Ravinder Singh (general)

Ravinder Singh s/o Harchand Singh PPA(E) PPA(P) is a Singaporean former major-general who served as Chief of Army between 2011 and 2014. He has been serving as the chief operating officer of ST Engineering since 2021.

Ravinder Singh
Birth nameRavinder Singh s/o Harchand Singh[1]
Born1961 (age 61–62)
State of Singapore
AllegianceSingapore
Service/branchSingapore Army
Years of service1982–2009, 2011–2014
RankMajor-General
Commands heldChief of Army (2011–2014)
Chief of Staff, Joint Staff
Commander, 6th Division
Commander, 2nd Singapore Infantry Brigade
Head, System Development Group
Commanding Officer, 3rd Signals Battalion
Alma materUniversity of Oxford (BA, MA)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MScM)
Spouse(s)Kohila

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.[2] He attended the Advanced Management programme in Wharton Business School.

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.[2]

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][3] 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.[4]

Post-military career

Singh served as the president of ST Kinetics[5] before his current appointment as the chief operating officer of ST Engineering, since 1 January 2021.

Personal life

Singh is married to Kohila and they have two sons.[2]

Awards and decorations

References
  1. "New chief for Singapore Army". AsiaOne News. 4 March 2011. Archived from the original on 9 December 2013. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
  2. "SAF Leadership". MINDEF. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
  3. "New Chief of Army Takes Over Today". MINDEF. Retrieved 22 March 2014.
  4. "Singapore appoints Sikh as Army chief". The Times of India. 5 March 2011. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
  5. 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.
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