Arun Mahizhnan

Deputy Director

(wef 1st August 2004 Acting Director)

Arts, culture and information society

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arun_mahizhnan@ips.org.sg

(65) 6215 1018

(65) 6215 1014

Curriculum Vitae

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Mr Arun Mahizhnan is  Deputy Director at the Institute of Policy Studies, and currently the institute's Acting Director. He is concurrently an Adjunct Associate Professor at the School of Communication & Information in the Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.

Mr Arun's responsibilities include assistance in setting the strategic direction of IPS, overseeing its research output and the management of the institute.

In addition, he leads the research work in the area of Mass Communications at the Institute.  He also contributes to the work in the area of arts and culture.  His past research interests included business issues such as regionalisation of Singapore economy, collaboration among international businesses, and development of entrepreneurship.  

Before joining IPS in 1991, he had worked in both public and private sectors for 20 years, mostly in public communication fields.

Mr Arun holds a Bachelor's Degree in Arts (1st Class Honours) from the University of Malaya and a Master of Arts degree from Flinders University, Australia.

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