Annamalai Sambanthan
  • Anuradha Seshadri
  • Bala Shan
  • Balamurali Kothandaraman
  • Devi Nagappan
  • Ganapathy Muthukumar
  • Geetha Ponmudi
  • Kameswaran Ramanathan
  • Kavitha Sundar
  • Krithika Venkat
  • Latha Sridhar
  • Meena Ravanan
  • Menaka Naresh
  • Mohan Radhakrishnan
  • Mohan Raman
  • Muthukumar Devadas
  • Nirmala Sundaram
  • Premini Thannan
  • Sadasivam Vasudevan
  • Sivakumar Shunmugam
  • Sri Kalyan
  • Subha Chellappan
  • Suchitra Srinivas
  • Suryanarayanan Ramaswamy
  • Uma Murugan
  • Usha Krishnakumar

Associate Committee Members (2023-2024)

  • Ashok Loganathan
  • Chandrakala Sivakumar
  • Divya Bala
  • Jagadishkumar Rajendran
  • Kumarappan Annamalai
  • Poorani Annamalai
  • Renugadevi Raghuramaguru
  • Sandhya Mohan
  • Sathya Kameswaran
  • Senthilkumar Amirtharaj
  • Suresh Malaikolundu
  • Vanmathi Mayur

Board Of Directors (2023-2024)

  • Anandhi Venkat (Chairman)
  • Anbarasan Sivaraman
  • Balamurali Kothandaraman
  • Devi Nagappan
  • Ganapathy Muthukumar
  • Kalyan Muthusamy
  • Kavitha Ramasami
  • Meena Ravanan
  • Nirmala Sundaram
  • Sivaraman Karuppiah
  • Sundaram Palanisamy
  • Usha Krishnakumar

To view the past NJTS teams click here.

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