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Thanthai Chelva Memorial Trust (Incorporation) Act (No. 47 of 1982) - Sect 3

object of Trust

3. The object for which the Trust is incorporated is hereby declared to be to administer, manage and control as a separate and distinct fund
(1) the Thanthai Chelva Memorial Samadhi Fund (hereinafter referred to as "the Samadhi Fund") to be Utilized for the purposes of
(a) maintaining and preserving, the Samadhi with the commemorative pillar constructed to enable the people of the country and visitors from abroad to pay homage to the departed leader Thanthai Chelva; and
(b) keeping the said Samadhi in good repair including the construction of any extensions and any additions, alterations, or modifications as and when necessary or deemed fit by the Board of Trustees; and
(2) the Thanthai Chelva Educational Fund (hereinafter referred to as " the Educational Fund") to be utilized for the advancement of education in general and particularly for the following other purposes:
(a) providing financial assistance by . way of scholarships, loans, advances and other grants to deserving students of the Tamil speaking community to pursue their studies including research in Sri Lanka and abroad ;
(b) organizing memorial lectures to be delivered by eminent persons annually or bi-annually on topics of public interest;
(c) publishing books and papers of the aforesaid :memorial lectures in the field of Tamil language, Tamil literature and on the social, political, historical and economic development of the Tamil speaking people and publishing the biography and speeches and writings of Thanthai Chelva and of other Tamil scholars and leaders;
(d) building and establishing a library which shall house in particular leading works in Tamil and on the social, economic, political and historical development of the Tamil speaking people and the writings and speeches of Thanthai Chelva and other leaders ;
(e) organizing and training Sarvodaya youth service teams who by the participation in Shramadana work connected with village development and community welfare, -will help to initiate a pervasive social transformation and a wholesale metamorphosis of habits, values and attitudes;
(f) establishing and promoting evening schools to foster adult education with the view to eradicate illiteracy among the Tamil speaking people; and
(g) providing financial assistance by way of scholarships, loans, advances and other grants to promote research studies on Tamil culture, Tamil language, Tamil literature, historical and socio-economic development of the Tamil speaking people and in general, any research study that would benefit the Tamil speaking community.

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