Maryland Tamil Academy (MTA) is dedicated to teaching the Tamil language to children in and around Maryland, USA. This is a volunteer-run non-profit organization serving people from Maryland, DC, and Virginia. MTA’s primary activities revolve around weekly Tamil classes, which are held on every Friday from 7 pm to 9 pm during the school year.

MTA is a charitable, non-profit, secular organization established in Maryland, primarily to teach the Tamil language to children and introduce the history and cultural values to them.

For the past 10+ years, volunteers have been dedicating their time and efforts to teaching children in this area. Classes have been held in public libraries, private homes, and other venues. As the demand for Tamil instruction has grown the school has also grown.

Towards this purpose and to successfully continue to develop the school in Maryland, MTA’s volunteers have established the following goals for the organization.

• Provide a fun, learning environment for children in the Tamil school.
• Introduce Tamil culture and history to the children.
• Establish a sustainable volunteer-based organization as a non-profit.
• Create an open, democratic organization structure to promote transparent decision-making and sustainable progress.

In addition to Tamil education, MTA volunteers have been working with the Tamil Sangam of Greater Washington, Inc for the children to participate in various Tamil cultural activities and competitions. Also, MTA organizes various cultural and educational competitions for Tamil students during mid and annual-year functions.

Maryland Tamil Academy is organized and run by volunteers. All of our teachers, organizers, and administrators have dedicated their time to ensure that our classes run weekly and in with the standards of the ATA curriculum and follow MCPS facility guidelines.

2023-2025 நிர்வாகக் குழு / Current MTA Executive Board

President: Mr. Vadivel Ramasamy
Vice-President: Mr. Kamalabharathy Pachiyappan
Secretary: Mr. Sankarasubramanian Parameswaran
Joint Secretary: Mr. Ramasamy Kandasamy
Treasurer: Mr. Arun Venkatesh Chelladurai

Board of Directors:
Mr. Karthikeyan Parasuraman
Mrs. Saranya Krishnamoorthy
Mrs. Shoba Ramesh
Mr. Syed Abubacker

Past MTA Executive Boards:

2021-2023 நிர்வாகக் குழு / 2021-2023 MTA Executive Board

President: Mr. Suresh Ramamoorthy
Vice-President: Mr. Vadivel Ramasamy
Secretary: Mr. Kamalabharathy Pachiyappan
Joint Secretary: Mrs. Lakshmi Venkataraman
Treasurer: Mr. Arun Venkatesh Chelladurai

Board of Directors:
Mr. Jagadeesh Shanmugasundaram
Mr. Ramasamy Kandasamy
Mr. Sankarasubramanian Parameswaran
Mrs. Shoba Ramesh

2018-2021 நிர்வாகக்குழு / 2018-2021 MTA Executive Board

President: Mr. Suresh Ramamoorthy
Vice-President: Mr. Vadivel Ramasamy
Secretary: Mr. Vinoth Jagannathan
Joint Secretary: Mrs. Kokila Rajesh
Treasurer: Mr. Kamalabharathy Pachiyappan

Board of Directors:
Mrs. Lakshmi Venkatraman
Mr. Samy Payiran
Mrs. Priya Venkatraman
Mrs. Shoba Socrates

2016-2018 நிர்வாகக்குழு / 2016-2018 MTA Executive Board

President: Dr. Nagaraja Sethuraman B
Vice-President: Mr. Johnson Sabariar
Secretary:  Mr. Sreenivasan Shanmugam
Joint Secretary: Mr. Suresh Ramamoorthy
Treasurer: Mr. Babu Ganesh Rajagopal

Board of Directors:
Mrs. Kokila Rajesh
Mr. Thilak Thandapani
Mr. Vadivel Ramasamy
Mrs. Vinodhini Manivannan

2014-2016 நிர்வாகக்குழு / 2014-2016 MTA Executive Board

President: Dr. Nagaraja Sethuraman B
Vice-President: Mr. Johnson Sabariar
Secretary:  Mr. Kannan Kunjidhapatham
Joint Secretary: Mr. Babu Ganesh Rajagopal
Treasurer: Mrs. Jayapriya Venkatesperumal

Board of Directors:
Mr. Guruvayurappan Sundaraparipooranam
Mrs. Hemapriya Ponnuvel
Mr. Senthil Kumar Kaliamoorthy
Mr. Sreenivasan Shanmugam

2013 – 2014 நிர்வாகக்குழு / 2013-2014 MTA Board (2013 MTA Board established):

President: Dr. Nagaraja Sethuraman B
Vice-President: Mr. Johnson Sabariar
Secretary: Mr. Kannan Kunjidhapatham
Treasurer: Mr. Babu Ganesh Rajagopal
Board Member: Mr. Senthil Kumar Kaliamoorthy