Ravinder Singh (general)

Ravinder Singh
Ravinder Singh; PPA(E) PPA(P)
	Singh (left) with US Army Chief Ray Odierno at the Pacific Armies Chiefs Conference in Auckland, New Zealand on 11 September 2013.
Chief Of Army
	In office; 25 March 2011 – 21 March 2014
Preceded by	Chan Chun Sing
Succeeded by	Perry Lim
Personal details
Born	Ravinder Singh s/o Harchand Singh[1]; Singapore
Spouse(s)	Kohila
Alma mater	University of Oxford (BA) (MA); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MScM)
Military service
Allegiance	Singapore
Branch/service	Singapore Army
Years of service	1982–2009, 2011-2014
Rank	Major General
Commands	Commanding Officer, 3rd Signals Battalion; Head, System Development Group; Commander, 2nd Singapore Infantry Brigade; Commander, 6th Division; Chief of Staff, Joint Staff; Chief of Army (2011–2014);

Ravinder Singh s/o Harchand Singh PPA(E) PPA(P) is a Singaporean former army general and the current President of ST Kinetics.[2] He served as the Chief of the Singapore Army from 2011–2014 and held the rank of Major-General.

Education

Singh received the Singapore Armed Forces Overseas Training Award (Academic) in 1983. He obtained a Bachelor of Arts (First Class Honours) and a Master of Arts in engineering science from the University of Oxford in 1986 and 1992 respectively. He was awarded the Singapore Armed Forces Postgraduate Scholarship in 1995. He graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1996 with a Master of Science in management.[3]

Military career

Singh enlisted in the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) in December 1982. He was commissioned as a signals officer in December 1986 and served in active duty with the United Nations Iraq–Kuwait Observation Mission (UNIKOM) in Kuwait in 1991. In 1995, he attended the United States Army Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth. Throughout his military career, he has held various other appointments, including: Head, System Development Group; Commander, 2nd Singapore Infantry Brigade; Commander, 6th Division. In 2009, he retired from active military service as Chief of Staff, Joint Staff and transited to a civil servant as Deputy Secretary (Technology), Ministry of Defence.[3]

In 2011, Singh was recalled back to active service and succeeded Chan Chun Sing as the Chief of Army on 25 March 2011 and held this appointment until 21 March 2014, when he was succeeded by Perry Lim.[1][4] Singh, who is of Punjabi Indian descent and a Sikh by religion, is the first non-Chinese Singaporean to serve as the Chief of Army since 1982.[5]

Post-military career

Singh was appointed as the President of ST Kinetics on 23 March 2015.[6]

Personal life

Singh is married to Kohila and they have two sons.[3]

Awards and decorations

Public Administration Medal, (Gold) (Military) - PPA(E), in 2012.[3]

Public Administration Medal, (Silver) (Military) - PPA(P), in 2005.[3]

Long Service Medal (Military), in 2008.[3]

Singapore Armed Forces Long Service and Good Conduct (10 Years) Medal with 15 year clasp

Singapore Armed Forces Good Service Medal

Singapore Armed Forces Overseas Service Medal, in 1992

United Nations Medal, in 1992.

Order of the Crown of Thailand (1st Class), Thailand

Basic Parachutist Badge

Combat Skills Badge

Thailand Airborne Badge

References

"New chief for Singapore Army". AsiaOne News. 4 March 2011. Archived from the original on 9 December 2013. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
Chua, Tony (9 March 2015). "Singapore Technologies Engineering promotes Ravinder Singh to president of Singapore Technologies Kinetics". Singapore Business Review. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
"SAF Leadership". MINDEF. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
"New Chief of Army Takes Over Today". MINDEF. Retrieved 22 March 2014.
"Singapore appoints Sikh as Army chief". The Times of India. 5 March 2011. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
Chua, Tony (9 March 2015). "Singapore Technologies Engineering promotes Ravinder Singh to president of Singapore Technologies Kinetics". Singapore Business Review. Archived from the original on 22 June 2015. Retrieved 18 August 2015.

Military offices
Preceded by Major-General Chan Chun Sing	Chief of the Singapore Army 25 March 2011–21 March 2014	Succeeded by Major-General Perry Lim

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[New_chief_for_Singapore_Army-1] "New chief for Singapore Army". AsiaOne News. 4 March 2011. Archived from the original on 9 December 2013. Retrieved 3 December 2013.

[Singapore_Technologies_Engineering_promotes_Ravinder_Singh_to_president_of_Singapore_Technologies_Kinetics-2] Chua, Tony (9 March 2015). "Singapore Technologies Engineering promotes Ravinder Singh to president of Singapore Technologies Kinetics". Singapore Business Review. Retrieved 18 August 2015.

[SAF_Leadership-3] "SAF Leadership". MINDEF. Retrieved 3 December 2013.

[New_Chief_of_Army_2014-4] "New Chief of Army Takes Over Today". MINDEF. Retrieved 22 March 2014.

[5] "Singapore appoints Sikh as Army chief". The Times of India. 5 March 2011. Retrieved 3 December 2013.

[6] Chua, Tony (9 March 2015). "Singapore Technologies Engineering promotes Ravinder Singh to president of Singapore Technologies Kinetics". Singapore Business Review. Archived from the original on 22 June 2015. Retrieved 18 August 2015.