About Us
THE RISE GLOBAL
The Rise is the most expansive and embedded global network of Tamil speaking entrepreneurs, investors, professionals, academia, researchers, artists and public intellectuals who believe in the ideals of shared prosperity, spirited and impactful collaborations and co-creations, empathy, environmental stewardship and peace. We seek the friendship and goodwill of all nations and people to lift ourselves as a globally respectable people and meaningfully contribute towards creating a better future for everyone on earth.
THE RISE OMAN
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The Rise Purpose
To inspire and unite Tamil entrepreneurs, professionals, public intellectuals and knowledge resources all over the world; to work hard for the peaceful emergence of Tamils in the 21st century; to excel in all fields of knowledge, innovation, art, culture, media and public good. To change the way Tamils look at the world, and the way world looks at Tamils. To rise as a people worthyof global respect.
Beliefs & Values of RISE Global
All The RISE members are called upon to internalize and live the following Tamil civilizational values - defined in Tamil language as Aram - அறம்.
- That all women, men of varied genders are born equal, so are every being on earth.
- That every person on earth is a friend; every place is like my village and all of us are part of a large family.
- That empathy is the best fruit of reason, knowledge, and all human endeavors.
- That no belief can match the real transformative power of human creative imaginations, hard work, and unyielding perseverance.
- That we will always be humble, dignified, and generous in success.
- That ethical wealth making is supremely noble, but deploying it for common good is an adorable spiritual trait and the very purpose of the pursuit of wealth making.
Declarations
We commit ourselves to abide, and be guided by the tenants and priorities defined by the community of nations represented by the UN and its organizations.
Wherever we exist and operate, we absolutely commit to abide by the existing laws of the land.
We shall never support or associate ourselves with organizations and ideologies that promote violence, hatred, exclusion and bigotry in the name of religion, caste, ethnicity, language, gender and political beliefs.
We hold Tamil as a unifying civilization identity that reconciles the internal divisions of caste, religion, politics and class. We deeply believe and cherish Tamil as an ancient Civilization; we are more than 90 million Tamil speaking people spread around various parts of the world, that we are a cultural nation without a sovereign state and hence we seek the friendship, grace and support of all nations and people on earth to protect and advance our language and culture, and our collective existence as a cultural community.
We commit our collective knowledge, competencies and moral resources to be used by the UN and such other common global agencies in any emergency or disaster situations in any part of the world.
History
To inspire and unite Tamil entrepreneurs, professionals, public intellectuals and knowledge resources all over the world; to work hard for the peaceful emergence of Tamils in the 21st century; to excel in all fields of knowledge, innovation, art, culture, media and public good. To change the way Tamils look at the world, and the way world looks at Tamils. To RISE as a people worthy of global respect.
Rev. Dr. Jegath Gaspar Raj founded The RISE in the year 2018. Besides triple graduate degrees in Philosophy, Theology, History and a Masters in Political Science he has done special studies in Geo Politics, Geo-economics and public policy. He served as a broadcaster with Radio veritas Asia, Manila - Philippines between 1995 - 2001. He is the producer of Music Maestro Ilayaraja's magnum opus Thiruvasagam in Symphony. In a public life spanning 30+ years he has mobilised educational scholarships for 47,000+ poor children, supported environmental causes, particularly planting 1,25,000 trees and more than 3,00,000 palmyra seeds. He currently curates Green Earth movement. He is also an Adjunct Professor at the Asia Metropolitan University, Johor, Malaysia. He is regarded and respected as a Public Intellectual by global Tamils.
Rev. Dr. Jegath Gaspar Raj can be reached through his personal email: jegath66@yahoo.co.uk
- 2018NovemberThe concept of global Tamil Entrepreneurship was showcased. Attended by 100+ delegates.
- 2019JanuaryThe second conference was conducted to spread awareness about Rise Global and the vision.
- 2023NovemberGULF TAMIL CONFLUENCE. 12th Global Summit of Tamil Entrepreneurs and Professionals
- 2024JuneDavos Switzerland Summit
