{"product_id":"9789815306323c02","title":"[eBook]Kirpa Ram Vij: The Volunteer Who Launched an Army (Securing Singapore)","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"z-publication-description\"\u003eFor the first ten years of the history of the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF), one soldier dominated its build-up. Mobilized by Defence Minister Dr Goh Keng Swee after Singapore’s expulsion from Malaysia on 9 August 1965, Kirpa Ram Vij, then a captain in the Singapore Volunteer Artillery, established the Singapore Armed Forces Training Institute (SAFTI) with Israeli Defence Force advisors. Together with them, he also formulated many SAF operational doctrines that still underlie SAF land forces’ training today. He launched advanced leadership training establishments including the School of Advanced Training for Officers (SATO) and the Goh Keng Swee Command and Staff College (CSC). He attained the then top uniformed appointment of Director, General Staff, as a Brigadier General. Overtaken by numerous cohorts of younger administrative service officers for senior civil service posts while in the SAF, he quit government service to join Neptune Orient Lines (NOL) where he mastered computer freight services as General Manager, Administration, among other top management jobs. On retirement from NOL, he was initially appointed Consultant and later Chief Executive Officer of Gateway Distriparks Limited (GDL, a Singapore consortium) and installed India’s first foreign-owned computer freight service terminal in Navi Mumbai, later to be listed in both India and New York with great success.\n \nKirpa Ram passed away on 29 October 2022. This account traces his life story and his contributions to the SAF and Singapore.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"z-format\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat: \u003c\/b\u003eEbook\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"z-number-of-pages\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e21\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"z-publication-date\"\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/b\u003e30\/11\/2025\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"z-imprint\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eImprint: \u003c\/b\u003eISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"z-supported-app\"\u003eRefer to this link for list of supported app: Click \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/retail.alkemlibrary.com\/alkemdocs\/Recommended%20Reading%20Apps.pdf\"\u003ehere!\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"z-access-code\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis is an ebook that is fulfilled via Access Code. The Access Code for redemption will be emailed within 2 working days after payment verification\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n","brand":"Ramachandran Menon","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46741428699314,"sku":"9789815306323C02","price":105003.62,"currency_code":"IDR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0502\/5382\/4178\/files\/9789815306323C02.jpg?v=1763697982","url":"https:\/\/readabook.store\/en-id\/products\/9789815306323c02","provider":"READABOOK BY ALKEM","version":"1.0","type":"link"}