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îñ¤ö¢ õó¤õ®õê¢ ê¦ó¬ñ𢹠
Prof. V.C. Kulandaiswamy, 
Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi, India 

ªñ£ö¤î¢î¤øù¢ õ÷ó¢ê¢ê¤ â¿î¢¶ õ®õñ¢ «ññ¢ð£´ - 
àò¤ó¢ ªñò¢ àèó â¿î¢¶è¢è¬÷ å¼ ê¦ó£è «ññ¢ð´î¢¶îô¢ 
õ¦.«è.ãóñ¢ðÍó¢î¢î¤ 
Point Pedro, Jaffna, Sri Lanka 

îñ¤¢ö¢ ªñ£ö¤ò¤ù¢ îóî»ñ¢ Ýø¢øé¢è¬÷»ñ¢ «ññ¢ð´î¢¶õîø¢° 
«ñø¢ªè£÷¢÷«õí¢®ò ê¦ó¢î¤¼î¢îé¢è÷¢ 
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îñ¤ö¢ â¿î¢îí¤ ¬õ𢹠º¬ø (tamiz ezuttaNi vaippu muRai) 
ÝøèØó¢ º. èí¢íù¢, 
ܼé¢è£ì¢ê¤òè õ÷£èñ¢, â¿ñ¢Ìó¢, ªêù¢¬ù, Þï¢î¤ò£ 
 
 

TOPIC B - SCRIPT REFINEMENT 

Phonetic characters in Tamil 
P. Chellappan, Palaniappa Bros, Chennai, India 

Üø¤õ¤òô¢ ðòù¢ð£ì¢´è¢è£ù îñ¤ö¢ â¿î¢¶¼è¢ èíî¢¬î «ññ¢ð´î¢¶îô¢ 
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îñ¤ö¤ô¢ ðù¢ù£ì¢´ åô¤ò¤òô¢ ªï´é¢èí袰 - åô¤ªðòó¢ð¢¹, 
èí¤ð¢ð¤òô¢ «ðꢢªê£ô¤ò¤òô¢ ð¤óꢬùèÀè¢è£ù î¦ó¢¬õ «ï£è¢è¤ 
S. Senthil Nathan, Editor Kanimozhi Magazine, Chennai -600 086, Tamilnadu 

îñ¤ö¢ â¿î¢¶è¢è÷¤ô¢ Ýé¢è¤ô åô¤è¬÷𢠹°î¢¶îô¢ 
ê¤. îé¢è«õô¢ 
ñì¢ìè÷ð¢¹, Þô颬è 

Language: Speech or Writing, which is Primary? 
Prof. V. Gnanasundaram, 
Central Institute of Indian Languages, Mysore, India 

Simplification of Tamil Grammar for Internet 
N. Navin (c/o N. Nadaraja Pillai) 
Central Institute of Indian Languages, Mysore, India 
 

TOPIC C - LANGUAGE - GLOSSARY OF TECH TERMS

è¬ôꢪê£ø¢è÷¢ - ðù¢ù£ì¢´ «ï£è¢è¤ô¢ îóð¢ð´î¢îñ¢ 
Linguistic basis of Glossary making and problems and standardizing Tamil Glossary Terms. 
Dr. S.V. Shanmugam, Dr.Rm. Sundaram, 
Dr. Radha Chellappan & Dr. S. Jean Lawrence 
International Institute for Tamil Studies, Chennai, India 

Technical Terms in the Traditional Science of Tamilnadu 
Dr. E.S. Sundaramurthy, Dr. Era Ilavarasu 
and Dr.G. Vijayavenugopal 
International Institute for Tamil Studies, Chennai 

Problems in translating terms in Information Technology in Tamil 
P. Chandra Bose 
Presidency College, Chennai-600 005, India 

èí¤î¢îñ¤ö¢ ªê£ô¢ô£è¢èî¢î¤ô¢ îñ¤ö¢ èí¤ð¢ªð£ø¤ Þîö¢è÷¤ù¢ ðé¢è÷¤ð¢¹ 
º.ê¤õô¤é¢èñ¢, 
èí¤ð¢ªð£ø¤î¢¶¬ø, ñí¢ìôî¢ ªî£¬ôî£ìó¢¹ ðò¤ø¢ê¤ ¬ñòñ¢, 
ªêù¢¬ù, îñ¤ö¢ï£´, Þï¢î¤ò£ 
 

TOPIC D - STANDARDS -UNICODE TAMIL SEGMENT

Tamil in Unicode 
V Krishnamoorthy 
Inforeed (Information Research And Education, 
Gandhi Nagar, Adayar, Chennai 600 020 India 

Ýú¢è¤ ñø¢Áñ¢ Îù¤«è£´ îñ¤ö¢ °ø¤ñ¬øè÷¤ù¢ ê£ó¢¹ ªêòô¢î¤øù¢ ñî¤ð¢¹ 
èí¤ð¢ªð£ø¤è¢ «è£ì¢ìñ¢, Þï¢î¤ó£è£ï¢î¤ ܵõ£ó£ò¢ê¢ê¤ ¬ñòñ¢, 
èô¢ð£è¢èñ¢-603102, è£ë¢ê¤¹óñ¢ ñ£õì¢ìñ¢, îñ¤ö¢ï£´ 

