Rakesh Mohan 1st "Singapore India Partnership Foundation" Fellow
Dr Rakesh Mohan, Deputy Governor, RBI will be the first recipient of the Singapore India Partnership Foundation (SIPF) fellowship. The SIPF was the brainchild of the former Prime Minister of Singapore, Goh Chok Tong managed by Singapore Business Federation (SBF) and the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) with the primary objective to strengthen India-Singapore relations through economic, government, academia and cultural linkages with the ultimate aim of raising the positive profile of each country in the other.
CII and SBF through the SIFP aim to advance their objectives by granting Exchange Fellowships, Visiting Fellowships, and Post Graduate scholarships to outstanding Singapore or Indian nationals from various disciplines like Government, academia and media.
Dr Mohan has been instrumental in enhancing trade and investment ties between India and Singapore. He was the Co-Chair of the Joint Study Group on Economic cooperation in 2002-03 which was the precursor of the Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement (CECA) which was signed between two countries in June 2005.
The SIPF is Co-Chaired by Mr Sat Pal Khattar, SBF Trustee and Chairman, Network India and Mr JN Godrej, Past President, CII and Chairman and Managing Director, Godrej & Boyce Mfg Co. Ltd. The other members of the SIPF Board include Mr Peter Ong, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Trade and Industry, Singapore; Ms Chong Siak Ching, CEO, Ascendas; Mr Sunil Mittal, Vice President, CII and Chairman and Group MD, Bharti Enterprises and Mr Tarun Das, Chief Mentor, CII.
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