INTRODUCTION

Today’s society is caught in The Rat Race and due to this situation the elders of the society have failed to cater to the needs of the future generation. Our society has begun to lose all its values and is mad at aping the West and the factor of Westernisation and its impact has only vomited social ills in the society which is currently on the increasing rate.

In view of the extensive deviation of students of Higher Educational Institutes, from cultural, moral and ethical values and the fact that lot of immoral and unethical behaviors were becoming common amongst them, MAHAGRADS (Malaysian Hindu Associate of Graduates was initiated to mobilize and identify such students and involve them in activities that will captivate them and at the same time impart value based inputs to them.

The move of having to impart moral values to them became a profound necessity. As such in the year 2000 a batch of 20 students from UM were given training in this respect at a resort in Pulau Pangkor and again in 2002, another batch of 20 students from various other Universities and Colleges were trained at NUBE, Port Dickson.

Highlights

2 youngsters one from 2000 – 2003 and other from 2006-2008, after their graduation from universities sacrificed their lifes and worked as full time social workers ( without any pay) to co-ordinate the above activities.