Toast to Success Conference 2022 - TARMS

Welcome to Toast to Success Conference 2022!

We are excited to present this conference in collaboration with a number of Tamil community partners that are doing wonderful things in the non-profit space.

Join us on Sunday September 18th, for a day of inspiration, celebration and networking. This conference will include opportunities to network and discuss future trends with professionals in your specific industry or an industry you've always been interested in, as well as to expand your horizons and learn from professionals in other industries during our soft skill development sessions.

This conference will consist of three rounds of engaging speaker workshop sessions, networking segments between each round, as well as a chance to learn what other important work is being done in the Toronto Tamil non-profit community (see below for more details)

Round 1 of the conference will feature our Keynote Address by our speaker Kumutha Ramanathan.
More information on Kumutha can be found below.

Round 2 will consist of the following industry specific workshops:

• Innovate with TiF - "Economic Trends of the Future" – hosted by Tamils in Finance (TiF)

• Innovate with TARMS - "Trends in Healthcare" – hosted by Tamil Association of Residents and Medical Students (TARMS)

• "Growth and Inovation in Law" – hosted by Sangeetha Punniyamoorthy, Suresh Sriskandarajah, Kartiga Thavaraj, Nathaniel Balakumaran

• Innovate with Aravanai - "Entrepreneurship: A Journey of Adaptability & Evolution" – hosted by Aravanai

Round 3 will consist of two sessions catered towards skills that every professional needs.

• Grow with CFLI - "Soft Skills Development Workshop" – hosted by Centre for Leadership and Innovation (CFLI)

• Grow with Varman Smile - "Mental Health & Self-Care 101" – hosted by Varman Smile Foundation

Tickets can now be purchased for $75 each. Tickets are non-transferable and non-refundable.
Boxed lunch, hors d'oeuvres, and beverages are included in the ticket price.

Our esteemed guest this year is Kumutha Ramanathan.

Kumutha Ramanathan is an award-winning international journalist.

From Toronto to New York to London and beyond, she has covered murders, protests, floods, hostage takedowns and many other dramatic events for well over a decade. Along the way, she has also sat down with CEOs, politicians and other notable public figures as an anchor and reporter – asking them the tough questions. Her investigative feature on gay and illegal migrants in the United States of America led to her being awarded the First Place Prize for reporting by the South Asian Journalists Association.

Ramanathan eventually chose to specialise in business journalism after moving to London, reporting on-air and producing for Bloomberg TV and Radio, Yahoo Finance and other publications. She was nominated for the Asian Women of Achievement Awards UK 2017 following her accomplishments as a journalist. She is currently a television reporter with BNN Bloomberg, Canada’s business news network.

Ramanathan holds degrees from the Graduate School of Journalism at Columbia University and the University of Toronto.