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A dedicated team of SriVaishnavas carry out a plethora of activities to accomplish the mission of Paramanadi Trust.

Thiruvellarai Melatthirumaaligai Ammaal. Sri.U.Ve. Soumyanarayanachar Swami

Founder

Swami belongs to the illustrious lineage of Engalaazhvaan and is adept in Aruliccheyal and has also proof-read many Granthas (religious texts).

Swami has been conducting Paaraayanam, Sadas and other events for many years for spreading SriVaishnava Sampradayaa. In 2020, Swami established Paramanadi Trust to organise these events and many more at a larger scale. 

R Ranganathan

Secretary

Ranganathan, a native of Puthur Agraharam,  completed his Diploma in Civil Engineering in 1978 and served Indian Railways as a Senior Engineer (Civil). He oversaw key projects including the 1986 Srirangam station building, broad‑gauge conversion works between Trichy–Villupuram and Trichy–Thanjavur, and major Road Over Bridges.

R Srikanthan

Treasurer

Srikanthan holds a B.Com degree and a Hindi Praveen qualification. He served Indian Bank for 39 years and also taught Accounts and Hindi for several years. He offers selfless kainkaryam as Adhyapaka in various divyadesams, supports Bhagavatha and Acharya kainkaryams, and at Paramanadi Trust, oversees finances and contributes to key decisions.

T Sampath Narayanan

Trustee

Sampath from Tambaram is a postgraduate in Business Management and runs his own factory manufacturing rubber components. With extensive experience as a General Manager in both marketing and technical domains, he remains ambitious and keen on exploring new ventures.

G Vaikunth

Trustee

Vaikunth Gopalakrishnan, an MCA graduate with 26 years of experience in Information Technology and currently serves in a CXO‑level role at a global IT organization. He actively performs kainkaryams in various Divya Desams and has over two decades of leadership experience in managing non‑profit organisations and trusts.

S Soundararajan​

Trustee

Soundararajan Srinivasan served the Indian Railways for 37 plus years in the Stores Department at Ponmalai, excelling in multi‑role responsibilities and rigorous materials quality checking before retiring as Office Superintendent in June 2017. He now offers dedicated kainkaryam at Thiruvellarai Melathirumaligai.

S Kannan

Trustee

Kannan, an M.Com graduate, serves as Deputy Manager in the Stores Department at High Energy Batteries (India) Ltd. He brings strong administrative and operational expertise to the organisation, contributing reliably to its core functions.

E S Sridharaan

Trustee

Sridharaan as a CA, CISA, CRISC professional was initially a partner in a chartered accountant firm and later worked at Steria (Xansa) and Shell. He subsequently served as Power Agent at Sri Vanamamalai Mutt, Vanamamalai.

A SenthamaraiKannan

Trustee

SenthamaraiKannan completed B.Sc. in Chemistry and began his career as a Quality Controller at The Palani Andavar Mills Private Ltd., later qualifying in F.T.C., A.T.A., and procuring a Diploma in Labour Law. He continues to work in the same unit as Purchase Officer (Raw Material) with 37 years of experience, while also performing Nithya Aaradhana Kainkaryam at Porvega Perumal Temple, Udumalpet.

P Murali

Trustee

Murali holds MA and MPhil in Sanskrit and Pāñcharātra Āagama. He has taught Jyotiṣa to over 150 to 200 students in Bengaluru Pathashaalaa. He also teaches Pāñcharātra Stotra Pāṭha and performs Kainkaryam at Avinasi Perumal Sannidhi, assisting in Thiruvaaradhanam during major Utsavams.

R. Hathirajan

Trustee

Hathirajan is a Senior Executive in the Supply Chain Management – Forecast Planning & Distribution department at C.R.I. Pumps Private Limited. He is working from their Corporate Office in Coimbatore. He has 20 years of experience in the field.

Sathish Sethuraman

Trustee

Sathish holds a Master’s degree in Computer Science from Bharathidasan University and has served in global IT roles across Hong Kong and the United States for over two decades. He is currently a Delivery Manager at Carelon Global Solutions, Bengaluru, a subsidiary of Elevance Health, USA.

