Our Mission & Vision
Driving Tamil entrepreneurship forward with purpose and vision
Our Mission
To connect Tamil entrepreneurs and business professionals across regions, enabling collaboration and growth through shared knowledge, mentorship, and business opportunities.
Our Vision
A vibrant Karnataka Tamil leadership network spanning Mysore, Shivamogga, Hubli, Mangalore, Hassan, and Hosur—accelerating innovation, community impact, and sustainable growth.
Meet Our Founders
The visionary leaders behind The Rise Global
Rev. Dr. Jegath Gaspar Raj
Founder, The RISE Global
“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 the world looks at Tamils. To RISE as a people worthy of global respect.”
Rev. Dr. Jegath Gaspar Raj founded The RISE in 2018. A triple graduate in Philosophy, Theology, History with a Masters in Political Science, he has further specialized in geopolitics, geo-economics, and public policy. From 1995 to 2001 he served as a broadcaster with Radio Veritas Asia in Manila and went on to produce Ilaiyaraaja’s magnum opus “Thiruvasagam in Symphony.”
Across three decades of public life he has mobilised scholarships for 47,000+ underprivileged children, planted over 125,000 trees and 300,000 palmyra seeds, and currently curates the Green Earth Movement. He serves as Adjunct Professor at Asia Metropolitan University, Malaysia, and is regarded globally as a leading Tamil public intellectual. Reach him at jegath66@yahoo.co.uk.
Beliefs & Values
The RISE rests on the belief in Tamil continuity as a civilisation, guided by ARAM-based virtues. Every member is called to internalize and celebrate these values.
- All genders and beings on earth are born equal.
- Every person is a friend, every place a village; we are one large family.
- Empathy is the finest fruit of reason, knowledge, and human endeavor.
- Creative imagination, hard work, and perseverance transform lives.
- We stay humble, dignified, and generous in success.
- Ethical wealth-making is noble; using it for common good is spiritual.
- Love, kindness, and good virtues are our ornaments; hatred is the soul’s cancer.
Declarations
- We align with the tenets and priorities defined by the UN and global communities.
- We always abide by the laws of the lands we inhabit and serve.
- We refuse association with ideologies that promote violence, hatred, or exclusion.
- We hold Tamil as a unifying civilisational identity that reconciles internal divisions.
- We cherish Tamil as an ancient civilisation—90+ million strong, seeking global partnership.
- We offer our knowledge and moral resources to global agencies during crises anywhere in the world.
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