OLEH:

RAVINTHERAN KALIMUTHU
PENSYARAH AKADEMIK
JABATAN SAINS
INSTITUT PENDIDIKAN GURU KAMPUS IPOH
HULU KINTA, PERAK
HUMAN: GREATEST CREATION OF GOD
ACHIEVEMENTS OF ANCIENT INDIANS
 Science and technology in ancient and medieval India
covered all the major branches of human knowledge and
activities, including mathematics, astronomy, physics,
chemistry, medical science and surgery, fine arts,
mechanical and production technology, civil engineering
and architecture, shipbuilding and navigation, sports and
games
 Ancient India was a land of sages, saints and seers as
well as a land of scholars and scientists. Ancient India's
contribution to science and technology include:
 Mathematics - Vedic literature is replete with concepts of
zero, the techniques of algebra and algorithm, square
root and cube root. Arguably, the origins of Calculus lie in
India 300 years before Leibnitz and Newton.
ACHIEVEMENTS OF ANCIENT INDIANS
 Astronomy - Rig Veda (2000 BC) refers to astronomy.
 Physics - Concepts of atom and theory of relativity were
explicitly stated by an Indian Philosopher around 600 BC.
 Chemistry - Principles of chemistry did not remain
abstract but also found expression in distillation of
perfumes, aromatic liquids, manufacturing of dyes and
pigments, and extraction of sugar.
 Medical science & surgery - Around 800 BC, first
compendium on medicine and surgery was complied in
ancient India.
 Fine Arts - Vedas were recited and recitation has to be
correct, which gave rise to a finer study of sound and
phonetics. The natural corollary were emergence of
music and other forms of performing arts.
ACHIEVEMENTS OF ANCIENT INDIANS
 Mechanical & production technology - Greek
historians have testified to smelting of certain metals in
India in the 4th century BC.
 Civil engineering & architecture - The discovery of
urban settlements of Mohenjodaro and Harappa
indicate existence of civil engineering & architecture,
which blossomed to a highly precise science of civil
engineering and architecture and found expression in
innumerable monuments of ancient India.
 Shipbuilding & navigation - Sanskrit and Pali texts
have several references to maritime activity by ancient
Indians.Sports & games - Ancient India is the birth
place of chess, ludo, snakes and ladders and playing
cards.
 ACHIEVEMENTS
CURRENT MALAYSIAN INDIANS:GANGSTERISM
The recent police operation to go after gangsters , of whom many were Indians, has
raised an alarm amongst the Indian community of the severity of the problem of Indian
gangsterism . Especially worrisome is to read of our Indian youths, most of whom are
aged between 20-30, involved in hard core gangsterism.
THE CRACKDOWN ON STATISTICS – INDIAN GANGS
 The police went after criminal gangs, crime syndicates and secret societies:
The Statistics ( Malaysian Insider , Sept 9 2013)
 1. Number of people arrested – 5, 505.
 2. Crime involvement – armed robbery, theft, vehicle theft, extortion, illegal activities,
narcotics and secret society dealings.
 3. Total number of gang organisations – 49
 4. Out of this 49 organisations, 38 are Indian gangs linked to gangsterism.
 5. Representation of the three racial groups in these gangs:
i. 70% - Indians
ii. 25% - Chinese
iii. 4.7% - Malays
 6. Of these 49 gangs, two gangs (04 and 08) , both of which are Indian are the most
dangerous and active.
CURRENT MALAYSIAN INDIANS
SOCIAL STATISTICS OF INDIANS
 1. Mortality rate – Indians the highest number
 2. High school drop-out rate – only 5% make it to the tertiary level.
 3. Primary school – 1 out of every 10 Indian children not attending
primary school.
 4. Alcoholism – Indians the highest rate.
 5. Drug addiction – Indians the highest ( in proportion to the
population)
 6. Prisoners – Indians the highest ( in proportion to the population)
 7. Gangs – Indians the highest number
 8. Crimes – 70% committed by Indians ( though this has been
disputed by some key Indian social scientists) , while Indians are
only 7% of the total population.
CURRENT MALAYSIAN INDIANS
 9. Beggars – 41% are Indians
 10. Nation’s corporate wealth :
 Indians – 1.5% ( The figure seems to remain stagnant for years. An
article appeared in the Star , November 27 , 2001 where Letchuman
is reported as saying in his “ Nagging Pains of Local Indians” that “
…if you took Ananda Krishnan out of the equation, nearly all that
equity would be gone, reduced to perhaps a pathetic 0.2% ).
 Malays – 19.4%
 Chinese – 38.5%
 11. University applications – less than 5%. It is reported that there
are insufficient Indians to take up the seats in the universities.
Chances of getting a place in public universities is relatively low.
 12. Life expectancy – lowest life expectancy.
 13. Suicides – Indians comprise the largest group of suicide victims.
FUTURE OF MALAYSIAN INDIANS
SUCCESSFUL MALAYSIAN INDIANS
 Ananda Krishnan
Second richest man in Malaysia and number 129 in the
world.
 Tan Sri G Gnanalingam
Executive Chairman, Westports Malaysia
 Dato’ Sri Edmund Santhara
Group Chief Executive Officer, Masterskill Education
Group Berhad
 Dr Shamala Devi Sekaran
Professor, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Malaya
 Dato’ AK Nathan
Group Managing Director and Chairman, Eversendai
Corporation
 Dato’ Ambiga Sreenevasan
Immediate Past President, Bar Council Malaysia
SUCCESSFUL MALAYSIAN INDIANS
 Dato’ Vijay Eswaran
Executive Chairman, QI Group of Companies
 Datuk Tony Fernandes
Malaysian entrepreneur and founder of Tune Air
Sendirian Berhad; introduced the first budget, no-
frills, and low-cost airline, AirAsia
 Bernard Chandran
Malaysia's "King of Fashion”
 S.Vanajah
One of the finalists for Malaysia's Angkasawan
programmee