Palestine Supporters Will Be Quite Upset, NST, 18 February 2012

Program Integriti Politik Untuk Penceramah Johor, IIM, KL; 18 Februari 2012

Integriti Politik di Malaysia: Ke arah Kefahaman Yang Lebih Sempurna, di Institut Integriti Malaysia

Panel: Puan Hajjah Zurainah Musa
Moderator: Encik Masrizal Muhammad

Program Warga Pendidik, Gombak, 15 Februari 2012

Forum Warga Pendidik, Pandan, 14 Februari 2012

Program Warga Pendidik Ampang, 13 Februari 2012

Malaysia Social Media Week 2012, PWTC, 13 February 2012

Was the moderator for Impact of Social Media in Malaysian Politi-X and What's The Challenge? Session; PWTC, 13 February 2012

Speakers:

YB Khairy Jamaluddin
YB Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad
Anas Zubedy
Stephen Doss

World Blogger Summit, 13-14 February 2012, PWTC, Kuala Lumpur

Invited as one of the speaker fo 4th Session: Impact of Social Media in Malaysian Politics and What's The Challenge - Advertisement out in Utusan Malaysia, 8 Februari 2012

Forum Transformasi Pendidikan, 9 Februari 2012, Ipoh, Perak

Salah seorang Ahli Panel, Forum Transformasi Pendidikan, 9 Februari 2012, Ipoh, Perak

Jom 'main politik' Menjelang PRU-13, Utusan Malaysia, 10 Februari 2012

Artikel Pena Dr.Siva-Utusan Malaysia, 10 Februari 2012

Universities Must Make An Impact, Sunday Star, 5 February 2012

Universities Must Make An Impact, Sunday Star, 5 February 2012

Quoted ....

Amendments to the Act

Reflecting on the impending amendments to the Universities and University Colleges Act (UUCA) 1971, Mohamed Khaled said that the changes to the Act were not a “ticket for absolute freedom”.

“I have never prevented university students from being critical, but these criticisms must be channelled in a prudent and civilised manner,” he said.

At the end of last year, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak announced that Section 15 of the Act would be amended to allow university students aged 18 years and above (age of majority) to join political parties.

A special committee to oversee the amendments was set up almost immediately after the Nov 24 announcement by the Prime Minister.

The committee currently includes Universiti Teknologi Mara law expert Prof Emeritus Datuk Dr Shad Saleem Faruqi, Universiti Malaya deputy vice-chancellor Prof Datuk Dr Rohana Yusof, UKM director of ethic studies Prof Datuk Dr Shamsul Amri Baharuddin and USM lecturer Assoc Prof Dr Sivamurugan Pandian-Sunday Star, 5 February 2012

 



Usaha Penubuhan Kelab Penyokong BN Tampak Rumit, Bernama, 9 Februari 2012

Seorang penganalisis politik di USM, Dr Sivamurugan Pandian, berkata tugas paling penting bagi mereka yang mempromosikan Kelab Penyokong BN di Sarawak untuk menjelaskan peranannya. "Bagaimana ia harus berbeza daripada mana-mana parti komponen BN? Jika anda dipecat daripada sebuah parti komponen, bagaimana anda boleh terus memainkan peranan, menyokong dalam BN? Jika mereka ini ingin bertanding, bagaimana isu ini boleh diselesaikan?"katanya-Bernama, 9 Februari 2012

The Complexity Of Starting A BN Supporter Club-Bernama, 9 February 2012

A political analyst at USM, Dr Sivamurugan Pandian, said the most important task for the promoters of the BN Supporter Club in Sarawak is to define its role. "How should it become different from any BN component party? If you are sacked from a component party, how can you continue to play a supportive role in BN? If those people want to contest, how can this be resolved" he asked-Bernama, 9 February 2012

Sesuai Bubar Parlimen Mei,Jun:Pemerhati Politik - Berita Harian, 9 Februari 2012

Timbalan Dekan Pusat Pengajian Sains Kemasyarakatan USM, Prof Madya Dr Sivamurugan Pandian, berkata ia bagi membolehkan SPR melaksanakan penambahbaikan proses PRU seperti dicadangkan JKuasa PSC. Langkah itu juga membolehkan Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Najib Razak mempunyai masa mencukupi untuk mempamer pelbagai hasil akhir pelan trasnformasi yang dilakukannya seperti transformasi ekonomi, politik, pentadbiran dan luar bandar-Berita Harian, 9 Februari 2012

Thaipusam, 7 February 2012

Thaipusam: a Hindu festival celebrated on the full moon in the Tamil month of Thai. It is referred to the occasion when Parvati gave Murugan a vel "spear" to vanquish the evil demon Soorapadam. Some says Thaipusam marks Murugan's birthday although it is believed Murugan's birthday falls in May/June (Vaikhasi month). Let's understand 'humanity' and practice those values in our daily life.

Every Thaipusam, USM have been offering food for the people at Waterfall temple. For the past 8 years, I'm one of the volunteers, today too


7 Feb via Twitter for BlackBerry®
 
Estimated 3000 ppl attended USM stall which offered free food just now.. Not many student volunteers this year, may be semester break.


7 Feb via Twitter for BlackBerry®

Time To go, Mustapa Tells Nik Aziz, NST-5 February 2012

"Universiti Sains Malaysia school of social sciences deputy dean Associate Professor Dr Sivamurugan Pandian said Pas should stop its veteran leaders from contesting in the general election if it wanted the party to move beyond Kelantan's shadow. With Nik Aziz contesting, it shows that Pas is still very much a personality driven party, and this will not benefit them in the long run at the national level. Pas has to understand that there are a lot of changes outside the party and it can't stick to the same strategy." - NST, 5 February 2012

Read more: Time to go, Mustapa tells Nik Aziz - Politics - New Straits Times http://www.nst.com.my/local/politics/time-to-go-mustapa-tells-nik-aziz-1.42183#ixzz1laK7ShDC

Pembentangan Cadangan Deraf Pindaan AUKU 1971 Bersama YB Menteri KPT- 31 Januari 2012

Sesi Pembentangan Cadangan Deraf Pindaan AUKU 1971 Bersama YB Menteri KPT di Putrajaya pada 31 Januari 2012.

Persetujuan dicapai oleh Jkuasa dan Menteri bersetuju dengan cadangan yang sebolehnya akan dibentangkan di Sidang Parlimen Mac 2012.

Apakah persetujuan JKuasa? Yang pasti, ia merupakan yang 'terbaik' walaupun tidak berkemungkinan dapat memuaskan kesemua pihak kerana masing-masing mempunyai pandangan tersendiri. Cadangan Jkuasa telah mengambilkira dapatan maklumbalas stakeholders dari konsultansi awam di KL, Sarawak dan Sabah serta PICC; respons dari IPT/MPUU/MATDUM; borang soal selidik dan blog/emel/facebook.

Mac 2012 akan membolehkan kita merentasi satu fasa baru dalam Akta Pengurusan dan Pentadbiran Universiti dan Kolej Universiti.

31 Januari 2012