PROF. DR. KULENTHRAN S/O ARUMUGAM

Professor Kulenthran Arumugam is a Malaysian national, born on January 30th 1949.  He is married and has two children.  He graduated from University of Singapore Medical School in 1975 and completed his internship at the University Hospital Kuala Lumpur.  After serving 2 years as a Lecturer in the Department of Anatomy, University of Malaya he commenced his career in Obstetrics and Gynaecology as a Registrar in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University Hospital, Kuala Lumpur and at the University of Aberdeen, Scotland for two years before sitting for and passing the Membership Examination to the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists  (MRCOG), London at its first attempt in January 1982.(He was elevated to a Fellow of the Royal College in 1995). He resumed his Academic and Clinical career as a Lecturer in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Malaya Medical Centre in 1982.  He rapidly rose through the ranks and was appointed Associate Professor and Consultant in 1986 and to Professor and Senior Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologistin 1991. He was elevated to a Fellow of Academy of Medicine of Malaysia in 2008 In 2003 he found his niche in Clinical Epidemiology having read the Post Graduate Diploma in Epidemiology from the London School of Hygiene.  Completing his tenure in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, in 2008 he moved to Head the Research Development Unit of the Faculty in order to guide the Faculty Staff into Research in the Clinical Sciences. Also, because of his legal expertise in having read the LLB Hons (Lond), he teaches Health Law, Ethics and professional development to the Faculty. However he continues to keep in touch with Clinical Medicine with his colleagues in the Clinical Departments. Since his retirement from the University Malaya in 2015 he continues, as Professor Kehormat, to teach in the Faculty, Health Law, Ethics, and Obstetrics and Gynaecology. Furthermore, as a Consultant to the Research Training Unit of the Faculty he guides and trains the medical officers and academic staff in clinical research.  

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DR. LIM WEI KANG

Dr. Lim Wei Kang is a medical lecturer at the Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Malaya. He is a graduate of Cardiff University (UK) and received his postgraduate training in general paediatrics at Universiti Malaya. He completed his general paediatric neurology fellowship in Malaysia and underwent a clinical fellowship in paediatric movement disorders and neuromodulation at the Hospital for Sick Children, Canada.  Currently he is practising as a consultant general paediatrician and paediatric neurologist in Universiti Malaya Medical Centre, with special interests in paediatric movement disorders and deep brain stimulation.

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DR. SELVAJOTHI @ PILLAI A/L RAMALINGAM

  Selvajothi Ramalingam is a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Malaysian Languages and Applied Linguistics, Faculty of Languages and Linguistics (FLL), Universiti Malaya. He obtained a Ph.D. in Sociolinguistics in 2018, a Master of Modern Languages Studies in 2010; Bachelor in Arts and Social Sciences in 2001 at the University of Malaya. He also received a Diploma in Teaching from Tuanku Bainun Teachers Training College (Secondary School /Tamil Language) in 2002 and a Diploma in Translation from the Malaysian Translation Association and Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka in 2014. His Ph.D. research topic is Language Shift and Maintenance among Tamils in Kuching, Sarawak. The main fields of interest are sociolinguistics, mother tongue education, indigenous study, translation, and language use in job interviews. He is a writer for the Form Three Tamil Textbook and Form Five Tamil Textbook, currently used by the Ministry of Education (MOE). He is an External Examiner for the Curriculum Review of the Malaysian Institute of Teacher Education (Institue Pendidikan Guru Malaysia) for the Tamil Language Degree Program under MOE. He is an advisor for a Government-funded project “Parents Assuring Students Success” organized by the Tamil Foundation of Malaysia. He is a Council Member of the Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka for multi-ethnic affairs (Malay language and literature) and a Committee Member of the Semai Language Research Project by the Curriculum Development Division of the Ministry of Education. He is also a panel member of the Malaysian Indian Research Centre of the Department of Indian Studies, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Universiti Malaya. As an administrative duty, he is a Coordinator for Unit Pembangunan of FLL.  

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