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SELECTION COMMITTEE
Deva Mylvaganam – Director of Major Projects at United Group Limited.
Civil Engineer, graduated from Imperial College of Science and
Technology, University of London, UK. He has 39 years in Infrastructure engineering
and construction management including work experience in UK, USA, Nigeria,
Australia, Papua New Guinea, SE Asia and Dubai.
John Kennedy - President of United Indian Associations since
2014 and re-elected to the post for another two year term. Completed
B.com in Madurai Kamaraj University and Chartered Accountancy at
Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. He has a passion to
serve and help the community and has held various post as Sports
Secretary in the College, Vice Chairman of Southern India Chartered
Accountants Students Associations. Moved to Sydney in the year 1998 and served as President of Sydney Tamil
Manram and now serves as President of UIA. UIA is an umbrella body of 22 full member associations and 6
associate member’s associations. He has registered a charity in India as well as in Australia called Chris Vinmini
Charity which supports disadvantaged children to study. He loves honesty and loves to support our community in
many ways. He is happy to be of any assistance to people in need.
Sanchayan Kulasegaram - Has a Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical
Engineering and a Master’s Degree in Business Administration. He has worked in
four countries in various roles - as a Business Analyst, Financial Analyst, Project
Manager, and Regional Sales Manager for Asia Pacific. After working for large
global companies for over 25 years, he has ventured in to his own business, Team
Four S. A boutique strategy management consulting firm that enables organisations
to draft, implement and evaluate cross‐ functional decisions to achieve its long-term
objectives; facilitates the process of specifying organisations' mission, vision and
objectives, develops policies and plans in terms of projects and programs that are
designed to achieve these objectives. He is also a broadcaster with SBS Radio.
Shanta Goundar - Originally from Fiji and very much involved in the South
Indian Community association called 'Then India Sanmarka Ikya Sangam'. She is a
member of The Hindu Society of NSW and is currently involved in writing the History
of the Sangam movement in Fiji, and in producing other Historic documents related
to South India and Tamil literature showing that Tamil is among the most ancient
languages in the world.
Thiru Arumugam - Director/Principal Consultant at NIC Immigration Services.
Thiru holds a Graduate Certificate in Migration Law & Practice from Australian
National University. He is one of the most experienced figures in the migration field.
He has extensive expertise in all areas of migration, in particular Family, Partner,
Skilled, Business and Review Tribunal applications. He has specialized knowledge
and successfully handles many skilled migration cases. Mr Arumugam is a prominent
member of Australian Tamil Community and an active member of Indian Community
Associations in Australia. He is a Founder Member and Former President of the
Australian Tamil Association Inc. He has been actively involved in providing advice
and guidance to newly arrived migrants and unemployed people in the community.