Thiruvellarai Melatthirumaaligai Ammaal. Sri.U.Ve. Vishnuchithan Swami

Executive Director

Adept at Visishtaadvaita SriVaishnava Sampradaaya Granthas and Aruliccheyal, Swami serves at Srirangam Periya Koyil as Koyil Adhyapaka. He also teaches students, conducts Upanyaasams and  participates in Sadas. 

He organizes and coordinates all the activities of Paramanadi Trust and Noolaatti.

Swami has learnt:

  • Aruliccheyal from his father Thiruvellarai Melatthirumaaligai Ammal. Sri.U.Ve. Soumyanarayanacharya Swami and Koyil Naalaayira Adhyaapaka Sri.U.Ve. Ramanuja Aiyangaar Swami
  • Stotrapaatha from his father, Koyil Vidvaan Sri.U.Ve. Narasimhaachaarya Swami and Srivilliputtur Vidvaan Kannan Aiyangaar Swami
  • Visishtaadvaita SriVaishnava Sampradaaya Granthas primarily from Thiruppullani Sri.U.Ve. Sundararaja Aiyangaar Swami. Some granthas from Gomatam Sri.U.Ve. SampathKumaraachaarya Swami and Vaanamaamalai Sri.U.Ve. Krishna Aiyangaar Swami
  • Teaches Vedaanta and Sampradaaya texts like SriBhaashyam, SriGeethaa Bhaashyam, Vedaartha Sangraha, Bhagavad Vishayam, SriVachana Bhooshanam etc to many students and SriVaishnavas
  • Does Upanyaasams on several topics and participates in several sadas
  • Spreads Sampradaaya principles to SriVaishnavas through the mobile App – AayarThevu
  • On behalf of Paramanadi Trust and its Noolaatti Pala Kalai Orppu Maiyam (SriVaishnava Visishtaadvaita Research Institute), he is involved in:
    • Organising Sadas, Sampradaaya courses, classes, workshops and events
    • Setting up a library of Sampradaaya and Saastra texts
    • Preserving Palm leaf manuscripts
    • Publishing books
  • Received the Gopaalopaayanam award (of Srimad Ubhaya Vedaanta Aachaarya Peetham) from Sri Sri Sri Tridandi Chinna SrimannarayanaRamanuja Jeeyar Swami in 2025
  • Received the SriVaishnava Sampradaya Seva Sri award (of Shree Vishvamangala Lakshmi Narasimhan Swamy Devasthaanam) from the present Azhagiya Singar in 2024

R RamNarayanan

Director of Administration

A chartered accountant by profession, Ramnarayanan coordinates with the secretary and treasurer on maintaining the accounts of Paramanadi and Noolaatti . He is involved in planning and organising events conducted by Noolaatti and Paramanadi in coordination with the trustees besides taking care of all administrative work and decision making related to Paramanadi and Noolaatti.

Kesavan

App Developer and Technical Consultant

Kesavan is the son of previous Trustee Shri R. Rengarajan, a retired AGM of the Central Bank of India. He works as a Cloud Architect in Sydney, Australia and has over a decade of experience in building and supporting production systems.

He developed the AayarThevu app from scratch on his own and maintains it on his own, providing periodic updates. He is consulted for all aspects related to IT in Paramanadi and Noolaatti and has an uncanny knack of providing reliable solutions for technical issues faced by Noolaatti and Paramanadi. He is also developing a search tool employing OCR.

Vinod

Audio Visual Manager

An expert in audio visual technology, Vinod is responsible for identifying and managing the audio and video systems used in the different events and online seminars/meetings at Paramanadi and Noolaatti and ensures seamless broadcasting of the events.

Nathamuni

Nathamuni is a Software Engineer. He creates and maintains the internal Receipts App which is used to acknowledge contributions made to Paramanadi and Noolaatti.

Noolatti Pala Kalai Orppu Maiyam has framed syllabus for courses in Saahityam, Vyaakaranam, Nyaaya, Meemaamsaa, Visishtaadvaita Vedaanta, Aruliccheyal, Sampradaaya, Paancharaatra Aagama, Dharma Shaastras, Ithihaasas and Puraanas and Rahaysa Granathas. The courses have been framed for a term of 4 to 7 years depending on the respected categories. Noolaatti also provides options to take up examinations in important indivudal texts in each of these fields.

