Plenary Session Schedule
Jul 6, 2019 | 8:00 AM – 09:45 AM
| Call to order the Plenary Session & Introduce MC | ‘Pulavar’ Dr. Francis S Muthu / Dr. P. Marudanayagam Chair, Academic Committee / Co-Chair, Academic Committee |
| MC takes over the session | Arasar Arullallar Chair, Academic Sub-Committee for Communications |
| Invocation – Thamizh Thai Vazhthu | Star Spangled Banner | Kuthuvilaku Lighting | Sirkazhi Sivachidambaram | Chicago Schools Kids | TBA |
| Welcome Address | Sponsor |
| Conference Introduction | Tan Sri Dr. Marimuthu President, IATR |
| Call to order the Plenary Session & Introduce MC | Dr. M. Ponnavaikko Vice-President, IATR |
| Felicitation of Keynote speakers & IATR (Pres. & Vice Pres.) | Sundar Kuppusamy, Veera Venugopal, Soma Ilangovan, Mani Gunasekaran |
| Introduction to Conference Theme & Scientists | ‘Pulavar’ Dr. Francis S Muthu Chair, Academic Committee |
| Introduction of Literary Scholars | Dr. P. Marudanayagam Co-Chair, Academic Committee |
| Keynote Address – Conference Theme | Dr. Spencer Wells Leading geneticist | Anthropologist Director Genographic Project, National Geographic, U.S.A |
| Address – Literary Aspect | Dr. George L Hart Former Tamil Chair | Professor Emeritus – South East Asian Studies University of California, Berkeley, U.S.A |
| Genetic & Genographic Studies | Dr. Pitchappan Ramasamy Fellow, Indian Academy of Sciences |
| Indus Valley Civilization | Dr. Vasant S Shinde Vice-Chancellor, Deccan College, Pune, India Leading Indus Valley Archaeologist |
| Archaeological Discoveries | Dr. K. Rajan Archaeologist | Dept. of History, Pondicherry University, Puducherry, India | Former Fellow, Cambridge University, UK |
| Kumari Coast & Kumari Civilization | Dr. SM. Ramasamy Former Vice-Chancellor, Gandhigram University, India |
| Tamil Classical Literature | Dr. A. Shanmugadass Emeritus Professor, University of Jaffna, Srilanka |
| Tolkappiyam | Dr. V. Murugan Lexicographer, Central Institute of Classical Tamil, India |
| Contributions of Scholars | Rev. Dr. Amudhan Adigal Director, Thaninayaga Adigal Tamilology Institute, India |
| Tirukkural | Dr. T. Murugarathanam Professor Co-Ordinator of School of Tamil Studies | Professor & Head of Tirukkural Chair of Madurai Kamaraj University, India |
| Tamil Modern Literature | Dr. Shri Laksmi Singapore University of Social Sciences, Singapore |
| Tamil Language & Linguistics | Dr. Mohana Dass Ramasamy Sr. Lecturer, University of Malaya, Malaysia |
| Tamil Music & Performing Arts | Dr. Amudha Pandian Retired Principal, Govt. Arts College, University of Madras, India |
| Vote of Thanks | Veera Venugopal Convention Co-Ordinator |