Rajah Indran
Education :
Malayan Teachers College
Certificate in Education
Southern New Hampshire University, Manchester, NH, USA
BS Human Resource Development
MS International Community Economic Development
FASI (Fellow of Ambulance Services Institute), UK
Management Practice - Asian Institute of Management
Work Experience:
1. Teacher - six years
2. Senior Lecturer at Gaya Teachers College: Technical Advisor to Director of Education; Inspector for Schools(Technical Education) - ten years
3. Group Manager - Socio Economic Development, Sabah Foundation-16 years
4. General Manager - Borneo Development Cooperation (Sabah Institute of Technology
5. Manager (Partners for Wetlands) - World Wide Fund for Conservation
6. Advisor - University Malaysia Sabah(Biology and Environmental studies)
Have worked / participated in People Development, Community or Conservation work in Thailand, Singapore, Indonesia, South Africa, Japan, Korea, England, USA, Canada, Brazil(Pantanal), Holland, Switzerland, and others.
Voluntary / Social / Welfare involvement
Sabah Cancer Society(founder) ; Sabah Association for Volunteer Effort(founder); St. John Ambulance(Chairman and Commander); Outward Bound School (Trustee);Psychiatry Hospital(Chairman);Public Awareness Bureau for Environment(Chairman);Rotary Club(President)
With the tradition:
Initiated by HH Swami Rama in 1991
Wife(Judy) and son (Navin) also initiated by HH Swami Rama
Other son (Rameshar) and daughter (Rema) initiated by HH Swami Veda
Trained and appointed as Mantra Initiator by HH Swami Veda
Helped to form AHYMSIN Asia
Participated in Taiwan Ahymsin activities
Member of AHYMSIN Adhyatma Samiti, Board of Directors and Executive Committee
Organized Retreats and workshops for Swami Rama, Swami Veda, Swami Ritavan over the years,
TeachYoga and meditation for children on Saturday evenings,adults on Sunday mornings in Kota Kinabalu and once a month in Keningau
Current responsibilities in social and educational sectors:
Have now resigned from:
- the Rotary Club,
- the Sabah Cancer Society that I started ,
- the Sabah Association for Volunteer Effort that I started,
- the St. John Ambulance Association of Sabah that I have been leading for the last thirty nine years,
- As advisor and lecturer at University Sabah Malaysia on Biology and Environmental Education,;
- As National Representative for International Association of Volunteer Effort,
However,Iam still the Chairman of the Board of Visitors for a Psychiatric Hospital, Trustee of the Outward Bound School, Managing Director of the Borneo Heritage Foundation, Advisor to the Malaysian Hindu Sangam Sabah branch.
I am in the process of handing over all these responsibilities so as to be able to fully serve AHYMSIN.