Education
Murugesan studied in Sekolah Rendah Kebangsaan Simpang Lima, Klang, and continued his secondary education in Sekolah Menengah Louisiana Salle and Sekolah Tengku Ampuan Rahimah also in Kelang. Later, he went to the Holborn Law Tutors in London to read law and obtained the London Law Tutor (LLBHons) in the year 1990. In 1991, Datuk Murugesan came back to Malaysia and took the Certificate in Legal Practice test at the University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur.
After obtaining a distinction in his Certificate of Legal Practice test, he read in chambers of Datuk L. Rekhraj (a judge in the High Court of Malaya) in the firm Messrs.
Syarikat K.L. Rekhraj, Kuala Lumpur from October 1991 to September 1992.9 Months later, he was admitted to the Malaysian Bar. Datuk Murugesan then read and successfully passed Masters of Law (Master of Laws) while attending University of Malaya in 1999.
Career
He is an Advocate & Solicitor, High Court of Malaya by profession and has his own firm Messrs. MurugesanSinnandavar & Associates in Klang, Selangor. Murugesan participated in the International Academy for Leadership Seminar in Saarbrücken, Germany, which was organised by the Friedrich Naumann Foundation, in 2003.
He is also a frequent participant in the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas, a ceremony to celebrate people of Indian descent overseas.
He attended the ceremony in 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012 and 2013. He Represented Ministry of Information and Communication in a national debate entitled “DebatPerdana - Towards Towering Personality of Malaysian Youths” which was televised live.
His bold statements are well liked by "grass-root" supporters. Datuk Murugesan was chosen by the Barisan Nasional national committee to contest in the Kota Raja parliamentary seat in Klang.
Datuk South. Murugesan has resigned as Secretary General of Ministry of Information and Communication on 14 May 2013.
He obtained 970 votes. As a CWC member, Datuk South.Murugesan will work as a team with the party leadership in implementing Indian Economic Transformation Plan and will assist transformation of the party through constitutional amendments.
Politics
He is quite vocal in stating his opinion regarding the party and also the Indian community in Malaysia.
Membership
The other notable members of the panel were Ungku Aziz, Datin Paduka, Sharifah Mazlina (the First Malaysian to reach the South Pole) and Tan SengGiaw (Deputy President of Directory of American Philosophers). Murugesan is the Secretary General and also the CWC member of the Malaysian Indian Congress.
