Pravind Kumar - Girmit Presenter

Profession
Human Resources and Industrial Relations Manager with 30 year's experience as a Senior Human Resource Practitioner including safety, training, and environmental.

Tertiary Qualifications
* Master's in Business Studies Human Resource Management and Industrial Relations
* Graduate Certificate Local Government Management
* Graduate Certificate Health Service Management
* Graduate Certificate Human Resource Management
* Bachelor of Arts Economics and Management
* Post Graduate Diploma in Journalism

Hobbies

• Gardening
• Indian Dancing
• Travelling
• Hindi Music chautals, tassa, bihra, log geet, aahlaa, bhajans, hindi songs, cooking

Political Interests

• Fiji politics pre colonisation, colonisation, independence and post independence
• World sugar economics from 1980 till now
• Fiji Indians poverty, squatter settlements, and informal settlements
• Decline of sugar industry in Fiji and why from 1970 till now
• Migration of Fiji Indians after 1970 till now and why
• Global Girmityas, Indentured Labour and Slavery in former British and French Colonies
• Member and Executive of Global Girmit
• Author and Moderator Global Girmit
• Completed research recently on the two-sugar mills on the island of Taveuni
• Collection of Girmit materials and photos and articles from all over the world

Volunteer

• Sanatan Dharam Sabha Brisbane Queensland Australia
• Queensland Sangam Maclean Brisbane Australia
• Southside Chautal Mandali Group Brisbane Australia
• Assisting Tassa Groups in Fiji