The Tamil Heritage Trust-Prof S Swaminathan Heritage Award (THT-SS Award) aims to recognize exceptional individual contributions towards the understanding, dissemination and preservation of Indian Heritage.
As a lover of Indian heritage, you will have come across someone who is doing great work in this area. He or she may be contributing in one or more of the following ways:
a. Preserving our heritage - through conservation, documentation etc.,
b. Disseminating knowledge and information about our heritage - through writing books, articles, blog posts, giving lectures, conducting heritage walks etc.
c. Deepening our understanding of our heritage through academic research, field work, etc.,
In 2020, Tamil Heritage Trust instituted the THT-Prof S Swaminathan Heritage Award to recognise the contributions of such "heritage heroes".
If you know someone who you believe should be considered for such a recognition, we invite you to nominate them for the Award.
How to nominate:
1. Any individual can nominate any other individual.
2. Individuals can also nominate themselves.
3. Nominee's age should be between 20 and 50 years as of July 15, 2025.
4. The individual must be a citizen of India and ordinarily resident in India.
5. Nominations must be submitted through this online form and should reach us before August 15th, 2025.
6. Nominations and accompanying details may be in English or Tamil only.
7. Nominations that were not considered for the Award in previous years can be sent again this year with up-to-date information.
The last date for receiving nominations is August 15th, 2025.
Please note that we will be including nominations that were received last year for consideration for this year’s award. If you have nominated someone the last year and would like to update your nomination please use the nomination form to submit any additional information.
We look forward to hearing from you soon.
For any clarifications, please send a mail to admin@tamilheritage.in or ashwin.prabhu@gmail.com