Thirukkovalur Emberumanar Jeeyar Sri.U.Ve. Dehalisha Ramanujacharya Swami

Thirukkovalur Emberumanar Jeeyar Sri.U.Ve. Dehalisha Ramanujacharya Swami is the 26th Mathaadhipathi of Thirukkovalur Emberumaanaar Jeeyar Mutt and is doing daily Kainkaryam to Thirukkovaloor Aayanaar as well as receiving several Satkaaram. 

Swami runs his own Paathashaala in Thirukkovaloor.

Swami is involved in framing syllabus for Noolaatti courses and is also an examiner for the examinations conducted by Nolaatti Pala Kalai Orppu Maiyam . 

  • Saastras and Sampradaaya Granthas from Kotthimangalam Varadacharya Swami, M A Azhvar Swami, K E Devanathacharya Swami, M A VenkataKrishnan Swami and others
  • Learnt whole of Navya Nyaaya, SriBhaashyam and Sampradaaya Granthas and a few important texts of Prachina Nyaaya
  • Learnt basic texts of Vyaakaranam, Saahitya and Meemaamsaa
  • Completed the Tenali exam in Nyaaya
  • Completed an exam conducted by TTD on Nyaaya
  • Delivering lectures on difficult topics from rare texts
  • Collecting Granthas from various sources.
  • Transliterating texts published in Telugu script or Grantha lipi, to Devanaagari lipi
  • Publishing a series of Granthas by scholars of the last few centuries under the name SaastraRatnaavali
  • Publishing rare Sampradaaya Granthas
  • Running a Paathashaala and training the children there in Sanskrit and Shaastras so that they can take up the  examinations given by Tenali and Nolaatti Pala Kalai Orppu Maiyam while also pursuing Sanskrit education in university 
  • Doing daily Kainkaryam to Thirukkovaloor Aayanaar and several satkaram in Thirukkovaloor and other Divya Desams
  • Doing Upanyaasams
  • Delivering lectures in Sadas

Sri.U.Ve. Purushotthaman Swami

Sri.U.Ve. Purushotthaman Swami is a Mahant at  Vaanamaamalai Mutt, Nepal. He runs a Paathashaala named Sri Venkatesh Gurukul Vidyalaya in Kathmandu.

Swami runs his own Paathashaala in Thirukkovaloor.

Swami is involved in framing syllabus for Noolaatti courses and is also an examiner for the examinations conducted by Nolaatti Pala Kalai Orppu Maiyam . 

  • Has mastered Saahitya and is one of the very few authorities on Saastra who can teach the minute points of it
  • Has mastered several Nyaaya texts
  • Knows important minute aspects of Vyaakaranam
  • Knows aspects of several other Saastras like Visishtaadvaita, Meemaamsaa, Jyotisha, Aayurveda etc
  • Was Assistant Professor in Jagadguru Ramanandacharya Rajasthan Sanskrit University, Jaipur
  • Swami is invited, by many universities and other institutions, to be a Judge for several national level competitions for students and scholars
  • Has attended several national seminars.
  • Edited the Nyaaya Siddhaanjanam with commentary
  • Currently teaching Sanskrit and Shaastras to his Paathashaala students in Kathmandu and encouraging them to they can take up the  examinations given by Nolaatti Pala Kalai Orppu Maiyam while also preparing them for university examinations in Sanskrit and Shaastras
  • Delivering lectures on Itihaasas and Puraanas
  • Awarded the prestigious Maharshi Badrayan Vyas Samman by the President of India for the year 2017 for his proficiency and contribution to Sanskrit
  • Received the Vyas Bala Vaksh award
  • Awarded the Saraswati Samman Puraskar by Vyaasa Baalaabaksh Shodha Samsthaan, Jaipur

Thiruvellarai Melatthirumaaligai Ammaal. Sri.U.Ve. Vishnuchithan Swami 

Thiruvellarai Melatthirumaaligai Ammal. Sri.U.Ve. Vishnuchithan Swami belongs to the lineage of Engalaazhvaan. 

Apart from playing the role of the Executive Director, Swami is involved in framing syllabus for Noolaatti courses and is also an examiner for the examinations conducted by Nolaatti Pala Kalai Orppu Maiyam. 

