6 November 2021
GSS & NHB Community Forum: Roots and Route from India.
Theme: Family stories, Migration history and Community development
Date: Saturday, 6 November 2021
Time: 4-5.30 pm
Platform: Zoom
Speaker 1: Subbiah Lakshmanan, an amateur historian with a passion for colonial history and Indian history. He has also been a museum docent trainer since 2006.
Talk Content:
- Perspectives on 2,000 years of migration/trading history between India and the Malay Peninsula
- Founding of Singapore and the India connection
- Growth of the colony with several waves of immigration
- The Indian community today and post-independence immigrants
Speaker 2: Jayapal Ramasamy, Chairman at Hallmark Capital, Deputy President Mcmillanwoods GLOBAL, Director at Alliance Corporate Services.
Talk Content:
- My earlier roots: Family and lineage
- Family Stories: Racial integration, cultural integration, religious integration and community integration
- Family’s place in Singapore and contributions
The statistic is as follows:
From GSS: 101 registrants + another 5 persons with late registration
From NHB: 49 registrants
Total Registrants: 155
Zoom participants:109