To promote the use of Tamil among students, Alagappa Institutions Alumni Singapore organised a Tamil animation competition. Each team of 3 students competed in either of the Primary 4-6, Secondary 1-2 and Secondary 3-4 categories. On 27 Jan 2018, they attended a workshop on the use of Scratch animation program and have several weeks to submit a movie of up to 7 min. 90 teams submitted their entries for the competition and the finalists were judged on 7 Apr 2018 at Umar Pulavar Tamil Language Centre.