Arun MahizhnanArun Mahizhnan is Special Research Adviser at the Institute of Policy Studies. He advises the Director on IPS research projects and undertakes selected research projects. In addition, he supervises research work in the areas of Arts and Culture and Mdia at the institute. His past research interests included business issues such as regionalisation of the Singapore economy and development of entrepreneurship. Arun is concurrently an Adjunct Professor at the Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information at the Nanyang Technological University. Arun joined IPS in 1991 as Senior Research Fellow and was made Deputy Director in 1997 and held that position till 2012. As DD, he was responsible for the day-to-day operations of IPS as well as the setting of the research agenda. Before joining IPS, he had worked in both the public and private sectors for 20 years, mostly in public communication fields. Read More Read Less