Arun Midha
{{Short description|British academic (born 1964)}}
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Arun Daniel Midha (born 24 April 1964) is a British academic, who has sat as a lay member on the General Medical Council and currently sits on the Audience Council Wales and the Welsh Language Board, having learnt the language as an adult.[http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/audiencecouncil/sites/content/pages/arun_midha.shtml BBC Wales web-site]
Education
Midha was educated at Gowerton Comprehensive School,[http://www.gowertonian-society.co.uk/head-prefects.htm Gowertonian Society] Exeter College, Oxford, Cardiff Business School and Swansea University. He completed his PhD in the 1990s.{{Cite web |url=https://wno.org.uk/profile/dr-arun-midha |title=Dr Arun Midha |access-date=11 August 2023 }}
Career
Until 2009, he was responsible for strategic and business planning of postgraduate medical and dental education in Wales at the School of Postgraduate Medical and Dental Education[http://www.pmetb.org.uk/index.php?id=949 PMETB] at Cardiff University.[http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/pgmde/resources/17292_cu_strategic_doc_E_2.pdf The Welsh Deanery] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605094854/http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/pgmde/resources/17292_cu_strategic_doc_E_2.pdf |date=June 5, 2011 }}
Midha has undertaken non-executive and lay member roles in a number of fields including regulation, professional conduct, standards and governance.{{Cite web |url=https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/290/committee-on-standards/content/138878/Arun-Midha-lay-members-committee-on-standards/ |title=Arun Midha - Committee on Standards lay member |access-date=11 August 2023 }}
On 4 April 2012, Arun was appointed High Sheriff of South Glamorgan.{{Cite web |url=http://www.highsheriffs.com/InNom%20HSs.htm |title=High Sheriff - in Nomination High Sheriffs |access-date=7 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120701023214/http://www.highsheriffs.com/InNom%20HSs.htm |archive-date=1 July 2012 |url-status=dead }}
In 2022, The Boundary Commission for Wales announced a panel of Assistant Commissioners to lead public hearings and Midha was named on the panel of four.{{Cite web |url=https://nation.cymru/news/boundary-commission-announces-assistant-commissioners-to-lead-public-hearings/ |title=Boundary Commission announces Assistant Commissioners to lead public hearings |publication-date=13 January 2022|access-date=7 September 2023 }}
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Category:People educated at Gowerton Comprehensive School
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Category:Alumni of Swansea University
Category:Academics of Cardiff University
Category:High sheriffs of Glamorgan
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