Contributors
Gardner, Hall
Hall Gardner is professor
and chair of the Department of International Affairs and Politics at the
For the past decade he has been writing and working on
NATO-related and transatlantic security issues as a member of the Committee
on Atlantic Studies. He is on the Advisory Board of the Cicero Foundation
(Paris/
He spoke at the NATO 50th Anniversary Academic Conference
held in
His publications include “NATO Enlargement and Geostrategic
History: Alliances and the Question of War and Peace,” which appeared in NATO
for a New Century, edited by Carl Hodge (Praeger, 2002); "NATO and the
UN" published in A History of NATO, ed. Gustav Schmidt (Palgrave,
2001) and “Aligning for the Future” Harvard International Review (Winter
2003).
He is also an internationally published poet.
Many of his poems have been published in numerous small press publications,
such as the Peace or Perish Crisis Anthology.
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PESCH, Ludwig
Ludwig Pesch (b.1955) is a musician, musicologist and teacher having specialized in Carnatic music.
Ludwig Pesch taught music and performed with improvisation
ensembles while studying music and musicology at the
For 15 years, he was a pupil of the late
Ramachandra Shastry, musical heir to the great traditions of Tyagaraja and
Sarabha Sastrigal.
A scholar under the Indo-German Cultural Exchange Programme and the German
Academic Exchange Service, he completed his Diploma Course (five years) in Carnatic Music (First Class) at
Kalakshetra. He is the co-founder of a major music documentation centre and
archive in Chennai, Sampradaya.
For many years, he performed alongside his guru. While receiving advanced
training as a Carnatic flautist in the Post-Diploma
Course for two years at Kalakshetra, he also had numerous opportunities to
give solo-concerts of his own. Since then, he has performed all over
He was featured by the Goethe-Institutes of the subcontinent during a concert-
and lecture tour of
Several universities, music colleges, and Indian music circles across the
As a guest lecturer, he has worked with professional musicians, students and
young children. He has also introduced Carnatic music in the context of special
education and rehabilitation projects in
For several years he has performed and taught together with South Indian
percussion virtuoso, T.R. Sundaresan. Together, they and Dr. Pia Srinivasan
have conducted workshops for Carnatic music in
Awards
Decorated with the Cross of the Order of
Merit on the Ribbon of the Federal Republic of Germany (Bundesverdienstkreuz
am Bande, 2000; press release of the German Consulate General in Chennai;
online-report).
Recipient of the 6th Rabindranath Tagore
Cultural Award (Kulturpreis) of the Indo-German Society (Deutsch-Indische
Gesellschaft): "Conferred on Ludwig Pesch in recognition of his outstanding
contribution to the spread of knowledge about
E-learning
His online-courses "The Music of
South India" and "Musik und Künste im südlichen Indien" have
been acclaimed by performers, teachers, students and lovers of Indian music in
three continents as (excerpts from comments) "revolutionizing the way
music education could be delivered, down to practical lessons",
"extremely enlightening in the content and method", "great fun
for those of us who have not taken lessons in Carnatic music", and "a
fantastic resource".
The Illustrated
Companion to South Indian Classical Music
Major Indian and international reviews | excerpts
acrobat printversion (pdf) · SRUTI Magazine · THE HINDU Literary
Review · FRONTLINE Magazine · KALKI (Tamil
weekly) · JOURNAL OF THE MUSIC ACADEMY
|
Publications
The Illustrated Companion to South
Indian Classical Music with T.R. Sundaresan as co-author of the sections on rhythm
and percussion (Oxford University Press, 1999)
(See comments listed hereunder.)
[Other publications: Eloquent Percussion, Ragadhana, Vom Klang des Gluecks,
Sittrarangam: A Theatre for All (The Small Theatre Madras)]
lpesch@gmx.com (comments and criticism are equally welcome)
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M. SHANMUGHALINGAM
Literary publications in English
include Short Stories in Silverfish New Writing 4 launched at KL
International Literary Festival, 30 July 2004, Collateral Damage : A
Silverfish Collection of Short Stories, 2004, Petals of Hibiscus, A
Representative Anthology of Malaysian Literature in English, 2003, Silverfish
New Writing 2 Anthology of Stories from Malaysia, Australia, Singapore,
Hong Kong and Africa, Silverfishbooks 2002, The Merlion and the Hibiscus Contemporary
Short Stories from Singapore and Malaysia Penguin 2002, Short story published
as Editor’s first choice from 1,450 international entries in Asylum
1928 and Other Stories Fish anthology of international short
stories, Ireland, July 2001. Poems in Imbauan PPDKL (Glimpses)
World Poetry Reading KL 2004, In-Sights
Malaysian Poems 2003, Antologi, Poetry in our Lives Today, Kuala Lumpur
World Poetry Reading 2002. Co-editor Anthology of Malaysian Poetry in English
with Malay translations. Poems and short stories in
anthologies/literary journals including, Howard Sergeant, New Voices of The Commonwealth, (
Literary prizes include: Gertrude Hartley
Memorial Prize for Poetry Balliol College, Oxford University and Second prize,
Short Story Competition, judged by novelist Iris Murdoch and John Bayley, Prof
of Literature, Oxford University and sponsored by ISIS, Oxford University and The
Observer, Dan O’Connell Poetry Competition, Melbourne, Australia, January
2000 and Radio Malaysia Short Story and University of Malaya Playwriting
Competitions.
