 The governing body for Classical Tamil Institute (TLPB) was also changed as "Aimperumkuzhu" (literally "5-membered great team") and "Enperayam" (literally "8-membered great committee") under two vice-chairmen, V. I. Subramoniam and V. C. Kulandaiswamy, with the chairman for this governing body being M. Karunanidhi.The CICT is engaged in the task of developing Tamil through various programmes of its own.The Institute is responsible for the Kural Peedam Award.