Our Team at GCSMR
Guiding Siddha Medicine Research and Integrative Healthcare for global health.
President
Daivamani Sivasailam has a B.E in Civil Engineering from College of Engineering, Guindy and a M.S. in Transportation Engineering from Virginia Tech. Since 1984 he has worked in various aspects of Transportation and currently is a Manager at the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments.
He has devoted most of his free time for the Tamil Community in the US at the national level and local level. For the past 15 years he and a few friends have run a Tamil School in Maryland and over 250 students are currently enrolled in the school.
He is also involved with Tamil Nadu Foundation, a charitable organization founded in 1974 for the past 34 years and was the immediate past President. He successfully implemented a number of rehabilitation projects during helping the people affected by the 2015 floods. He believes in the effectiveness of Siddha Medicine which has its roots in Tamilagam of Sangam era and feels the knowledge should be spread to all.
Secretary
Mrs. Senthamarai Prabhakar (goes by Thamarai), former president of FeTNA (Federation of Tamil Sangams of North America).
www.fetna.org
Served as a Director in the Board, Joint Secretary, Secretary, Vice President, and President in FeTNA from 2011 to 2018.
Also served as President in the local Tamil organization, Greater Charlotte Tamil Association, a registered non-profit organization in North Carolina between 2011 and 2014.
www.cltts.org
Key volunteer in the formation of Tamil schools (Arasinagara Tamil Palli) and an active volunteer teacher till now
https://arasinagaratamilpalli.org/
Active volunteer in various Charitable organizations working on Social, Cultural, Environmental, and Empowerment of Women.
Vice President
Currently working as a Research Scientist at Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA.
Ph. D. (Endocrinology): A. L. Mudaliar Post-Graduate Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Taramani, Chennai.
Postdoctoral Fellow: Population Council, NY, USA.
Professional Experience: Published several research articles in Peer-Reviewed Journals in Endocrinology and Diabetes.
They can be found in the below link: https://tinyurl.com/3rscrfen
Community Activities:
Ever since I migrated to the US, I have been volunteering for various Tamil & Indian organizational activities.
Since 2000, I have been actively contributing to the Tamil Sangam of Carolina and served as Secretary (2016-2018).
From 2007, have been actively contributing to the Federation of Tamil Sangams of North America (FeTNA) and served as Secretary (2016-2018).
Currently serving as Treasurer of American Tamil Media, A media solely focusing on Tamil language heritage and the well-being of Tamil Diaspora across the globe.
Also, have been serving the Global Center for Siddha Medicine and Research (GCSMR) since its conception and recently has been given an opportunity to serve as Joint Secretary.
Treasurer
I have a MS in Economics from AVVM Sri Pushpam College, Poondi, Thanjavur. Have been living here in USA about 20 years. Currently working at Duke University Children’s hospital in Finance department of Patient Revenue management.
Although far from home, I have always had passion for serving Tamil community here in US and back home in Tamilnadu. Most of my time is spent on serving the Tamil community. I served as a Board member, Secretary and President in Carolina Tamil Sangam, NC.
My passion for Tamil community and the Tamil language has driven me to help Pollachi Thai Tamil Palli (School) for the past several years. This has been instrumental in the lives of several kids in the school. I have always been a strong supporter and practice natural therapy. I have great interest in Siddha medicine and its outcomes in the growing interests of integrative medicine. It is an honor and great opportunity to serve GCSMR.