Tamil Encoding in Unicode - A comparative study 
P. Chellappan, 
Palaniappa Bros, Chennai, Tamilnadu 

Îù¤«è£®ô¢ õô¤»Áé¢è÷¢
¢M. Anto Peter, 
Softview Computers, Chennai 600 029, Tamilnadu, India 
 
 

TOPIC E - TECHNOLOGY - TAMIL IMPLEMENTATION 

PANDITHAM: An Optimal Character Oriented Protocol for Thamizh and Multilingual Computing 
P. Navaneethan, R. Madheswaran, 
R. Balasubramaniam and R.V. Bharathidasan 
Dept of Computer Applications, 
PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore, India 

Tamil Support inside the Linux kernel 
R. Vinodh Kumar, 
Dept.of Computer Science & Automation, 
Indian Institute of Science Bangalore - 5600012, India 

A Bilingual Search Engine for Tamil and English Sites 
M. Ponnavaiko & K. Karthik 
Crescent Engineering College, Vandalur, Chennai -600 048, India 

Tamil Java - A Tamil pre-processor for Java 
M. Ponnavaikko, S.S. Sriram and S. Syed Shajahan, 
Crescent Engineering College, Vandalur, Chennai -600 048, India 

Idham-2000 : Advanced Tamil Interface for Microsoft Windows 
Manoj Annadurai and Benjamin Martyn, 
Chennai Kavigal, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India 

Development of PANDITHAM -based Applications for Thamizh 
P. Navaneethan, R. Madheswaran, 
R. Balasubramaniam and R.V. Bharathidasan 
Dept of Computer Applications, 
PSG College of Tech, Coimbatore, India 
 

TOPIC -F TOOLS FOR TAMIL COMPUTING - OCR

A complete OCR for printed Tamil Text 
A.G. Ramakrishnan and K. Mahata, 
Dept of Electrical Engg, Indian Inst. of Science, Bangalore, India 

Handwritten Tamil Character Recognition Using Neural Network 
N. Dhamayanthi 
(Dept of Computer Science, Cresent Engg. College, Chennai) & 
P. Thangavel 
(Dept of Computer Science, Univ of Madras, Chennai ) 

Recognition of Handwritten Tamil Characters Using Fuzzy Classificatory Approach 
R.M. Suresh, S. Arumugam and K.P. Aravanan, 
Manonmaniam Sundarnar University, Thirunelveli, Tamil Nadu, India 163

High Precisiso Optical Character Recognition of Printed Tamil Characters 
M.K. Saravanan, 
AU-KBC Center for Internet & Telecommunication Research, 
Madras Inst. of Technology, Chrompet, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Üê¢ê¤ì¢ì îñ¤ö¢ â¿î¢¶è¢è÷¢ ܬìò£÷ñ¢ è£íô¢ 
S. Srinivasan 
(Computer Center, Indira Gandhi Center for Nuclear Research Kalpakkam, India ) and 
Rama. Sundaram 
(former Head of the Dept, Dept of Tamil Development, Tamil Univ, Tanjore, India ) 
 
 

TOPIC -G TOOLS FOR TAMIL COMPUTING
Speech Recognition, Spell Check, Keyboards, Natural Languaðe Processing 

à¬óò¤ô¤¼ï¢¶ «ðꢲ à¼õ£è¢èñ¢ 
S. Srinivasan, C. Datta and P. Srinivasan 
èí¤ð¢ªð£ø¤è¢ «è£ì¢ìñ¢, Þï¢î¤ó£è£ï¢î¤ ܵõ£ó£ò¢ê¢ê¤ ¬ñòñ¢, 
èô¢ð£è¢èñ¢-603102, è£ë¢ê¤¹óñ¢ ñ£õì¢ìñ¢, îñ¤ö¢ï£´ 

îñ¤ö¤ô¢ ªê£ô¢î¤¼î¢îñ¢ (tamizil coltiruttam) 
º¬ùõó¢ ªõ. 褼û¢íÍó¢î¢î¤ 
(ºù¢ù£÷¢ «ðó£ê¤ó¤òó¢, Üí¢í£ ðô¢è¬ôè¢ èöèñ¢), 
Þù¢ç«ð£ó¦ì¢, è£ï¢î¤ ïèó¢, ܬìò£Á, ªêù¢¬ù 600 200 

Þòø¢¬è ªñ£ö¤ò£ò¢¾ - õ¤¼îó¾ 
K. Subbiah Pillai, 
Senior Research Fellow/Senior Lecturer, 
International Inst of Tamil Studies, Chennai, India 

Teaching of Tamil Scripts and Their Impact Through Keyboard of Computers 
Dr. N. Nadaraja Pillai, 
Central Institute of Indian Languages, Mysore, India 

