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Dr. Melasutra is a Registered Town Planner under the Town Planner Act (Act 538) and also a member of Malaysian Association of Social Impact Assessment. She has 22 years of experience in University Malaya as lecturer at Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences and Faculty of Built Environment. Her teaching subjects are related to urban land use planning, social planning, planning theory and recreational planning. While serving UM, she also involved in several researches and consultancy services on Social Impact Assessment, Urban Redevelopment, Development Plan studies. She has been appointed as Council Member for Petaling Jaya City Council in 2008-2012 and be part of the One Stop Center committee. During the tenure she was also appointed as Panel Member for Local Agenda 21 of the city. She is now carrying out collaboration research with Nippon Foundation under the preview of Asean University Network- Disbability and Public Policy on research Towards Inclusive Learning Environment. She has published in book, book chapters and journals and involved in consultation works related to urban planning issues, redevelopment planning and social impact assessment studies. She has supervised number of PhD students in the field of urban planning.