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:Â 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:Â ‘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:Â To celebrate festivals such as Pongal and Deepavali every year
- Organize special projects in Tamil Nadu:Â 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:Â To encourage Tamil Scholars and artists from Tamil Nadu to contribute for the growth of Tamil language.
- Help other Tamils:Â To help other Tamils in New Jersey and surrounding areas feel at home.
- Actively participate in Federation of Tamil Associations of North America (FeTNA):Â 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:Â 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.
Past Year’s Review:
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2022 Accomplishments
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2021 Accomplishments
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2020 Accomplishments