Vetriselvi Rajamanickam founded California Tamil Academy (now International Tamil Academy, ITA) and
presently serves as the President of the ITA Board and Head of Curriculum at ITA. She holds a postgraduate degree in
History from Bharathidasan University, India.
At ITA, she provides leadership and management for all academic areas by overseeing and coordinating with volunteers.
As Head of Curriculum, she drafts and presents budget plans for the resources needed to develop the curriculum to
ITA's board. She also identifies appropriate volunteers to build the curriculum, creating a sustainable team. In this
role, she coordinates with different groups and international book writers to determine the appropriate curriculum for
the excellent grade. She explores various country texts, exercises, essays, and story books and interacts with book
writers, developers, animators, printers, and shipping facilities. As Textbook Development Team Lead and Coordinator,
she is the liaison between book authors and ITA teacher volunteers and is responsible for developing ITA textbooks.
She continuously explores new techniques, books, and trainers to create a compelling and evolving curriculum.
She spearheads the organization and development of international Tamil education conferences to bring in new teaching
methods, tools, and techniques. ITA is a progressive organization, constantly staying relevant to the needs of the
diaspora. ITA’s goal is to create teaching methods that would be acceptable to the future generations, which may or
may not have any links to Tamil Nadu, yet preserve Tamil language, culture, and the rich roots. The persistence and
desire for Tamil and culture drove her to build a homegrown teaching experience to a fully-fledged Tamil institution.
Vetriselvi also serves as the Chairman of Parivallal Matriculation Higher Secondary School, India, a non-profit
school. Her father, Shri Madhavan, founded this school in her village to provide rural children with an education
similar to well-run schools in large metros. The belief is that providing quality education to these rural children
from impoverished families can equip them with the ability to compete with students from large cities. She has been
involved in school funding and operations for 35 years, focusing on progressive teaching methods, while being
understanding of rural kids and their economic situation. By managing to get well-wishers worldwide to help fund the
operations, her school has one of the best results in the region and has produced many students who have moved out of
poverty and, in turn, their families and communities have as well.
She is the Founder of Ulaga Tamil Magalir Mamandram, UTAMAM, which is a non-profit organization created by a group of
women of Tamil origin. The organization’s goal is to educate, empower, and elevate South Asian women worldwide through
mentorship, establishing support networks, and organizing individualized fundraisers. Ultimately, the organization
wants to recognize and celebrate the achievements of South Asian women and provide them with the tools they need to
actualize their dreams.
Vetriselvi serves as the Director of Operations at T2 System Pvt Ltd., which is a Singapore-based entity managing
investments in companies outside of India. She serves as the Director of Ponni Tech Pvt Ltd (Malaysia), which is a
consultant company for OSAT that helps to build the factories. She also serves as the Director of Ponni Tech Pvt Ltd
(India), a real estate and investment company, which focuses on consolidating and looking into potential startups that
will benefit the larger society.