User:Rr311/Ravindran Raghavan

Ravindran Raghavan was born on 11 March 1965 in Kluang, Johore (Malaysia). Ironically he was born in a rubber plantation house. His grandparents were the first generation Indian immigrants who came to Malaysia in search of better livelyhood and settled in this country for good. They became Malaysian citizens after Malaysia's independence from the British.

Ravindran Raghavan grew up in a rubber plantation where his parents worked as rubber tappers. He is now a graduate Chemical Engineer and married to a dentist, Dr Joon Muthamah, who was also from a plantation in Layang-layang, Johore (Malaysia)

Early childhood
Ravindran spent his childhood chasing spiders and running among the rubber trees. By the age of nine he started going with his parents to help them tap rubber. His parents were then tapping approximately 500 rubber trees per day and his job was to clean the latex cups prior to their tapping.

Schooling years
Ravindran started his primary education at the Tunku Mahmood School in Kluang, Johore (Malaysia). This was a former English school which was nationalised after independence.