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KRISHNAN<\/span><\/h3><div class=\"aux-modern-heading-divider\"><\/div><div class=\"aux-modern-heading-description\"><p>Bathmavathi Krishnan has been an active advocate on the rights of Persons with Disabilities in Malaysia for the last 45 years. Having to use a wheelchair since age 21 after an accident that left her paralysed from waist down, it did not deter her from continuing her tertiary education and seeking employment. After graduating from University of Malaya in 1978 she entered the workforce as a Librarian at the UM Library from 1979. She won a British Council scholarship to pursue her Masters in Library Science at Loughborough University, UK in She served UM Library until 2004.<\/p><p>As an active advocate, she has presented several papers at seminars and conferences both locally and overseas on issues pertaining to disability. Her work also involved the drafting of several memoranda to the government on the needs of Persons with Disabilities in Malaysia. Bathma also believes in leading a healthy lifestyle. She involves herself in sports such as wheelchair tennis and para table tennis. She was a co-founder of Wheelchair Tennis Malaysia in 1995, and has represented Malaysia in table tennis at the Asean Para Games in 2009.<\/p><p>She is currently President of the Association of Women with Disabilities Malaysia and Vice-President of Asia Pacific Network on Accessible Tourism (APNAT). From 2013-2016 she was member of the National Council for Persons with Disabilities. She was appointed as a first woman Senator representing persons with disabilities at the Upper House of the Parliament of Malaysia in November 2013, and served two terms until 2019.<\/p><p>In June 2020, Bathmavathi was appointed as a Non-Executive Director in the Board of Directors of SOCSO Rehabilitation Centre. Bathmavathi was also a member of the National Unity Advisory Council from 2021-2025.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n        <\/section>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"aux-parallax-section elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c207182 aux-appear-watch-animation aux-fade-in-right-1\" data-id=\"c207182\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b340112 elementor-absolute elementor-widget elementor-widget-aux_image\" data-id=\"b340112\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_position&quot;:&quot;absolute&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"aux_image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"widget-container aux-widget-image aux-alignnone aux-parent-au8ecc7285\">\n    <div class=\"aux-media-hint-frame\">\n        <div class=\"aux-media-image\" >\n        \n            \n\n            \n                        \n                <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n<\/section><!-- widget-container -->\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-561c777c elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"561c777c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"aux-parallax-section elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-74dd3d00\" data-id=\"74dd3d00\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b236b17 aux-appear-watch-animation aux-scale-down elementor-widget elementor-widget-aux_modern_heading\" data-id=\"b236b17\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"aux_modern_heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"aux-widget-modern-heading\">\n            <div class=\"aux-widget-inner\"><h2 class=\"aux-modern-heading-primary\">\u201c<\/h2><\/div>\n        <\/section>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-65c36c11 aux-appear-watch-animation aux-fade-in-up elementor-widget elementor-widget-aux_modern_heading\" data-id=\"65c36c11\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"aux_modern_heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"aux-widget-modern-heading\">\n            <div class=\"aux-widget-inner\"><h2 class=\"aux-modern-heading-primary\">PUAN BATHMAVATHI A\/P K. KRISHNAN<\/h2><h3 class=\"aux-modern-heading-secondary\"><span class=\"aux-head-before\">PESURUHJAYA<\/span><\/h3><\/div>\n        <\/section>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ABOUT US Home About Us COMMISSIONER PUAN BATHMAVATHI A\/P K. KRISHNAN Bathmavathi Krishnan has been an active advocate on the rights of Persons with Disabilities in Malaysia for the last 45 years. 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