2021 was a difficult year for everyone surviving into second year of global pandemic; however for Tamil computing community had much progress; here is my take on it.

	Event	Comments	Date
1	Rust language support	Tokenizer for REST rust_v0.1	Jan 17th ’21
2	open-tamil v1.0	Release v1.0 : bug-fix pypi	Apr 18th ’21
3	tamilinayavaani v0.14	Release v0.14 : pypi	Dec 5th ’21
4	Book Translation of ‘Practical Algorithms and Data Structures’	pending – typeset + copy-edit; 220 page book	Nov ’21
5	Relaunch Min Madurai Tamil app	Google Play Store : link	Sep 8 ’21
6	Tutorial for TIC 20th – Keras AI	Beginning AI applications: link	Dec 4th ’21

This year has been tough but we keep our head above the water for another challenging year 2022. I’m also happy to share I’ve volunteered to serve in the steering committee at INFITT organization to share some of open-source view points from my experience and some AI/ML strategies for developing our ecosystem.

Some of the major events by INFITT in 2021 are successful organization of Hackathon for college students at KCT in Kovai; 20th TIC organized virtually with good turnout and contributions from industry and academics.

Hope you are vaccinated, stay healthy, and in positive frame of mind to have a successful year and share some of your contributions to Tamil community.

Sincerely

-Muthu