About Us

The Educational, Welfare And Research Foundation (EWRF) is a national charitable organization, dedicated to assisting the less privileged Malaysian Indians.

Established in January 1978, the Foundation is based in Kuala Lumpur with branches throghout the country. The Foundation has grown in strength from an initial membership of 30 to over 1000 members today.

EWRF has always extended itself to address new and emerging issues in the community that receive inadequate attention but require imperative action. Its efforts over the years have benefited many poor Indians throughout the country.

Initially, its' activities were confined to those living in and around Kuala Lumpur but now its' resources and expertise reach target groups from Kedah to Johor with the establishment of the branches.

Objective

The aim of the Foundation is to promote education as the key for advancement. The Foundation also seeks to generate an awareness of self-worth, discipline and greater participation in the social and economic development of the nation.

Towards this end, the Foundation aims at fulfilling the following objectives:

• To raise awareness of civil, educational, economic and social issues.
• To increase the opportunities to succeed in education.
• To assist in the development of business entrepreneurship and support career development.
• To undertake charitable activities that would improve the welfare of the less privileged.
• To conduct research on issues that would contribute towards the well-being of Malaysian Society.

All activities of the EWRF are organized with these aims in mind.

Central Committee 2006 / 2008 - Sitting from left:
V.Kalaiyarasi(CC member), Subita Nair (Executive Director), K. Devadasan (Deputy President), SP Pathi (President), K.Nadarajah (Secretary General), K.Sandra Segaran (Treasurer), M.Usha (CC Member), Datin Sree Kala Pilay (Vice President), Joshua Edgar (CC Member)
 
EWRF Head Office - Standing from left:
Siddharthan Palanyandi, Manikam Krishnan, J Pushpa, Kalaimadhi Jaganathan, Daniel Gnanamani, P. Saravanan, Kalaiarasan Arumugam

EWRF Governance

Trustees

Tan Sri G K Rama Iyer
Tan Sri Ramon Navaratnam
Mr R Balakrishnan

Past Presidents

1979 – 1981 : Dato Dr T Marimuthu
1981 – 1982 : Dr K K Nair
1982 – 1984 : Dr N Iyngkaran
1984 – 1986 : Dato Dr T Marimuthu
1986 – 1988 : Dato N Sadasivan
1988 – 1990 : Dato Rommel Josef
1990 – 1992 : Mr Gokul R Naidu
1992 – 1996 : Dr Thomas Varughese
1996 – 1998 : Dato Arumugam Suppiah
1998 – 2000 : Mr Etican Ramansamy
2000 – 2002 : Datuk R Karunakaran
2002 – 2004 : Mr S Jambulingam
2004 – 2006 : Mr S K Samy

Central Committee 2006 / 2008

President : S P Pathi

Deputy President : K Devadasan

Vice Presidents :
Datin Sree Kala Pillay
Capt N Mohan
A Yogeswaran

General Secretary : K Nadarajah

Treasurer : K Sandra Segaran

Committee Members :
Ron Selvan
V Kalaiyarasi
Joshua Edgar
Usha Muniappan
J S Balasena

Secretariat

Executive Director : Subita Nair

Project Manager : Kalaiarasan Arumugam

Chief Editor : Siddharthan Palanyandi

Project Officer : Rajendran Veeraputhiran

Junior Officer : Saravanan Kuppusamy

Junior Secretary : J Pushpa

Project Coordinator : Kaviarasan Rajan

Administrative Assistants :
Kalaimadhi Jaganathan
P Sashi Kumar

Honorary Auditors :
D Kanapathy
S K Anba

Honorary External Auditors : Jay & Company