Arun Mahizhnan


CURRENT POSITIONS	Short CV
Deputy Director, Institute of Policy Studies Adjunct Professor, Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information, NTU
PREVIOUS POSITIONS
CEO, Hill and Knowlton Public Affairs Manager, Mobil Oil Singapore Senior Producer, Radio Television Singapore
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Arts (First Class Honours), Indian Studies, University of Malaya; Master of Arts, Flinders University, Australia.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Information Society: Impact of Information Technologies on E-Government, Censorship, Public Communication, and Political Freedom. Mass Communications: Development of Mass Media industries, Competition Policies, Media Values. Arts and Culture: Arts Education, Cultural Development, Creative Industries.
MAJOR PROJECTS
Singapore’s E-Government Creativity and Cultural Industries Bridging Digital Divide
MAJOR PPUBLICATIONS
Books/Reports:
The IFER (IPS Forum on Economic Restructuring) Report Tommy Koh, Tan Khee Giap, Arun Mahizhnan, et al. Singapore: Times Academic Press for IPS, 2002 Broadcast Media in Asean Henry Tan & Arun Mahizhnan, eds. Singapore: ASEAN Committee on Culture and Information, 2002 Internet In Singapore: A Study on Usage & Impact Eddie Kuo, Alfred Choi, Arun Mahizhnan, et al. Singapore: Times Academic Press, 2002 Selves: State of the Arts in Singapore Arun Mahizhnan, Kwok Kian Woon & T. Sasitharan, eds. Singapore: National Arts Council, 2001 Broadcast Industry Report Arun Mahizhnan & Henry Tan. Singapore: Singapore Broadcasting Authority, 2001 (restricted circulation) Singapore: Re-Engineering Success Arun Mahizhnan & Lee Tsao Yuan, eds. Singapore: IPS & Oxford University Press, 1998 Singapore As A Renaissance City Arun Mahizhnan, et al. Singapore: IPS, 1998. (a study commissioned by MITA-restricted circulation) A Study on the Communication Aspects of the National Courtesy Campaign Arun Mahizhnan & Annette Aw. Singapore: IPS, 1996 (restricted circulation) Report of the Committee on National Arts Education Arun Mahizhnan, Kuo Pao Kun, Kwok Kian Woon & T. Sasitharan. Singapore: Ministry of Information and the Arts, 1996 (restricted circulation)
*Book Chapters/Journal Articles:*
Media Proliferation: Bane or Boon Arun Mahizhnan, in Media Asia Communication Quarterly, Vol. 29 No. 3, 2002 Singapore: Information Technology for an Intelligent Island Arun Mahizhnan, in Southeast Asian Affairs 2000. Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 2000 Smart Cities: The Singapore Case Arun Mahizhnan, in Cities, Vol. 6 No. 1, 1999 The Changing Face of Public Relations in the Asia Pacific Region Arun Mahizhnan, in Media Asia, Vol. 23 No. 3, 1996 Developing Singapore's External Economy Arun Mahizhnan, in Southeast Asian Affairs 1994. Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 1994
*Others:*
New Asia: Projecting Soft Power Arun, Mahizhnan and Tan, Tarn How. 2008. Paper delivered at The Nanyang Academy of Fine Art’s International Symposium on "New Asian Imaginations", 1&2 August 2008, Singapore Subverting Seriousness and Other Misdemeanours: Modes of Resistance Against OB Markers in the 2006 Singapore General Election Tan, Tarn How and Arun, Mahizhnan. 2008. Paper delivered at the 17th Annual Conference of the Asian Media Information and Communication Centre (AMIC) on “Changing Media, Changing Societies: Media and the Millennium Development Goals” held on July 14—17, 2008, in Manila. The IFER (IPS Forum on Economic Restructuring) Report Tommy Koh, Tan Khee Giap, Arun Mahizhnan, et al. Singapore: Times Academic Press for IPS, 2002 Media Proliferation: Bane or Boon Arun Mahizhnan, presented at the 11th AMIC Annual Conference on Media, Terrorism & A Culture Of Peace, 26 - 28 Jun 2002, organised by the Asian Media Information and Communication Centre (AMIC) E-Government: The Singapore Case Arun Mahizhnan & A. Narayanan, presented at the 5th International Conference on Tamil Internet, 27 - 29 Sep 2002, organised by The International Forum for Information Technology in Tamil (INFITT) Governance in Cyberspace: Light Touch on the Net Arun Mahizhnan, presented at the Conference on Governance and Cyberspace: The Substance After the Sizzle, 1 - 4 Oct 2001, organised by the International Institute of Communications (IIC) Governing the Internet Regime: Is National Interest Definable and Defendable by the State in the Internet Era? Arun Mahizhnan & Eddie Kuo, presented at the Internet Political Economy Conference, 14 - 15 Sep 2001, organised by the National University of Singapore (NUS) Cultural Hegemony vs Diversity in the New Information Age Arun Mahizhnan, presented at the 10th AMIC Annual Conference, 27 - 29 Mar 2001, organised by the Asian Media Information and Communications Centre (AMIC) Digital Divide: Deepening or Diminishing Arun Mahizhnan, presented at the 9th Williamsburg Conference, 17 - 19 Mar 2001, organised by The Asia Society
OTHER ACTIVITIES
Member, Board of Advisors, Times Media Academic Publishing Division Press, 2002 - current Member, Asian Media Information & Communication Centre (AMIC) Management Committee, 2002 – current Chair, Appeals Committee, Institute of Public Relations of Singapore Accreditation Board, 2001 - current Executive Director, International Forum for Information Technology in Tamil, 2000 – current Associate Professor (Adjunct), School of Communication & Information, Nanyang Technological University, 1997 – current Member, National Arts Council’s Resource Panel, 1996 - current Member, Board of Directors, National Library Board, 1995 – current Member, The Arts Fund Committee, 1995 - current Member, Board of Film Censors' Appeals Committee, 1993 -current Member, Board of Directors, Practice Performing Arts Centre Ltd, 1992 - current Member, Board of Directors, The Substation, 1992 - current

	Arun Mahizhnan Deputy Director

	Research Interests	Arts, culture, information society and mass communications

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