õ좴 Þòè¢è ܬñ𢹠ê£ó¢ï¢î åô¤ò¤òô¢ îñ¤ö¢ õ¤¬êð¢ ðô¬è Þòè¢è¤ õ®õñî¢îô¢ 
M. Ponnavaiko, P. Ramamurthy and J.P. Prasanna 
Cresent Engineering College,Chennai 

The enabling technology for Tamil 
N. Anbarasan 
Applesoft, Bangalore 560 010, India 

Compilation of Electronic Dictionary for Tamil 
Dr. M. Ganesan, 
Centre of Advanced Study in Linguistics, 
Annamalai University, Tamilnadu, India 
 
 

TOPIC H: INTERNET AND MULTIMEDIA IN EDUCTION

Teaching Tamil Online : Scope and Challenges 
Dr. Vasu Renganathan, 
Director, Language Resource and Research Center, 
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19014 USA 

Role of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in Community Languages 
Mr. Siva Pillai, 
Education Dept., Goldsmiths College, Lewisham Way, London SE14 , UK 9 

Internet - A Teaching experience in the Primary School Tamil Classroom 
Mrs. Magespari Pala 
(Alexandra Hill Primary School, Singapore) and 
Ms. Sandi Perumal (Dazhong Primary School, Singapore) 

Tamil Language and Information Technology in Singapore Schools 
Parimalam, Narayanan Kalyani, 
Muthu Maahnckham, Singaravelu Kuppusamy 
Secondary School Teachers, Singapore 

Tamil Educational CD ROMS Developed by the Ministry of Education of Singapore 
Kalaimani s/o Retnasamy, Yogavathi Gopalakrishnan, Jensrani Thanabal 
Project Development Specialists, Special Projects Section, 
Education Technology Division, Singapore 

èí¤í¤ò¤ô¢ îñ¤ö¢è¢ èô¢õ¤ (Educational CD-ROMs) 
Dr. R. Pakkrisamy, 
Chennai 

Internet and Language Learning Materials 
Dr. Sam Mohan Lal, 
Central Institute of Indian Languages, Mysore, India 
 

TOPIC I - TAMIL CONTENT IN INTERNET

Bringing Tamil Literature Online - status report on Project Madurai 
Dr. Kumar Mallikarjunan 
(Virginia Polytechnic Inst. & State University, USA) & 
Dr. K. Kalyanasundaram (Swiss Fed. Inst. of Tech at Lausanne) 

ñ¤ù¢ªõ÷¤ò¤ô¢ îñ¤ö¢ê¢ êÍèð¢ ðó¤ñ£íñ¢ - Þòø¢¬èî¢ «îó¢¾ 
ºèõó¢è÷¢ «î¬õ 
º¬ùõó¢ ï£. èí¢íù¢, 
ú¢´ì¢è£ì¢, ªüó¢ñù¤ 

ðòùó¢ ð£ó¢¬õò¤ô¢ îñ¤ö¢è¢ èí¤¬ñ»ñ¢ Þ¬íòºñ¢ 
(Tamil Computing and Internet from users point of view) 
ºùõó¢ Þó£ñ. 褼좮íù¢, 
îñ¤öñ¢ îù¢ù£ó¢õ ܬñð¢ð¤ù¢ ê£ó¢ð£è, ªêù¢¬ù 

îñ¤ö¢ ñ¤ù¢ù¤îö¢è÷¢ 
ê¤. Üí¢í£ñô, 
BBC, Chennai 

å¼ ñ¤ù¢ Þîö£÷ù¤ù¢ ÜÂðõé¢è÷¢ 
ð£. êî¦û¢, ªêù¢¬ù 
 

TOPIC J - ECOMMERCE & OTHER APPLICATIONS

E-Commerce through Community Network in the Tamil Cyber Space 
AJ Balasubramanian 
Director, Teleindia Ltd, Chennai 600 086 

ò£ö¢ îñ¤öó¢ õöè¢è£ø¢Áº¬øê¢ êì¢ìé¢èÀñ¢ îñ¤ö¢ Þ¬íòºñ¢ 
Mrs. Kamala Nagendra, 
Attorney-at-law & Lecturer, Sri Lanka Law College, Sri Lanka 

Þ¬íòî¢î¤ô¢ îñ¤ö¢ Ýõíè¢ è£ð¢ðèñ¢ 
²õó¢íó£ü£ ï¤ôè¢ûù¢ 
Þô颬èê¢ êì¢ìè¢ èô¢Öó¤, ªè£¿ñ¢¹ 12, Þô颬è 

îñ¤ö¤ô¢ ¹÷¢÷¤õ¤ðóõ¤òô¢ ªî£°î¤è÷¤ù¢ îò£ó¤ð¢¹ñ¢ ðòù¢ð£´¢ñ¢ 
êë¢ê¦õ¤ ê¤õ°ñ£ó¢ 
è¤ö袰ð¢ ðô¢è¬ôè¢èöèñ¢, ªêé¢èô¢Ê, Þô颬è 

Our past - an endangered species - 
an introduction to e-tenrals or What are we doing at Anthos Imprint Ltd 
Gunthard Mueller, 
Anthos Imprint Ltd, D-72762 Ruetlingen, Germany