Kanian Poongundranar Award
Kanitamizh sangam has requested Tamil development dept., Govt. of Tamilnadu to give award for the best Tamil computing software from industry level & student level during the year 2006. At that time Dr. M. Rajendran was the Director of Tamil development dept., Govt. of Tamilnadu. He had worked on this issue and has implemented an award named “Kanian Poongundranar award” which is awarded to the best Tamil computing software. The first award was handed over to Mr. vijayan for his Tamil Computing Software on June 27, 2010 at the Tamil Chemmozhi Conference held at Coimbatore by chief minister of Tamilnadu. This prize will be awarded every year for the best Tamil Computing product with a certificate and cash prize of Rs. 1,00,000/-
Unicode TACE 16 : Standardisation
Tamilnadu government has formed the committee with INFITT and Kani Thamizh Sangam members to standardize the Unicode font. Under chairmanship of Dr. M. Anandakrishnan to consider the subject matter in depth and give an appropriate recommendation for declaring Unicode as current standard for Tamil encoding. In the report, the Committee recommended that Tamil Nadu Government migrate from all legacy 8-bit encodings like TAB/TAM as well as other proprietary encoding to 16-bit encoding. The Committee recommended Unicode as the main 16-bit encoding to be used in all applications where support for Tamil is available. In applications where support for Unicode is not available partially or fully, such as professional printing, Natural Language Processing, mobile, e-book readers, embedded devices, for segments like publishing, e-learning etc., the Committee recommended the use of Tamil All Character Encoding (TACE16) as the only alternate standard.
Tamil Software Exhibition in abroad
Kanithamizh sangam has been conducting Tamil computing related exhibition in Tamilnadu and the public are very well aware of this fact. Rather than conducting these exhibition inside Tamilnadu Kanithamizh sangam had conducted Tamil computing Expo in University of Cologne, Germany from 23rd to 25th of October 2009 when Internet Tamil Conference was held there. Then a week later the same Expo was conducted in France on 31st October and 1st November 2009. Lot of European Tamils participated in it and purchased Tamil computing related products. It is a biggest milestone in language computing arena.
Two Days Tamil Computing Workshop for Corporation Scholl Teachers – 2008
Dr Avvai Natarajan presided over the function. He talked about the need for supporting the software development in Tamil. Worshipful Mayor of Chennai Corporation Thiru M. Subramanian was the Chief Guest. He spoke about the improvements happening in the Corporation Schools. Two CDs entitled Amuthae Thamizhe, by Pebbles, and distributed by Dove MultiMedia were released by the Mayor. Dr Avvai Natarajan received the first copy. Thiru M Anto Peter, Softview Computers and President of KaniThamiz Sangam informed the gathering about the aim of this two day seminar cum demonstraion. Tmt. SasiRekha, (member of Kani thamizh Sangam) from Kaanthalakam compeared the proceedings.
Three day Conference and Expo on Tamil Computer Print – 2007
Kanithamizh Sangam has conducted a three day grand Expo and Conference on Tamil, Computer and Print on 2nd, 3rd and 4th of February at Valluvar Kottam, Chennai. Honorable Minister Paruthi Ilamvazhuthi inaugurated the function. Mr.Anandakrishnan is the chief guest of the day. On day two, discussions on Language computing and Digital Printing are happened. Mr.A.Mohan of NIC and Mr.Sivagnanam of SISI is presided over the function. On day three, Valedictory Function on the ceremony is conducted. Ms.Betroshi J.Ho and Dr.P.R.Nakeeran are the chief guests of the day.
New Year 2007
Our New Years Eve is celebrated with Mr.Arun Mahizhnan. He is the Director of International Forum for Information Technology in Tamil. All the members of Kanithamizh Sangam are participated in the meet. The venue is at Vishwak Solutions, Chennai-17.
Annual Meet & Felicitation – 2006
Kanithamizh sangam’s annual meet is took place at Andhra club, T.Nagar on 20th September, 2006. Tamil Virtual University’s Director Mr. Nakeeran is honoured and felicitated in the ceremony.
National conference on Mobile computing and Standardization – 2006
On 22nd July Kanithamizh Sangam conducted a National conference on Mobile Computing and Standardization. This conference is inaugurated by Mr.AtulAnand IAS. Chief guests participated in the conference are Dr.M.Anandakrishnan, Mr.A.Mohan, NIC, Dr.C.Xavier, Mr.MVM and Kanithamizh Sangam members. A book on the conference also released.
