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{{Short description|Singaporean army general}}
{{Infobox military person
| name = Ravinder Singh
| birth_name = Ravinder Singh s/o Harchand Singh<ref name="New chief for Singapore Army">{{cite web | url=https://www.asiaone.com/News/AsiaOne+News/Singapore/Story/A1Story20110304-266465.html | title=New chief for Singapore Army | publisher=AsiaOne News | date=4 March 2011 | accessdate=3 December 2013 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131209132547/http://news.asiaone.com/News/AsiaOne+News/Singapore/Story/A1Story20110304-266465.html | archivedate=9 December 2013 | url-status=live}}</ref>
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| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1961}}
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| birth_place = [[Colony of Singapore|State of Singapore]]
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| allegiance = [[Singapore]]
| branch = [[Singapore Army]]
| serviceyears = 1982–2009, 2011–2014
| rank = [[Major-General]]
| commands = [[Singapore Army#List of chiefs of Army|Chief of Army]] (2011–2014) Chief of Staff, Joint Staff Commander, [[6th Division (Singapore)|6th Division]] Commander, 2nd Singapore Infantry Brigade Head, System Development Group Commanding Officer, 3rd Signals Battalion
| spouse = Kohila
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| alma_mater = [[University of Oxford]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]], [[Master of Arts|MA]]) [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] ([[Master of Science in Management|MScM]])
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'''Ravinder Singh s/o Harchand Singh''' {{post-nominals|list=[[Pingat Pentadbiran Awam (Tentera)|PPA(E) PPA(P)]]}} is a Singaporean former [[major-general]] who served as [[Singapore Army|Chief of Army]] between 2011 and 2014. He has been serving as the [[chief operating officer]] of [[ST Engineering]] since 2021.

==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.<ref name="SAF Leadership">{{cite web|title=SAF Leadership|url=http://www.mindef.gov.sg/imindef/about_us/biographies/saf_leadership.html#tab-2|publisher=MINDEF|accessdate=3 December 2013}}</ref> 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 (Singapore)|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 (Singapore)|Ministry of Defence]].<ref name="SAF Leadership" />

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]].<ref name="New chief for Singapore Army" /><ref name="New Chief of Army 2014">{{cite web|title=New Chief of Army Takes Over Today|url=http://www.mindef.gov.sg/imindef/press_room/official_releases/nr/2014/mar/21mar14_nr2.html|publisher=MINDEF|accessdate=22 March 2014}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|title=Singapore appoints Sikh as Army chief|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/Singapore-appoints-Sikh-as-Army-chief/articleshow/7633837.cms|work=The Times of India|accessdate=3 December 2013|date=5 March 2011}}</ref>

==Post-military career==
Singh served as the president of [[ST Kinetics]]<ref>{{cite web|last1=Chua|first1=Tony|title=Singapore Technologies Engineering promotes Ravinder Singh to president of Singapore Technologies Kinetics|url=http://sbr.com.sg/building-engineering/people/singapore-technologies-engineering-promotes-ravinder-singh-president-sin|website=Singapore Business Review|access-date=18 August 2015|date=9 March 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150622114146/http://sbr.com.sg/building-engineering/people/singapore-technologies-engineering-promotes-ravinder-singh-president-sin|archive-date=22 June 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> 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.<ref name="SAF Leadership" />

==Awards and decorations==
* [[File:Pingat Pentadbiran Awam (Emas) (Tentera).png|80px]] [[Pingat Pentadbiran Awam (Tentera)|Public Administration Medal, (Gold) (Military) - PPA(E)]], in 2012.<ref name="SAF Leadership" />
* [[File:Pingat Pentadbiran Awam (Perak) (Tentera).png|80px]] [[Pingat Pentadbiran Awam (Tentera)|Public Administration Medal, (Silver) (Military) - PPA(P)]], in 2005.<ref name="SAF Leadership" />
* [[File:Long Service Medal (Military) ribbon (from 2006).png|80px]] [[Long Service Medal (Military) (Singapore)|Long Service Medal (Military)]], in 2008.<ref name="SAF Leadership" />
* [[File:Singapore Armed Forces Long Service and Good Conduct (10 Years) Medal ribbon with clasp.png|80px]] [[Singapore Armed Forces Long Service and Good Conduct (10 Years) Medal]] with 15 year clasp
* [[File:Singapore Armed Forces Good Service Medal ribbon.png|80px]] [[Singapore Armed Forces Good Service Medal]]
* [[File:Singapore Armed Forces Overseas Service Medal ribbon (from 1999).png|80px]] [[Singapore Armed Forces Overseas Service Medal]], in 1992
* [[File:ONZ Medal w Służbie Pokoju UNIKOM BAR.svg|80px]] [[United Nations Medal]], in 1992.
* [[File:Order of the Crown of Thailand - 1st Class (Thailand) ribbon.svg|80px]] Knight Grand Cross of the Most Noble [[Order of the Crown of Thailand|Order of the Crown]]
* Basic Parachutist Badge
* Combat Skills Badge
* Thailand Airborne Badge

==References==
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[[Category:Chiefs of the Singapore Army]]
[[Category:Alumni of the University of Oxford]]
[[Category:MIT Sloan School of Management alumni]]
[[Category:Non-U.S. alumni of the Command and General Staff College]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Long Service Medal (Military) (Singapore)]]
[[Category:1961 births]]

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