Mahaletchumy Arujanan

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| birth_place = Klang Valley, Selangor, Malaysia | spouse = Selvamuthu Raja | children = 2 (Komalah & Deepa) | parents = Arujanan Periasamy and Mariyayee. S }}

Mahaletchumy Arujanan (born 25 May 1969) is a Malaysian science communicator of Malaysian Indian origin. She works as the Global Coordinator of International Service for the Acquisition of Agribiotech Applications (ISAAA) and executive director of Malaysian Biotechnology Information Center (MABIC).

She became a public figure in 2015 when she was listed as one of the 100 most influential people in the field of biotechnology by the 7th edition of The Scientific American Worldwide View: A Global Biotechnology Perspective Journal.

She has a bachelor's degree in biochemistry and microbiology from University Putra Malaysia, a Masters in Biotechnology and a Ph.D. in Science Communication from the University of Malaya. January 2003, she joined MABIC as a project officer and took over as the executive director in May 2005.

Arujanan founded the country's first biotechnology newspaper, ''[https://thepetridish.my/ The Petri Dish]''. She is a recipient of 2010 TWAS Regional Prize for Public Understanding of Science for East, Southeast Asia, and Pacific Region, and has been listed as one of the prominent women in biotechnology law and regulations by Biotechnology Law Report. She was recognized as one of the Great Women of Our Time by the Malaysian Women's Weekly in their December 2015 issue. Provided by Wikipedia
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