I'm honored and grateful to Asia Awards in association
with Rula Awards and World Chamber as online media partners for
recognizing my ongoing contributions and untiring effort of community
service with “Asia’s Outstanding Social Worker Award”. On behalf of all
awardees, I took this opportunity to thank the Asia Awards Board of Management
for recognizing the right person out of their individual field categories.
My first breath started to puff off on 26 August
1968 at 11.40pm in the state of Penang Malaysia to a lovely couple of Mr.
Mathuramuthu Rethinasamy and Madam Jagathambal Murugiah. I was then
acknowledged as Parthiban Mathuramuthu among family members and grown up
in a middle-class family with secondary level education.
The interest of serving the community started to
plant in my blood ever since my primary age when I used to follow my late
father for his community service. As I closely observe his mankind
service, my involvement took another one step further when I enrolled
myself to the Hindu Youth Organisation (HYO) Butterworth on 13 April 1988
with membership no 338. My late father was once a member too from the
same organisation with membership no 024 on 25th July 1976. Since then, I
never look back in my Social Service which were a colorful journey
experience that one can't explain by words.
Joined as an ordinary member, it took step by step
for me to build my leadership until I was elected as President of the
Hindu Youth Organisation Butterworth from 24 April 2003 until 15 February
2009 and later been appointed to the Advisory Board from 4 March 2009
until 26 March 2018.
My wings were also spread to State and National
Level with respective management posts. Elected as an Executive Council of
Penang State Hindu Youth Council from 1992 until 1994 and later to their
Advisory Board from 9 Dec 2008 until 25 Oct 2020. In the National body I
was elected as an Executive Council of Malaysian Hindu Youth Council from
2005 until 30 Nov 2008 Every starting is sure to end one day. Therefor
under the law of Youth Act of Malaysia, I officially hand over my youth
management position on 15 February 2009.
Moving further from the youth body, myself as a
Founder and Secretary of Pertubuhan Alumni HYO Butterworth which was
registered on 27 September 2017, created history by becoming the 1st
Alumni HYO Branch level in the Nation. From there my journey in Corporate
Social Responsibility (CSR) continues with programs towards the society
from youth to eldest.
Our vision is to serve the needs in whichever ways
with our own capacity. To achieve it we are collaborating with relevant
Government Departments, Private Sectors, Professionals and Other
Organization to achieve our aim Along my journey, I / we have bagged several
Recognitions and Awards under the Organization and Individual categories.
Organization Awards
1 time District Runner Up 2004 by District Youth
Council
3 times State Champion 2009, 2011, 2012 by Penang
State Hindu Youth Council 3 times National Champion 2006, 2013, 2016 by Malaysian
Hindu Youth Council
Individual Awards
2011 - National ILLANYER THILAGAM by Malaysian Hindu
Youth Council 2020 - International AWARD LEADER by The Duke of Edinburgh's
International Award
I'm taking this opportunity to express my heartfelt
gratitude to few individuals who was the pillar in my Social Service
beside my late father Mr. Mathuramuthu Rethinasamy. They are Mr. R.
Muralinthran, Illanyer Thilagam, Mr. V. Kasven and Mr. P. Doraisingam
from HYO Butterworth. Together with them the present part of the Founder
Members of the 1st HYO in Malaysia (reg. 11 December 1949) are Ratna
Sree M. Balasundram, Ratna Sree S. Shanmuganathan and Ratna Sree S.
Kumarakulasingam not to be forgotten for their contribution. Last but not
least are the Legendary National Presidents during their era, Ratna Sree
K. Kesavapany, Ratna Sree Dato’ A. Vaithilingam, Ratna Sree K. Kumaraguru
and Ratna Sree Dato’ V. Sithambaram. The above names are part of my social
service life and without them I'm nowhere in this society.
Throughout my 33 years in social service at the
above NGO’s, I have been involved in assisting to organize more than 400
programs to date. Out of it an average of 200 programs was my direct direction
during my term as President of Hindu Youth Organisation Butterworth and as
Secretary of Pertubuhan Alumni HYO Butterworth.
THE BOSS
Bachelor of Social Service
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