Reviews: Short stories
received favourable reviews from the Far Eastern Economic Review (
Articles: Malaysian Culture Group,
Newsletter March 2004.
Talks and
readings of short stories and poems at Voice
and Place: Writers’ Forum, The Substation Guiness Theatre,
Singapore, 5 September 2004, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (National Univ.
Malaysia), Bangi, Garden International School, Kuala Lumpur, Literary Gathering
International Women’s Assoc. Reading Group, Pukka Prose Editorial Services,
Penang, Symposium Singapore- Malaysian Literature, Univ. Putra Malaysia,
Silverfish Book Launch, K.L., Poetry Class, Singapore Management University
(SMU), Malaysian Culture Group, International Islamic University, MCG Book
Club, KL and Litfest Universiti Keb.Malaysia, Bangi, Singapore
Management University, Borders Bookstore Singapore, Kinokuniya Bookstore,
MPH Megamall Mid Valley, KL, MPH Subang Parade, Selangor, Kinokuniya
Bookstores K.L., World Poetry Reading K.L. at Planetarium, at Dewan
Bahasa dan Pustaka (Malaysian Language and Literary Board) and at
Universiti Malaya, KL.
Latest interview: Le
Prestige, June, 2003.
On Board of
Selectors, Rhodes Scholarship to
Education
D.Phil in
Economics and Government,
Career
Managing
Director, Trilogic Sdn Bhd, an investment holding company. Also Director, EON
Bhd and Chairman, Remuneration Committee, of Delloyd Ventures Bhd, of PBA
Holdings Bhd, of Mamee-Double Decker (M) Bhd all listed on KLSE Main Board, of
CIMB (Commerce International Merchant Bankers) (L) Ltd, of CIMB Discount House Ltd,
of MIDF Aberdeen Asset Management Sdn Bhd.
On Committee of Malaysian Administrative and Diplomatic Service Alumni
Association, international/national advisory panels to Asian Strategy and
Leadership Institute (ASLI), Malaysian Institute of Economic Research (MIER),
and on Board of VIOBA Foundation. Served the Treasury, Ministry of Finance
(1962 to 1978) last post Dep. Secretary (Econ) and PETRONAS, the national
petroleum corporation (1979 to 1991) last post General Manager. Director,
Malaysian International Merchant Bankers (MIMB, a subsidiary of MIDF and
associate of Barclays Bank Group, UK [1992-2000]).
On invitation by Harvard University, helped in the design of a new
Executive Program for Leaders in Development: Managing Economic and
Political Reform developed jointly by Kennedy School of Government and
Harvard Institute for International Development, Harvard University, Oct/Nov
1995 Cambridge, Mass, USA. Rep. Malaysia at U.N. special session led by Prime
Minister
Dato’
Dr M SHANmughalingam, E-mail: shantri@po.jaring.my ; shantri@streamyx.com
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SHANMUGARATNAM
s/o SITTAMPALAM
[S. SHAN
RATNAM]
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2 ACADEMIC
PARTICULARS & PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
DEGREES, DIPLOMAS, ETC
MBBS (Hons)
MRCOG
FRCS Edinburgh
(Obst & Gynae) 1964
FRCS Glasgow
(General Surgery) 1964
FRCS
Certificate in Exfoliative Cytology,
MD
FRCOG
FACS USA 1972
FICS USA 1972
FRACS Australia 1977
FRACOG (Hon)
FWACS (Hon)
FACOG (Hon)
FJSOG (Hon) Japan 1990
FSLCOG (Hon)
DSc (Hon)
FPOGS (Hon)
FCPSP (Hon)
FICOG (Hon)
Emeritus Professor National University of Singapore 1996
MD (Hon)
3 APPOINTMENTS IN THE PAST
Aug 1995 to Professorial - Dept of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
July
2000 Fellow
1969
to Chairman - Committee for Obstetrics & Gynaecology,
July 2000