About Us /

The Ilankai Tamil Sangam, USA, is an association of Tamils from the island of Sri Lanka (formerly Ceylon) now residing in the United States of America.

Formed in 1977, the Sangam is the oldest association of these Tamils in the United States of America.

The Purposes of the association:

[a]  To provide a meeting ground for Tamils and Tamil speaking people from Sri Lanka resident in the United States of America.

[b]  To promote & study the appreciation of Tamil culture, language and music among the Tamils resident in the USA.

[c]  To foster the growth and development of art, culture, economy, human rights and general welfare of Tamils and Tamil speaking people resident in the Island known now as Sri Lanka.

[d]  To publicize facts about the condition and welfare of the Tamil speaking people of Sri Lanka.

Ilankai Tamil Sangam is administered according to its constitution by its officers (including its president, secretary, and treasurer) and a committee.

The Officers elected for the Year 2026 are:

1. President – Mrs. Indra Emmanual
2. Vice President -  Mr. Aiyathurai Jeyakumar
3. Vice President -  Mr. Sasi Sellathurai
4. Secretary - Mrs. Brintha Jeyalingam
5. Assistant Secretary – Mr. Dhivyan Karunakaran
6. Treasuer – Mr. Nagaratnam Rabindran
7. Assistant Treasurer –  Mr. Aravind Rajendra
8. Internal Auditor – Mr. Mano Ranjan
9. Project Director – Dr. Sujanthy Rajaram
10. Editor – Mrs. Avis Sri-Jayantha
11. Public Relations Coordinator - Mrs. Karthy Vaseekaran

The General Committee Members for the Year 2026 are:

1. Dr. N. Jeyalingam
2. Mrs. Srihari Satchi
3. Mr. Sri Haran
4. Mr. Balan Balasingham
5. Mr. Balan Kugapalan
6. Mr. Vivek Nadarajah
7. Dr. Rajaram Kandasamy
8. Dr. Arul Ranjithan
9. Mrs. Aparna Shyamalan
10. Ms. Suba Suntharalingam
11. Mr. Thaya Nagarajah
12. Dr. Mani T. Vannan
13. Mr. Ahilan Rajadeva
14. Mr. Lavan Muthu
15. Ms. Sinthujaa Emmanual