Devadas Krishnadas
Devadas Krishnadas is an entrepreneur, author, and socio-political commentator.
Education[edit]
Devadas graduated from the University of Sydney in Australia and the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University in the United States. He also studied in England at the Universities of Cambridge and Oxford.
Career[edit]
Devadas Krishnadas has extensive experience in both the public and the private sector. In addition to being the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Future-Moves Group, a foresight-driven management consultancy with an international and multi-sectoral practice,[1] Devadas is also a MAS approved Independent Director of PartnerRe Asia Pte. Ltd. a reinsurance firm.
Devadas previously served in the Singapore government as a senior officer in the Singapore Police Force (SPF), Strategist with the then Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports (MCYS), and Deputy Director of Fiscal Policy[2] with the Ministry of Finance (MoF).[3]
Writings[edit]
Devadas has written on a variety of social, economic and political issues in Singapore.[4] His views have been cited by various media both in Singapore and internationally, including TODAY,[5] The Straits Times,[6] Yahoo! News,[7] BBC News,[8] Channel News Asia,[9] The Wall Street Journal and CNBC. In addition to his writings, Devadas has been frequently invited to serve as a speaker or panelist on forums covering a broad range of socio-economical issues.[10] [11][12]
Devadas is the author of Sensing Singapore, a compilation of articles about various issues facing Singapore.[13][14] A foreword for the book was written by Singapore’s Minister for Foreign Affairs and Law, K. Shanmugam.[15]
Devadas' second book on strategy, titled FUSE: Foresight-driven Understanding, Strategy & Execution, was released in August 2015.[16]
Devadas' third book, The Seduction of the Simple : Insights into Singapore's Future Directions was released in September 2016.[17] In this collection of commentaries about Singapore written between 2014 and 2016, Devadas helps to make sense of the pivotal events in Singapore during this period and offers practical solutions to the challenges that lay ahead.[18]
In 2020, Devadas authored and published two books, 25 Steps: A Journey into the Heart and Confronting Covid-19: A Strategic Playbook for Leaders and Decision Makers[19] Through the lens of public health, politics and economics, Confronting Covid-19 covers an extensive analysis of global responses to the pandemic, the criticality of governance to managing and overcoming the crisis, and a 'post-Covid' world.[20][21][22]
25 Steps is Devadas's first published poetry collection, and presents 25 poems inspired by his personal journey.[23]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Rwanda: Singaporean Experts Visit to Help With Devt of Secondary Cities" Archived 2016-05-31 at the Wayback Machine. All Africa, Emmanuel Ntirenganya.
- ↑ "Financing the future of Singapore". IPS Commons. Archived from the original on 2016-10-03. Retrieved 3 October 2016. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Why Singapore can't ease back on economic growth focus". Yahoo.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 3 December 2015. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Police report filed over ex-NMP Calvin Cheng’s ‘killing children’ remarks" Archived 2016-05-26 at the Wayback Machine. ChannelNewsAsia, Stacey Lim, 16 Dec 2015
- ↑ "Mr Lee's Death Should Not Cause S'pore to Lose Confidence" Archived 2018-02-05 at the Wayback Machine. TODAY Online, April 2015.
- ↑ "How Singapore can secure its economic future" Archived 2016-05-13 at the Wayback Machine. The Straits Times, Chia Yan Min Sep 27, 2015.
- ↑ "The Future of Work Calls for Policy Change in Singapore" Archived 2014-03-11 at the Wayback Machine. Yahoo! News, Mar 2014.
- ↑ "Lee Kuan Yew: Which way now for Singapore?" Archived 2018-07-16 at the Wayback Machine. By Tessa Wong BBC News, Singapore 28 March 2015
- ↑ "Bukit Batok By-Election was Among Costliest SMC Contests to Date" Archived 2017-01-10 at the Wayback Machine. Channel News Asia, Jun 2016.
- ↑ "Do we need gender quotas to increase female leadership in companies? | The Peak Singapore - Your Guide to The Finer Things in Life". The Peak Singapore - Your Guide to The Finer Things in Life. 2017-06-01. Archived from the original on 2018-02-05. Retrieved 2018-02-04. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "YSA organises 'Sikh Voices Conference' in Singapore". www.connectedtoindia.com. Archived from the original on 2018-02-05. Retrieved 2018-02-04. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Moving Forward, Together: Yayasan Mendaki Post-Budget 2017 Policy Forum" (PDF). Yayasan Mendaki. 8 March 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-06-30. Retrieved 2018-09-20. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Review of Sensing Singapore". New Mandala. Archived from the original on 2014-08-04. Retrieved 2014-08-27. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Mothership Q&A: A glimpse of author-consultant Devadas Krishnadas | Mothership.SG". mothership.sg. Archived from the original on 2015-09-12. Retrieved 2015-08-28. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Sensing Singapore: Reflections In A Time Of Change" Archived 2016-06-04 at the Wayback Machine. NPTribune, August 14, 2014 by Nur Ardillah
- ↑ "Happenings - Arts". Straits Times. Straits Times. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
- ↑ "National Library Singapore Cataloguing Data". National Library Board. National Library Board Singapore. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
- ↑ hermes (2016-11-27). "Shaken and stirred". The Straits Times. Archived from the original on 2018-02-05. Retrieved 2018-02-04. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Confronting COVID-19 :a strategic playbook for leaders and decision makers /Devadas Krishnadas. – National Library". www.nlb.gov.sg. Retrieved 2021-01-19.
- ↑ Gordon, Peter (2020-11-02). ""Confronting COVID-19: A Strategic Playbook for Leaders and Decision Makers" by Devadas Krishnadas". Retrieved 2021-01-19.
- ↑ Gordon, Nicholas (2021-01-07). "ARB podcast with Devadas Krishnadas, author of "Confronting COVID-19: A Strategic Playbook for Leaders and Decision Makers"". Retrieved 2021-01-19.
- ↑ "How do Business Leaders Survive & Thrive in a Post-Covid World?". SICC - SIngapore International Chamber of Commerce. Retrieved 2021-01-19.
- ↑ "25 steps :a journey into the heart = Xin /Devadas Krishnadas ; illustrations by Adithi Krishandadai. – National Library". www.nlb.gov.sg. Retrieved 2021-01-19.
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