Sugan Mannavarajan: Toast To Success Established Professional Award Winner Sugan Mannavarajan is a community builder, amplifier and futurist who currently works as the National Relationships Manager in Innovation & Partnerships for Canada Housing and Mortgage Corporation (CMHC). Over the course of his career, Sugan has helped spearhead multi-billion dollar initiatives to support Canadians. As the recipient of the 2021 Toast …
MUNNETRAM: Samanta Krishnapillai
Samanta Krishnapillai: Toast To Success Emerging Professional Award Winner At the start of the pandemic in March 2020, Samanta Krisnapillai used her personal Instagram account to share stories that explain COVID-19 to her followers, and answered over 250 questions during the first month of the global pandemic. It became apparent that there was a need for a platform that could …
MUNNETRAM: Sugan Mannavarajan
Sugan Mannavarajan: Toast To Success Established Professional Award Winner Sugan Mannavarajan is a community builder, amplifier and futurist who currently works as the National Relationships Manager in Innovation & Partnerships for Canada Housing and Mortgage Corporation (CMHC). Over the course of his career, Sugan has helped spearhead multi-billion dollar initiatives to support Canadians. As the recipient of the 2021 Toast …
MUNNETRAM: Sindu Sivayogam
Sindu Sivayogam is a freelance urban planner and visual artist based in Mississauga. She received her MSc in City Design and Social Science from the London School of Economics and Political Science, and prior to that, received her BES in Planning with a specialization in Urban Design from the University of Waterloo. As an urban planner, she has worked on …
MUNNETRAM: Bhairavi Shankar
There are scientists who spend their lives studying and mapping the contours of the Earth.There are scientists who spend their lives gazing into the vastness of outer space.And then there is Dr. Bhairavi Shankar, who combines both fields in her research on planetary geology! Dr. Shankar is a scientist who specializes in planetary science, a field that combines astronomy, geology, …
MUNNETRAM: Sharon Bala
Biography Sharon Bala is a writer, best known for her novel The Boat People, and has also published a number of short stories in a variety of magazines. In today’s Munnetram feature, we spoke to Sharon Bala about her journey as a writer, and how she crafts compelling, character-focused stories. Although Sharon has been writing since she was a kid, …
MUNNETRAM: Ajith Thiyagalingam
Our annual Toast to Success Awards of Professional Excellence, celebrates leaders who have demonstrated professional growth and strong commitment to enriching the Tamil community. The 2020 recipient of CTPA’s “Emerging Professional” award is Ajith Thiyagalingam. Biography Ajith has championed the rights of the Tamil community through his legal and policy work, and various initiatives. Ajith is Legal Counsel at the Immigration …
MUNNETRAM: Kumaran Nadesan
Our annual Toast to Success Awards of Professional Excellence, celebrates leaders who have demonstrated professional growth and strong commitment to enriching the Tamil community. The 2020 recipient of CTPA’s “Established Professional” award is Kumaran Nadesan. Biography Kumaran is a civil servant currently working as a Senior Business Consultant in the Ontario Public Service. He was born in Jaffna, Sri Lanka …
MUNNETRAM: V. T. Nayani
Original image by Ebti Nabag. Banner made by Gowsika Sriskantharajah. V. T. Nayani is an award-winning director, producer and writer, working in film, television, and digital video. Her first feature documentary, Shadeism: Digging Deeper, was screened at film festivals across the world. We sat down to talk to Nayani about storytelling, diversity in cinema, and what it is like to …
How to professionally cope with COVID-19
COVID-19. What started as a terrible news story from China quickly morphed into a horrifying reality across the globe. Many of us have started to work from home, while many more of us are still on the job in fields such as healthcare and supply chain logistics. Not to mention, a growing number of us have been laid off due …
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