Mr Ravinder Singh was appointed President, Singapore Technologies Kinetics Ltd
(ST Kinetics), on 23 March 2015, overseeing the company along two pillars of growth, namely the defence and commercial businesses. ST Kinetics is the land systems and specialty vehicles arm of Singapore Technologies Engineering Ltd, a company listed on the Singapore Exchange. He was formerly Deputy President, Corporate & Market Development of Singapore Technologies Electronics Ltd (ST Electronics).
Mr Singh started his career with the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) in December 1982, and was awarded the SAF Overseas Training Award (Academic) in 1983. In his last appointment in the SAF, he served as Chief of Army, Singapore Armed Forces. Prior to this, he was Deputy Secretary (Technology) in the Ministry of Defence. His previous appointments in the SAF include Commander, 2nd Singapore Infantry Brigade; Assistant Chief of General Staff (Plans); Head Joint Communications and Information Systems Department; Head Joint Plans and Transformation Department; Commander 6th Division and Chief of Staff - Joint Staff.
During his career in the Singapore Armed Forces, Mr Singh was awarded the Public Administration Medal (Military), Gold and Silver.
Mr Singh holds 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.
Mr Singh is married with two children.
Presentation Title
Smart & Sustainable Cities
Abstract
The force of rapid urbanization is unstoppable. With more than 66% of the global population expected to live in urban areas by 2050, the associated demands placed on infrastructure, energy and the environment cannot be underestimated. However, land space, resources and even economic activities cannot expand infinitely to meet the demands of this fast growing city-dwelling population. Cities must be sustainable in their growth or else more problems will arise to plague the global population. Mr Singh will speak about how engineering can allow cities to grow sustainably and tackle the problems of rapid urbanization, forging cities that are truly smart and sustainable.