Started by a small group of Samskritam enthusiasts at the University of Maryland, USA, this yahoogroups has now grown into a public yahoogroups with thousands of members from around the globe.

Currently the group servers the purpose of being an announcement list for important Samskritam news and activities from around the world.

umd_samskritam is now part of a larger initiative "Campus Samskritam" . Our website is www.speaksanskrit.org and discussion forum is http://www.speaksanskrit.org/forum/