Pravesh Purusothaman , Ankita Sachdev and Sundaram Aravamudhan won JHC OBA Geethavani 2008 Awards, knows as Australian Tamil Idol Awards, at the competition held at Ryde Civic Centre on 08th June 2008. Jaffna Hindu College Oldboys’ Association Sydney  organized the event with a view to encourage the growing number of talented Tamil singers within Australia, said Selvadurai Varathakeyan, President. He further said one the major objective of JHC OBA Sydney is to contribute the funds generated from this type of events towards maintaining basic infrastructure support and services. Last Year JHC OBA Sydney donated three over head projectors and one portable multimedia projector sources said.

Music Director of the program was Maestro Sarangan Sriranganathan. Masters of the ceremonies were Maheswaran Pranaharan and Gnanasegaram Srirangan.

Geethavani 2008 Award Winners -  Pravesh Purusothaman , Ankita Sachdev & Sundaram  Aravamudhan

JHC OBA Sydney Geethavani Award Winners 2008

Category 1  ( 12-18 Years )
Award Winner – Pravesh Purusothaman
Runner Up – Babitha Selvananthan & Arruni Kandasamy

Category 2 ( 10-35 Years )
Award Winner – Ankita Sachdev
Runner Up – Sharmila Vicekananda , Nathan Raj , Suhirtha Jesuthas , Thananchan Ramanathan and Gayathri Srinivasan

Category 3 ( Over 35 years )
Award Winner – Sundaram  Aravamudhan
Runner Up – Appadurai Thiyakesan and Purusothaman Govindasamy