Tamil Computing Awareness Workshop for Schools – 2006
Tamil Computing awareness workshop for schools is conducted on 1st July 2006 at Chettiyar hall, Alwarpet for school teachers. Dr.M.Rajendran inaugurates this function and many teachers (70 Schools) are participated in the workshop. The objective of the workshop is to create language-computing awareness among the schools. Dr. V.Sankaranarayanan, M.Anto Peter and Dr.V.Krishnamurthy are given lectures and free CDs are distributed for the participated teachers.
Workshop on Tamil computing Technology – 2006
Kanithamizh Sangam conducted Workshop on Tamil computing Technology on February 25th at KSR Auditorium of Meenakshi Engineering College for Engineering college students. This workshop is jointly compiled with Tamil Virtual University. The workshop is inaugurated by Dr.R.Bhaskaran. IAS. Tamil virtual University director Dr.V.Sankaranarayan presided over the function. Speeches are given by Mr.Hari Ram, Mr. Mohan (NIC), Dr.T.V.Geetha, Mr.M.Anto Peter, Mr.T.N.C.VenkatRangan (Microsoft) , Mr.DuraiPondi (Open Source), Mr.N.Guhan (HR) , Mr.Rangarajan (Webdunia) Mr.C.Ananthan. Kaniyam 2004 awards are given by the Chief guest.
Tamilnet Conference, Chennai – 2004
Kanithamizh Sangam has conducted Sixth Tamil Internet International Conference at Anna University. This conference is jointly compiled with Tamil Virtual University and INFITT. Tamilnadu Chief Minister and International delegates are participated in this event.
Tamil Inayam 2003
The Sangam spearheaded the organisation of Tamil Inayam 2003 – the Sixth International Conference on Tamil Computing. Members also presented technical papers on Tamil Computing. Many of the corporate members also exhibited their products in the exhibition which saw quite a number of people from all walks of life.
Exhibition at Anand Theatre (2001)
Kanithamizh Sangam conducted an exhibition to promote Tamil computing products and solutions to the public in Anand Theatre Complex in Chennai. The cosmopolitan city of Chennai was pleasantly surprised to see such products like full fledged productivity suite, optical character recognition software and small business software in Tamil.Exhibition at Anand Theatre (2001)
Thiruvizhaa in Madurai (2000)
In this watershed event, Kanithamizh Sangam brought the people of Tamil Nadu to IT. In this mega event companies and government agencies demonstrated the emerging technologies to bridge the digital divide. The response from the public was unprecedented for a technical event which saw lakhs of people thronging the venue for three days.Exhibition at
Standardisation (1999)
The Sangam actively participated in the finalizing process of standardization of Tamil encoding systems and keyboard layouts. Spending many previous days, the members of the Sangam tested the draft standards released during the TamilNet99 meet. They incorporated many changes in the draft and submitted the recommendations to the standardization committee. Its finding and solutions were accepted. Finally, the Chief Minister of TamilNadu announced the Government decision on accepting the standards. It released the Government order in a well attended ‘acceptence function’, at the Secretariat of state government.
In the function chaired by the Chief Minister, the Vice President of Sangam Mr. P. Chellapan delivered a speech on behalf of Sangam. He promised the government that the developers would accept the uniform input systems.
Free Tamil Software (1999)
The Sangam presented a free copy of Tamil Software named as kanithamizh99, to the Chief Minister. The Software was the first software adhering the standardized Tamil glyph encoding and provided two free fonts. The software is available as a free download from this site. The members of the Sangam met the CM and demonstrated the freeware.
The Name and Fame of Sangam transcend national barriers (1999)
Representatives of conference committee of Tamil Inaiyam 2000 from SriLanka visited TamilNadu led by the Srilankan Minister Mr. Thondaman. A delegation spent a whole day with Sangam members at the premises of Dr. Ambedkar Law University, Chennai. The developers offered demos of their products. The SriLankan delegation appreciated the developers and invited the Sangam members to market their products/services in their country where the second biggest Tamil Population live.
Immediately after this an IT delegation from Singapore came to Chennai and met the Sangam Members. The delegation wanted to find the potential software developing companies and was ready to invite them for joint ventures with Singapore companies.
Assisting the government initatives regarding development of Tamil Computing
The Government of Tamil Nadu asked the Sangam to be the nodal agency to issue certificates to products which adhered standardized encoding and keyboard layouts. Taking this an unique opportunity, the Sangam today started to test and certify the software and hardware products. The Sangam was also invited to take part in the decision making process in offering development fund for Tamil Software.
TamilNet 99
TamilNadu government convened the second international symposium, Tamil Net 99, at Chennai on Feb 7-8, 1999. This was a turning point in the history of Tamil Language development in general and Tamil computing in particular. In this conference both the experts and official representatives of Tamil Diaspora countries determined to standardize Tamil Encoding and Keyboard layout schemes.