Swami has learnt:

  • Aruliccheyal from his father Thiruvellarai Melatthirumaaligai Ammal. Sri.U.Ve. Soumyanarayanacharya Swami and Koyil Naalaayira Adhyaapaka Sri.U.Ve. Ramanuja Aiyangaar Swami
  • Stotrapaatha from his father, Koyil Vidvaan Sri.U.Ve. Narasimhaachaarya Swami and Srivilliputtur Vidvaan Kannan Aiyangaar Swami
  • Visishtaadvaita SriVaishnava Sampradaaya Granthas primarily from Thiruppullani Sri.U.Ve. Sundararaja Aiyangaar Swami. Some granthas from Gomatam Sri.U.Ve. SampathKumaraachaarya Swami and Vaanamaamalai Sri.U.Ve. Krishna Aiyangaar Swami
  • Teaches Vedaanta and Sampradaaya texts like SriBhaashyam, SriGeethaa Bhaashyam, Vedaartha Sangraha, Bhagavad Vishayam, SriVachana Bhooshanam etc to many students and SriVaishnavas
  • Does Upanyaasams on several topics and participates in several sadas
  • Spreads Sampradaaya principles to SriVaishnavas through the mobile App – AayarThevu
  • On behalf of Paramanadi Trust and its Noolaatti Pala Kalai Orppu Maiyam (SriVaishnava Visishtaadvaita Research Institute), he is involved in:
    • Organising Sadas, Sampradaaya courses, classes, workshops and events
    • Setting up a library of Sampradaaya and Saastra texts
    • Preserving Palm leaf manuscripts
    • Publishing books
  • Received the Gopaalopaayanam award (of Srimad Ubhaya Vedaanta Aachaarya Peetham) from Sri Sri Sri Tridandi Chinna SrimannarayanaRamanuja Jeeyar Swami in 2025
  • Received the SriVaishnava Sampradaya Seva Sri award (of Shree Vishvamangala Lakshmi Narasimhan Swamy Devasthaanam) from the present Azhagiya Singar in 2024

E S Sridharaan

Trustee

Sridharaan as a CA, CISA, CRISC professional was initially a partner in a chartered accountant firm and later worked at Steria (Xansa) and Shell. He subsequently served as Power Agent at Sri Vanamamalai Mutt, Vanamamalai.

Apart from being a Trustee, he is also part of the Manuscripts Procurement, Conservation and Digitisation unit of Noolaatti.

Viji Sridharan

Paramanadi Front Desk

With a Computer Science and Engineering degree, Viji worked at Ramco Systems and Cognizant Technology Solutions. Apart from handling Front Desk activities, she is also part of the Manuscripts Procurement, Conservation and Digitisation unit of Noolaatti.

Gayatri Govindan

Gayatri, USA, is a B.Tech graduate in Information Technology, and has 20 years of Quality Assurance experience across Telecom, Business Travel, Banking, and Financial domains. She now helps with Manuscripts procurement and preparing the Catalogue of Manuscripts. 

Sujatha Balaji

Sujatha has an MSc computer science and is presently working in an American company as a software automation test engineer in Toronto. At Noolaatti, she aids to procure Manuscripts and to prepare the Catalogue of Manuscripts. 

Sukanya Sriram

Sukanya, a Master’s graduate in Biotechnology and former Biopharma Research Scientist specializing in bioanalytical data analysis, has also worked as an SEO freelancer in Canada. She helps with preparing the Catalogue of Manuscripts. 

Sriram

Internal Coordinator

Sriram, an MCA graduate, offers dedicated kainkaryam at the Thiruvellarai Mamunigal Sannidhi. He manages member communications, WhatsApp coordination, and all travel arrangements for Noolaatti events with reliability and care.  

He helps assimilate soft copies of books from various sources.

Jagannathan

Jagannathan helps to scan books for the Digital Library of Noolaatti.

Vedanarayanan

Vedanarayanan manages the Paramanadi and Noolaatti Youtube channel uploads apart from heping with the documentation tasks at Noolaatti.

Varunn Madhavan

Currently pursuing his Engineering Degree at Sastra, Varunn takes care of the Instagram account of Paramanadi and Noolaatti and also helps with content management in YouTube and social media.

K. Pavithra

Auditor

Pavithra is a qualified Chartered Accountant with initial industry experience gained through a brief stint in an organisation. Since May 2014, she has been in independent practice, providing reliable and professional accounting, auditing, and taxation services.

She has been the auditor for Paramanadi Trust and Noolaatti since its inception. 

 

Kaavya Ramprasad

Ramprasad

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