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Issue no. 4 | 2020

Regional Collaborative Career talk with

Program on Human Dato S.Kumaran

Rights and Peace The Indian Studies Department

Education organised a career talk by a member

of its alumni on the 2nd of December
2020. The event began with a short welcome speech from
the department’s new faculty member, Dr. Ravindran A/L
Maraya. A total of 80 participants joined the event to meet
Dato S. Kumaran, who was a member of the Diplomatic
and Administrative Officer Corps.

Dato Kumaran will lead the Alumni Association of Indian
Studies Department. Dato S.Kumaran spoke about career
in the public sector as well as suggesting other career
options for students of the department. He also provided
advice in seeking new job opportunities as well as
preparation to face job interviews This talk was followed
by a career workshop at the department the following
week.
MAJAS Member
Conception Meeting for the Collaborative Graduate Program on
Human Rights and Peace Education
Initiated by the ASEAN University Network-Human Rights Lecture Series
Education (AUN-HRE) Secretariat hosted by Mahidol
University in Thailand, the first meeting on the AUN-HRE
Regional Collaborative Graduate Program in Human
Rights and/or Peace Education was remotely held on 6th
November 2020.

15 participants, including AUN-HRE Secretariat team and
representatives from various human rights related
faculties in five ASEAN countries, namely Indonesia,
Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam,
attended the meeting.

The meeting discussed plans for the establishment of an The Malaysian Association of Japanese Studies (MAJAS)
ASEAN Regional Collaborative Graduate Program in organised a Member Lecture Series which was also co-
Human Rights and/or Peace Education. The concept was sponsored by the Japan Foundation and the Japan
endorsed during the 13th Senior Officials Meeting on Studies program at the Department of East Asian Studies.
Education (SOMED) at Nay Pyi Taw in 2018 and its The talk featured Dr Geetha Govindasamy and Dr
concrete proposal was further endorsed by the SOMED Muhammad Danial, both of whom had previously been
early 2020. awarded the Sumitomo Grant in 2019 to undertake
research on Malaysia-Japan relations. While Dr Geetha
During the meeting, the AUN-HRE Secretariat team and spoke on the extent to which Japan's relations with
the consultant presented a review of the existing graduate Malaysia fared during the Pakatan Harapan government,
programs related to human rights and peace studies Dr Danial contextualized bilateral relations within a
offered by interested universities. The meeting set up a foreign policy paradigm. Both speakers concluded that
task force to discuss, deliberate, and identify the Japan was an important economic and investment
objectives of such collaboration as well as a possible partner. At the same time, Malaysia's foreign policy
model to be formulated with Dr Khoo Ying Hooi from the reflected pragmatism that took note of diversifying
Department of International and Strategic Studies as the economic partners as a strategy in the midst of an
Malaysian universities’ representative. unstable international order.

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